Giulio Natta

Giulio Natta
Giulio Natta
Born	(1903-02-26)26 February 1903 Imperia, Italy
Died	2 May 1979(1979-05-02) (aged 76) Bergamo, Italy
Alma mater	Politecnico di Milano
Known for	Ziegler–Natta catalyst Natta projection
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1963) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1969)
Scientific career
Fields	Organic chemistry
Institutions	Pavia University University of Rome La Sapienza Politecnico di Torino

Giulio Natta (Italian: [ˈd͡ʒu.ljo ˈnat.ta]; 26 February 1903 – 2 May 1979) was an Italian chemical engineer and Nobel laureate. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963 with Karl Ziegler for work on high polymers. He also received a Lomonosov Gold Medal in 1969.^[1]