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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Jerrold Meinwald

Title:

Professor Emeritus

Affiliation:

Cornell University

Olin Chemistry Research Wing, Room 582

Ithaca,New York 14853 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2018

Award Discipline:

Chemistry

Award Year:

2012

Citation:

"For applying chemical principles and techniques to studies of plant and insect defense and communication, and for his seminal role in establishing chemical ecology as a core discipline important to agriculture, forestry, medicine, and environmental science."

Award presented by President Barack Obama at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 20, 2014.

 

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