Richard F. Heck Ph.D.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010
Nobel co-recipients Ei-ichi Negishizz, Akira Suzuki

Physical organic chemist. Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction. Sole author - 7 consecutive papers. Heck reaction: important concept, tool for organic and medicinal chemists; fuorescence labeling of DNA bases - sequencing DNA/Genome. Thinner computer screens in future. "Great art in test tube."

Growing orchids in early teens lead to passion for chemistry.

Videos

Please do use your discretion. Videos in which the Laureates themselves speak are fine. Regarding other videos please accept truthful info and disregard the rest. Possibly more than one person with same name.

2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Announcement. 1:14

Richard F Heck - The Nobel Prize Lecture in Uppsala 2010. 10: 49

Swedish princess Victoria with Richard Heck, Nobel Prize dinner 2010. 0:35.

Richard Heck lecture Queens University September 2006. 58:57.

Richard Heck's Contribution to Science and the World, University of Delaware. This video is designed to serve as a resource to teachers, as they seek to inspire the next generation of world-changing scientists. 6:31.

Richard Heck