Martin Gouterman

Martin Paul Gouterman (December 26, 1931 – February 22, 2020) was an American chemist who was a professor of chemistry at the University of Washington. He is remembered for his seminal work on the optical spectra porphyrins, for which he developed a simple model generally referred to as Gouterman's four-orbital model.

Martin Gouterman
BornDecember 26, 1931
DiedFebruary 22, 2020(2020-02-22) (aged 88)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Scientific career
InstitutionsHarvard University
University of Washington
ThesisStudy of the effects of substitution on the absorption spectra of porphyrins (1959)
Doctoral studentsRoald Hoffman
Janet Kavandi
Michael Zerner
Other notable studentsLoren Williams
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