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Robert West

Academic Title: Emeritus Professor

Administrative Title: Director, Organosilicon Research Center

Name: Robert West

 

Department: Department of Chemistry

Department Website: http://www.chem.wisc.edu/

Institution: University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

Address: 1101 University Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1396

 

Highest Degree: Ph. D.

Date of Degree: 1954

Degree Institution: Harvard University

 

E-mail: Contact by e-mail?

 

Expertise: Organosilicon chemistry, including multiply bonded silicon compounds, cyclic silanes, and polysilane high polymers; germanium compounds; novel aromatic and highly-conjugated species including oxocarbons and polyquinones; chemistry of buckminsterfullerene, C60

 

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