What Awards and Honors did Robert H. Grubbs Receive?
Robert H. Grubbs received numerous awards and honors in recognition of his contributions to chemistry. Most notably, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005, along with Richard Schrock and Yves Chauvin, for their development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis. Grubbs also received the ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry, the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.