Lauri Vaska
Lauri Vaska was born in Rakvere, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia on May 7th, 1925 and is the Chemist. At the age of 90, Lauri Vaska biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Lauri Vaska (May 7, 1925 – November 15, 2015) was an Estonian-American chemist who made important contributions to organometallic chemistry.
He was born in Rakvere, Estonia. Vaska was educated at the Baltic University in Hamburg, Germany (1946) and later at the University of Göttingen (1946–1949), where he received his Vordiplom, which is equivalent to the American B.S. Degree (sincere).
He obtained his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Texas (1952–1956).
He served as a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University (1956-1977), where he conducted magnetochemistry research.
He accepted a position as Fellow at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh, where he stayed until 1964.
During this period, the Mellon Institute held a number of future chemical luminaries, including Paul Lauterbur and R. Bruce King.
Vaska taught at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, where he taught chemistry from 1990 to his death.
Vootele Vaska, his brother, is a scholar.
In 2015, he died in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, at the age of 90.