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Michael Grätzel

1944 - Today

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Michael Grätzel (born 11 May 1944, in Dorfchemnitz, Saxony, Germany) is a professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne where he directs the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces. He pioneered research on energy and electron transfer reactions in mesoscopic-materials and their optoelectronic applications. He co-invented with Brian O'Regan the Grätzel cell in 1988. Grätzel has been called the "father of artificial photosynthesis". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Grätzel is the 441st most popular chemist (down from 422nd in 2019), the 3,705th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,569th in 2019) and the 77th most popular German Chemist. Learn more about Michael Grätzel's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Michael Grätzel ranks 441 out of 602. Before him are William Gregor, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, Juan José Elhuyar, Henri Braconnot, and Eugène-Anatole Demarçay. After him are Johan Kjeldahl, Carl Remigius Fresenius, Anders Jahan Retzius, Alexander William Williamson, James Crafts, and Constantin Fahlberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Michael Grätzel ranks 373. Before him are John Flanagan, Džemaludin Mušović, Glen Cook, Robert Mueller, Joseph Benz, and Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto. After him are Rick Barry, Bruno Platter, Momčilo Perišić, Denny Laine, Catherine Schell, and Jon E. Ahlquist.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Grätzel ranks 3,707 out of 7,253. Before him are Ludwig Renn (1889), Hans von Koessler (1853), Brunhilde Pomsel (1911), Conrad of Parzham (1818), Bernhard Klodt (1926), and Otto Lesser (1830). After him are Lotte Lehmann (1888), Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818), Anna Hübler (1885), Paul Götz (1883), Friedrich von Huene (1875), and Anno II (1010).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Michael Grätzel ranks 77. Before him are Walther Kossel (1888), Carl Graebe (1841), Hugo Schiff (1834), Christian Gmelin (1792), Albert Niemann (1834), and Felix Hoppe-Seyler (1825). After him are Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818), Benjamin List (1968), Johann Schweigger (1779), Peter Armbruster (1931), Walter Noddack (1893), and Theodor Curtius (1857).

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