John C. Polanyi (1929- )

Awarded the Prize “for his contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.”

Canadian chemist. Polanyi was born in Berlin, Germany on January 23, 1929. He was educated at Manchester University where he obtained his B.Sc. in 1949 his Ph.D. in 1952. From 1962 to present he is Professor at the University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Society of London, a Member of the American Academy of Arts Sciences the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.