Manfred Eigen

Manfred Eigen, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1927-05-09 in Bochum, Germany

Gender: male

Field: German biophysical chemist (1927–2019)

Biography

Manfred Eigen was a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967

Awarded on: 1967-10-30

"for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy"

Affiliations:

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Physikalische ChemieGöttingen, Germany