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Martyn Poliakoff

1947 - Today

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Sir Martyn Poliakoff (born 16 December 1947) is a British chemist known for his work on green chemistry and for being the main presenter on the popular YouTube channel Periodic Videos. The core subjects of his academic work are supercritical fluids, infrared spectroscopy and lasers. He is a research professor in chemistry at the University of Nottingham. As well as carrying out research at the University of Nottingham, he is a lecturer, teaching a number of modules including green chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martyn Poliakoff is the 582nd most popular chemist (up from 585th in 2019), the 5,471st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,773rd in 2019) and the 74th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Martyn Poliakoff ranks 582 out of 602. Before him are Gilbert Stork, Benjamin Silliman, Rachel Fuller Brown, John George Children, Susan Solomon, and Mary Engle Pennington. After him are Richard Zare, Ching Wan Tang, Willis R. Whitney, Marie Maynard Daly, Esther M. Conwell, and Richard Lerner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Martyn Poliakoff ranks 792. Before him are Carole Bayer Sager, Ray Cooper, Nelson Oduber, Manfred Klein, Tom Scholz, and Guo Jinlong. After him are Gerardo Vera, Zoltán Melis, Heikki Ikola, Ching Wan Tang, Stephen R. Donaldson, and Gilles Duceppe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martyn Poliakoff ranks 5,473 out of 8,785. Before him are Richie Faulkner (1980), Mary Rand (1940), Annie Speirs (1889), Angela Mortimer (1932), Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742), and David Marshall (1985). After him are Gemma Chan (1982), Lee Grant (1983), Alec B. Francis (1867), Valerie Hobson (1917), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), and Kathleen Raine (1908).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Martyn Poliakoff ranks 74. Before him are Neil Bartlett (1932), Robin Hill (1899), John Roebuck (1718), Leslie Orgel (1927), Carol V. Robinson (1956), and John George Children (1777).

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