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John D. Roberts Lecture

John D. Roberts Lecture

John D. ("Jack") Roberts, was an Institute Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Caltech and former provost. He was a pioneer in the field of physical organic chemistry and brought nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to organic chemistry, allowing chemists to determine the structures of complex biological molecules.