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Sever Sternhell

1930–2022

Nationality
Australia
Occupation
chemist

Severyn Marcel Sternhell (30 May 1930 – 18 November 2022) was a Polish-born Australian academic and organic chemist.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
    Dates unknown
  2. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
    Dates unknown

Biography

Severyn Marcel Sternhell (30 May 1930 – 18 November 2022) was a Polish-born Australian academic and organic chemist. He was professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. His research focused on the induction of chirality into mesophases, aspects of steric hindrance and the mechanochemistry of organic compounds.

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