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Michael Abraham (chemist)

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Michael H Abraham (died 19 January 2021) was a chemist and also an artist. He worked in the fields of physical and organic chemistry at University College London, where he held the seat of professor. Specifically, his research interests included hydrogen bonding, linear free energy relationships (LFER), quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) and solute-solvent interactions. His work has led to him being on Thomson Reuters' list of most cited scientists. As well as his research science, he was a hobby artist. Examples of his work can be found on his research page in external links.

Michael Abraham died on 19 January 2021, aged 89.

Key works done by Michael Abraham and UCL co-workers include the measuring and calculation of molecular properties of thousands of molecules. These properties include H-bond acidity and basicity, dipolarity and polarisability.[1]

References

  1. ^ Valko, Klara (2013). Physicochemical and Biomimetic Properties in Drug Discovery. John Wiley. ISBN 1118770323.