Ulrich P. Strauss | |
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Born | Ulrich Paul Strauss January 10, 1920 |
Died | August 7, 2015 | (aged 95)
Alma mater | Columbia University Cornell University |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1971) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | Rutgers University |
Ulrich Paul Strauss (January 10, 1920 – August 7, 2015) was an American chemist. He was professor emeritus at Rutgers University.[1] Strauss received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1971.[2]
Strauss was born in Frankfurt. He earned a B.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from Cornell University.[3] He finished his postdoc at Yale University before embarking a teaching a career at Rutgers University, where he taught from 1948 to 1990.[1] Strauss' specialty was polyelectrolytes and he created prefabricated soap micelles known as "polysoaps."[4][5][6][7]
Strauss died on August 7, 2015, at age 95 at his home in Highland Park, New Jersey.[8]