Martin Karplus

Martin Karplus (March 15, 1930 – December 28, 2024) was an Austrian-born American theoretical chemist. He was the Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, emeritus at Harvard University. He was also Director of the Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory. He is of Jewish descent.

Karplus received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel, for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems".

Karplus died on December 28, 2024 in Cambridge, Massachusetts from problems caused by a fall at the age of 94.

References

Other websites

 Martin Karplus academic genealogy and list of PhD & Postdoc trainees
 Publications 
 Karplus research group at Harvard University
 Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory at University of Strasbourg 
 Biography at Michigan State University website 
 Martin Karplus photography website
 Biography and Bibliographic Resources, from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy

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