Hans Göran Magnusson (23 April 1942 – 7 June 2000) was a Swedish

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. Magnusson graduated with a Ph.D. in 1975 from

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with a thesis on sesquiterpene chemistry, and was simultaneously awarded the title as

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. In 1978-79, he was a postdoctoral research associate at

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, USA, where he worked with natural products' chemist Ernest Wenkert on alkaloid synthesis. After his return to Sweden, he was first recruited to build a research unit in organic chemistry at the Swedish Sugar Corporation before returning to

, where he was appointed Professor of organic chemistry in 1991 and where he stayed until his death.

Sources

* Magnusson, G. (1991) ''KC-Kalendern'' (in Swedish), 22 (4).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Magnusson, Goran 1942 births 2000 deaths Swedish chemists Lund University alumni Academic staff of Lund University Rice University alumni People from Simrishamn Municipality