In Memoriam: November 2024

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Giacinto Scoles

Courtesy of the Department of Chemistry

Giacinto Scoles, a chemistry professor who made pioneering contributions to the use of molecular beams, died Sept. 24 at age 89. Scoles joined the faculty in 1987 and transferred to emeritus status in 2008 as the Donner Professor of Science. His research interests included intermolecular forces and chemical-reaction dynamics. Scoles helped to establish the Princeton Materials Institute and edited Atomic and Molecular Beam Methods, “the indispensable handbook for practitioners of the art of molecular beams,” according to a biography published by the Office of the Dean of the Faculty.