Giulio Natta (1903-1979)

Awarded the Prize “for his discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers.”

Italian chemist. Natta was born at Imperia in Italy on February 26, 1903. He was educated at the Milan Polytechnic Institute where he obtained his doctorate in chemical engineering in 1924. He was Professor at the University of Pavia (1933-35), the University of Rome (1935-37), the University of Turin (1937-38). Natta returned to Milan in 1939 as Professor of industrial chemistry. Natta died on May 2, 1979 in Italy.