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Raymond Dean Astumian is an American physical chemist. He is a professor at the University of Maine.

Biography

Astumian earned a bachelor's degree, followed by a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1978 and 1982. He obtained a doctorate in mathematical science and physical chemistry from the same institution the next year. Astumian is a professor at the University of Maine.

In 2000, he was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society "or fundamental contributions to understanding the thermodynamics and mechanism of transduction of energy from a non-equilibrium chemical reaction to drive directed transport by molecular motors and pumps." Astumian won the 2011 Feynman Prize for Theory.

References

1. ^ "R. Dean Astumian". University of Maine. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
2. "APS fellow archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
3. "Astumian Wins International Physics Award". University of Maine. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

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