Academic Family Trees

We’ve traced the academic lineages of our team of top young chemists to uncover their common ancestors

To read the trees, choose one of our Talented 12 and follow the colored arrows to discover how each fits into the central-science family.

Lineage is indicated through colored arrows: Black traces undergraduate lineage, blue traces graduate lineage, and red traces postdoctoral lineage. Common ancestors are highlighted in yellow: Click to see which of the Talented 12 are connected through these well-known chemists.

Note: Affiliations of our Talented 12’s academic relatives are current, most notable, or last known. Lineages are not comprehensive.
Sources: Correspondence with the Talented 12, academictree.org, LinkedIn

■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Fikile Brushett

MIT

John M. Vohs

University of Pennsylvania

Paul J. A. Kenis

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

John T. Vaughey

Argonne National Laboratory

George M. Whitesides

Harvard

John D. Corbett

Iowa State University

John D. Roberts

Caltech

Norman W. Gregory

University of Washington

Paul D. Bartlett

Texas Christian University

Edwin N. Lassettre

Carnegie Mellon University

James Bryant Conant

Harvard

Linus C. Pauling

Stanford

Elmer P. Kohler

Harvard

Theodore W. Richards

Harvard

Viktor Meyer

Heidelberg University

Robert W. E. Bunsen

University of Heidelberg

Ira Remsen

Johns Hopkins University

Walther Nernst

Humboldt University of Berlin

Adolf von Baeyer

University of Munich

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■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Luke Connal

University of Melbourne

Greg Qiao

University of Melbourne

David H. Solomon

University of Melbourne

Craig J.

Hawker

UC Santa Barbara

Frank Caruso

University of Melbourne

Jean M. J. Fréchet

UC Berkeley

Conrad Schuerch

Syracuse University

Ernest H. Huntress

MIT

Forris J. Moore

MIT

Adolf von Baeyer

University of Munich

Viktor Meyer

Heidelberg University

Robert W. E. Bunsen

University of Heidelberg

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■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Jillian Dempsey

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Harry B. Gray

Caltech

Daniel G. Nocera

Harvard

Edward I. Solomon

Stanford

Daniel R. Gamelin

University of Washington

Carl J. Ballhausen

University of Copenhagen

Hans U. Güdel

University of Bern

Fred Basolo

Northwestern University

Ralph G. Pearson

UC Santa Barbara

Donald S. McClure

Princeton University

James Ferguson

Australian National University

John C. Bailar Jr.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ward V. Evans

Northwestern University

George E. Gibson

UC Berkeley

William G. Schneider

National Research Council of Canada

Moses Gomberg

University of Michigan

Edward C. Franklin

Stanford

Otto Maass

McGill University

Adolf von Baeyer

University of Munich

Richard W. H. Abegg

Wrocław University of Science & Technology

Ira Remsen

Johns Hopkins University

Theodore W. Richards

Harvard

Walther Nernst

Humboldt University of Berlin

Viktor Meyer

Heidelberg University

Robert W. E. Bunsen

University of Heidelberg

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■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Daniel DiRocco

Merck & Co.

Holly D. Bendorf

Lycoming College

Tomislav Rovis

Columbia

Craig A. Merlic

UCLA

David A. Evans

Harvard

Martin F. Semmelhack

Princeton University

Robert E. Ireland

University of Virginia

E. J. Corey

Harvard

William S. Johnson

Stanford

John C. Sheehan

MIT

Louis F. Fieser

Harvard

Werner E. Bachmann

University of Michigan

Walther Nernst

Humboldt University of Berlin

Moses Gomberg

University of Michigan

Theodore W. Richards

Harvard

James Bryant Conant

Harvard

Elmer P. Kohler

Harvard

Viktor Meyer

Heidelberg University

Adolf von Baeyer

University of Munich

Ira Remsen

Johns Hopkins University

Robert W. E. Bunsen

University of Heidelberg

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■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Michael Feasel

U.S. Army ECBC

Jonathan L. Sessler

University of Texas, Austin

William R. Randall

University of Maryland

Robert L. Kristovich

U.S. Army ECBC

John I. Brauman

Stanford

Prabir K. Dutta

Ohio State University

Andrew Streitwieser Jr.

UC Berkeley

Thomas G. Spiro

University of Washington

Carl J. Ballhausen

University of Copenhagen

John D. Roberts

Caltech

Walther Nernst

Humboldt University of Berlin

Paul D. Bartlett

Texas Christian University

James Bryant Conant

Harvard

Theodore W. Richards

Harvard

Elmer P. Kohler

Harvard

Viktor Meyer

Heidelberg University

Adolf von Baeyer

University of Munich

Ira Remsen

Johns Hopkins University

Robert W. E. Bunsen

University of Heidelberg

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■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Renee Frontiera

University of Minnesota

Deborah S. Gross

Carleton

College

Richard A. Mathies

UC Berkeley

Richard P. Van Duyne

Northwestern University

Kimberly A. Prather

UC San Diego

Andreas C. Albrecht

Cornell University

Charles N. Reilley

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Robert N. Rosenfeld

UC Davis

William T. Simpson

University of Oregon

Nathaniel H. Furman

Princeton University

Kenneth S. Pitzer

UC Berkeley

Leroy W. McCay

Princeton University

John I. Brauman

Stanford

Andrew Streitwieser Jr.

