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Louis E. Brus

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Louis Eugene Brus (born August 10, 1943) is an American chemist, and currently the Samuel Latham Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. He is the co-discoverer of the colloidal semi-conductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis E. Brus is the 351st most popular chemist (down from 320th in 2019), the 2,885th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,323rd in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Louis E. Brus ranks 351 out of 602. Before him are C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Carl Reichenbach, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Thomas C. Südhof, Frances Arnold, and William Prout. After him are Sendivogius, Alexander Shulgin, Paul Héroult, Paul Walden, Henry Eyring, and Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Louis E. Brus ranks 182. Before him are Kurtwood Smith, Ken Norton, Björn Waldegård, Christine McVie, David Morrell, and Tadao Onishi. After him are Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Surayud Chulanont, Jean Zerbo, Martin Campbell, Rolf Stommelen, and Edward Herrmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis E. Brus ranks 2,885 out of 20,380. Before him are Julia Ann (1969), Henry King (1886), John McTiernan (1951), Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), Frances Arnold (1956), and Steve Russell (1937). After him are Don Henley (1947), Agnes Smedley (1892), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Brad Davis (1949), and Adam Goldberg (1970).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Louis E. Brus ranks 71. Before him are Elias James Corey (1928), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Thomas Cech (1947), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), and Frances Arnold (1956). After him are Alexander Shulgin (1925), Alice Ball (1892), Albert Ghiorso (1915), Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), Isabella Karle (1921), and Maclyn McCarty (1911).

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