Philip Coppens
Signed portrait, 1978
Born(1930-10-24)October 24, 1930
Amersfoort, the Netherlands
DiedJune 21, 2017(2017-06-21) (aged 86)
West Grove, Pennsylvania, USA[1]
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
Occupation(s)Chemist and crystallographer
Known forCharge density analysis
Scientific career
InstitutionsBrookhaven National Laboratory
University at Buffalo
Doctoral advisorCarolina MacGillavry
Other academic advisorsGerhard Schmidt

Philip Coppens (October 24, 1930 – June 21, 2017)[2] was a Dutch-born American chemist and crystallographer known for his work on charge density analysis using X-rays crystallography[3] and the pioneering work in the field of photocrystallography.[4]

Education and career

The Amersfoort-born Coppens received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Amsterdam in 1954 and 1960, where he was supervised by Carolina MacGillavry. In 1968, following appointments at the Weizmann Institute and Brookhaven National Laboratory, he was appointed in the chemistry department at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was a SUNY Distinguished Professor and holder of the Henry M. Woodburn Chair of Chemistry. Among the many 3-dimensional structures Coppens characterized is the nitroprusside ion.[5]

Honours and awards

Coppens was a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1979[6] and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1993.[7] Additionally, he was awarded the Gregori Aminoff Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1996, the Ewald Prize of the International Union of Crystallography in 2005,[8] and Kołos Medal in 2013.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Linda Wang (2017-08-07). "Obituary: Philip Coppens". C&EN Global Enterprise. 95 (32): 36. doi:10.1021/cen-09532-peopobits1. ISSN 2474-7408.
  2. ^ Ellen Goldbaum (June 23, 2017). "SUNY Distinguished Professor Philip Coppens has died". University at Buffalo. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Payne, Robin. "Philip Coppens". history.amercrystalassn.org. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  4. ^ Coppens, Philip (2017-02-01). "The dramatic development of X-ray photocrystallography over the past six decades". Structural Dynamics. 4 (3): 032102. doi:10.1063/1.4975301. ISSN 2329-7778. PMC 5291789. PMID 28191481.
  5. ^ Coppens, Philip (2002). "Photoinduced Linkage Isomers of Transition-Metal Nitrosyl Compounds and Related Complexes". Chemical Reviews. 102 (4): 861–884. doi:10.1021/cr000031c. PMID 11942781.
  6. ^ "P. Coppens". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  7. ^ Goldbaum, Ellen (December 3, 1993). "Coppens Named Fellow of AAAS". University at Buffalo. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  8. ^ The Ewald Prize, 2005

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