James L. Kinsey
Encyclopedia
James L. Kinsey is an American chemist
, and D. R. Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor at Rice University
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He won the 1995 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy.
He was a 1969 Guggenheim Fellow. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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He studied the University of Upsala, and the University of California, Berkeley
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He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
from 1962 to 1988.
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
, and D. R. Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor at Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
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He won the 1995 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy.
He was a 1969 Guggenheim Fellow. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
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Life
He graduated from Rice University, with a B.A. in 1956 and PhD in 1959.He studied the University of Upsala, and the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
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He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
from 1962 to 1988.