UC Berkeley

John D. Roberts

Caltech

Walther Nernst

Humboldt University of Berlin

Paul D. Bartlett

Texas Christian University

James Bryant Conant

Harvard

Theodore W. Richards

Harvard

Elmer P. Kohler

Harvard

Robert W. E. Bunsen

University of Heidelberg

Viktor Meyer

Heidelberg University

Ira Remsen

Johns Hopkins University

Adolf von Baeyer

University of Munich

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■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Marie Heffern

UC Davis

Richard L. Brutchey

University of Southern California

Daniel G. Nocera

Harvard

Christopher J. Chang

UC Berkeley

Thomas J. Meade

Northwestern University

Stephen J. Lippard

MIT

Daryle H. Busch

University of Kansas

F. Albert Cotton

Texas A&M University

Carl J. Ballhausen

University of Copenhagen

Fred Basolo

Northwestern University

Harry B. Gray

Caltech

John C. Bailar Jr.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ralph G. Pearson

UC Santa Barbara

Moses Gomberg

University of Michigan

Ward V. Evans

Northwestern University

Adolf von Baeyer

University of Munich

Edward C. Franklin

Stanford

Ira Remsen

Johns Hopkins University

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■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Ashish Kulkarni

Harvard Medical School

V. R. Kanetkar

Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

Suri S. Iyer

Georgia State University

Shiladitya Sengupta

Harvard Medical School

Elliot L. Chaikof

Harvard Medical School

Edward W. Merrill

MIT

Herman P. Meissner

MIT

Hans J. Schumacher

National University of

La Plata

Max E. A. Bodenstein

Humboldt University of Berlin

Walther Nernst

Humboldt University of Berlin

Viktor Meyer

Heidelberg University

Adolf von Baeyer

University of Munich

Robert W. E. Bunsen

University of Heidelberg

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■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Corinna Schindler

University of Michigan

Erick M. Carreira

ETH Zurich

Thomas J. Katz

Columbia

K. C. Nicolaou

Rice University

Eric N. Jacobsen

Harvard

E. J. Corey

Harvard

David A. Evans

Harvard

K. Barry Sharpless

Scripps Research Institute California

Robert E. Ireland

University of Virginia

John C. Sheehan

MIT

Konrad E.

Bloch

Harvard

Robert G. Bergman

UC Berkeley

William S. Johnson

Stanford

Werner E. Bachmann

University of Michigan

Hans T. Clarke

Columbia

Jerome A. Berson

Yale

Moses Gomberg

University of Michigan

Hermann Emil Fischer

Humboldt University of Berlin

Robert B. Woodward

Harvard

Louis F. Fieser

Harvard

Ira Remsen

Johns Hopkins University

James Bryant Conant

Harvard

Elmer P. Kohler

Harvard

Viktor Meyer

Heidelberg University

Adolf von Baeyer

University of Munich

Theodore W. Richards

Harvard

Walther Nernst

Humboldt University of Berlin

Robert W. E. Bunsen

University of Heidelberg

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■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Staff Sheehan

Catalytic Innovations

Dunwei Wang

Boston College

Charles A. Schmuttenmaer

Yale

R. J. Dwayne Miller

University of Toronto

James R. Heath

Caltech

Richard J. Saykally

UC Berkeley

Michael D. Fayer

Stanford

Richard E. Smalley

Rice University

R. Claude Woods

University of Wisconsin

Charles B. Harris

UC Berkeley

Lennard Wharton

University of Chicago

F. Albert Cotton

Texas A&M University

E. Bright Wilson Jr.

Harvard

William Klemperer

Harvard

Linus C. Pauling

Stanford

George C. Pimentel

UC Berkeley

Kenneth S. Pitzer

UC Berkeley

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■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Bozhi Tian

University of Chicago

Dongyuan Zhao

Fudan University

Daniel S. Kohane

Harvard Medical School

Robert S. Langer

MIT

Warren K. Lewis

MIT

Charles M. Lieber

Harvard

Kenneth A. Smith

MIT

Clark K. Colton

MIT

Harold S. Mickley

MIT

Edward W. Merrill

MIT

Thomas Kilgore Sherwood

MIT

Herman P. Meissner

MIT

Warren K. Lewis

MIT

Richard W. H. Abegg

Wrocław University of Science & Technology

Mark S. Wrighton

Washington University in St. Louis

Carl J. Ballhausen

University of Copenhagen

Harry B. Gray

Caltech

Fred Basolo

Northwestern University

Ralph G. Pearson

UC Santa Barbara

George S. Hammond

Santa Clara University

John C. Bailar Jr.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ward V. Evans

Northwestern University

Paul D. Bartlett

Texas Christian University

Edward C. Franklin

Stanford

Moses Gomberg

University of Michigan

James Bryant Conant

Harvard

Ira Remsen

Johns Hopkins University

Adolf von Baeyer

University of Munich

Elmer P. Kohler

Harvard

Hans J. Schumacher

National University of La Plata

Walther Nernst

Humboldt University of Berlin

Theodore W. Richards

Harvard

Robert W. E. Bunsen

University of Heidelberg

Max E. A. Bodenstein

Humboldt University of Berlin

Viktor Meyer

Heidelberg University

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■ Undergrad

■ Grad

■ Postdoc

Florence Wagner

Broad Institute

Mike J. Malaska

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Edward J. Brnardic

GSK

Daniel L. Comins

North Carolina State University

Albert I. Meyers

Colorado State University

E. J. Corey

Harvard

John C. Sheehan

MIT

Werner E. Bachmann

University of Michigan

Moses Gomberg

University of Michigan

Adolf von Baeyer

University of Munich

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