Background
Richard Macy Noyes was born April 6, 1919 in Champaign, Illinois.
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Richard Macy Noyes
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University of Oregon.
Career
In 1959 Noyes became Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oregon. His research area was focused on the kinetic studies of oscillating reactions. Together with Richard J. Field, Endre Kőrös he developed a model (FKN mechanism) in 1972 to describe the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction.
In 1976, he was able to identify the reaction mechanism of the Bray-Liebhafsky reaction.
He received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1955 and the Fulbright Research Fellowship in 1964. During his career he published 190 scientific articles in various journals.
He was also associate editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry. On his 70th Birthday he was honored by the Journal with a Festschrift.
He died on November 25, 1997.
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National Academy of Sciences.
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United States
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Fulbright fellow; Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand, 1964. National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute für Physikalische Chemie, Göttingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1965. Senior American scientist awardee Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1978-1979.Fulbright fellow; Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand, 1964. National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute für Physikalische Chemie, Göttingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1965. Senior American scientist awardee Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1978-1979.