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Nicholas Winograd

Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry. Department of Chemistry. Penn State University, USA

Most important lesson Perseverance. Don't follow the crowd.

Funniest/most unexpected moment Funny events are usually provided by the students – like hooking up a vacuum pump backwards. The most unexpected thing was winning the Texas Instruments prize in 1984.

Eye on the horizon I have been at this for 45 years; it is time to let the younger researchers take over. Analytical sciences, since they depend heavily upon exponentially growing technology, has a terrific future...

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Part of the Power List 2015

100 reasons to be proud

Welcome to The Power List 2015 – our second foray into the Top 100 most influential people in the world of analytical science. Though we realize our list can (and should) never be definitive, who can argue that the faces within – both familiar and new – do not beautifully highlight the brilliance and diversity found within our sometimes undervalued field?

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