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Alan J. Heeger

1936 - Today

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Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry. Heegar was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for co-founding the field of conducting polymers and for pioneering work in making these novel materials available for technological applications. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan J. Heeger is the 175th most popular chemist (up from 215th in 2019), the 887th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,350th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Chemist. Learn more about Alan J. Heeger's academic impact at Rankless.

Alan J. Heeger is most famous for his discovery of the world's first semiconductor, the polycrystalline silicon.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Alan J. Heeger ranks 175 out of 602. Before him are Robert Bruce Merrifield, Derek Barton, Richard F. Heck, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Akira Suzuki, and William Standish Knowles. After him are Max Perutz, Robert Curl, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Felix Hoffmann, Peter J. Ratcliffe, and Marcellin Berthelot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Alan J. Heeger ranks 39. Before him are Uwe Seeler, Gerhard Ertl, Robert Downey Sr., Georges Perec, Wilt Chamberlain, and Jim Clark. After him are Roy Orbison, Tariq Aziz, Buddy Holly, Michael Landon, Émile Lahoud, and Yasuo Fukuda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan J. Heeger ranks 887 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Meier (1934), Robert R. Livingston (1746), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Don Johnson (1949), William Standish Knowles (1917), and Frances E. Allen (1932). After him are David Koch (1940), Jack Palance (1919), Frederick Reines (1918), Ray Kroc (1902), John Deere (1804), and Joe Louis (1914).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Alan J. Heeger ranks 41. Before him are Robert W. Holley (1922), Paul D. Boyer (1918), Willard Libby (1908), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), Richard F. Heck (1931), and William Standish Knowles (1917). After him are Robert Curl (1933), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), Richard R. Schrock (1945), Julius Axelrod (1912), Paul L. Modrich (1946), and Arthur Kornberg (1918).

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