Martin Karplus(German:[ˈmaʁtiːnˈkaʁplʊs]; March 15, 1930 – December 28, 2024) was an Austrian and Americantheoretical chemist. He was the Theodore William Richards Professor ofChemistryatHarvard University. He was also the director of theBiophysical ChemistryLaboratory, a joint laboratory between theFrench National Center for Scientific Researchand theUniversity of Strasbourg, France. Karplus received the 2013Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together withMichael LevittandArieh Warshel, for "the development ofmultiscale modelsfor complex chemical systems". Fields: Theoretical chemistry Education: Harvard University BA California Institute of Technology PhD