Martyn Poliakoff

Sir Martyn Poliakoff, is a British chemist, working on fundamental chemistry, and on developing environmentally acceptable processes and materials. The core themes of his work are supercritical fluids, infrared spectroscopy and lasers. He is a research professor in chemistry at the University of Nottingham. As well as carrying out research at the University of Nottingham, he is a lecturer, teaching a number of modules including green chemistry.

16 December 1947

Born on the same birth date (16 December 1947): Ben Cross • Trevor Żahra • Vincent Matthews (athlete)

Born on the same birth day (16 December): A. N. R. Robinson • Benjamin Bratt • Danish Kaneria • François-Adrien Boieldieu • Heather Hallett, Baroness Hallett • Joel Garner • John Gunn (Australian politician) • Kim Chwa-chin • LaChanze • Mihai Trăistariu • Piet Hein (scientist) • Rebecca Marino • Wendy Doolan

Born in the same month (December 1947): Bruce Golding • Dilip Doshi • Don Touhig • Isaac Bitton • Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa • Kati-Claudia Fofonoff • Miroslav Vitouš • Richard Crandall • Tom Daschle