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== E == Sandra Eaton (PhD 1972), American chemist notable for work on electron paramagnetic resonance John Tileston Edsall (1902–2002), American protein chemist, and co-author of Proteins, Amino Acids and Peptides Eilaf Egap (21st century), American chemist who works on imaging techniques and biomaterials for early diagnostics and drug delivery Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915), German chemist, winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for contributions to immunology Arthur Eichengrün (1867–1949), German chemist known for developing the anti-gonorrhea drug Protargol Manfred Eigen (1927–2019), German chemist, winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions Mostafa El-Sayed (born 1933), Egyptian-American physical chemist known for the El-Sayed rule in spectroscopy Fausto Elhuyar (1755–1833), Spanish chemist, the first to isolate tungsten Lorne Elias (PhD 1956), Canadian chemist, inventor of the explosives vapour detector EVD-1 Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), American biochemist and recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for innovative methods of rational drug design Conrad Elvehjem (1901–1962), American biochemist who identified two vitamins, nicotinic acid (niacin) and nicotinamide Harry Julius Emeléus (1903–1993), British inorganic chemist known for work on fluorine chemistry Gladys Anderson Emerson (1903–1984), American chemist and early nutritionist, and the first person to isolate Vitamin E Emil Erlenmeyer (1825–1909), German chemist known for the early development of the theory of chemical structure and formulating the Erlenmeyer rule. Richard R. Ernst (1933–2021), Swiss physical chemist, 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Gerhard Ertl (born 1936), German physical chemist who laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry, 2007 Nobel prize in chemistry Margaret C. Etter (1943–1992), American chemist and developer of solid state chemistry for crystalline organic compounds Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873–1964), Swedish chemist, winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on the fermentation of sugar and enzymes Henry Eyring (1901–1981), Mexico-born American theoretical chemist known for the absolute rate theory of chemical reactions

== F ==

=== Fa–Fi === Kazimierz Fajans (1887–1975), Polish-American physical chemist, who worked on radioactivity and co-discovered protactinium Michael Faraday (1791–1867), British chemist and physicist who discovered include the principles of electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and electrolysis Hermann von Fehling (1812–1885), German chemist who developed use of Fehling's solution for estimation of sugar John Bennett Fenn (1917–2010), 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work in mass spectrometry Enrico Fermi (1901–1954), Nuclear chemist and elementary particle physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics 1938 Louis Fieser (1899–1977), American chemist who work on blood-clotting agents including the first synthesis of vitamin K, and was the author of numerous textbooks Mary Peters Fieser (1909–1997), American chemist who worked on quinones and steroids, and was co-author of chemistry books Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts (PhD 1973), Canadian-American chemist who works on the chemistry of the upper and lower atmosphere Emil Fischer (1852–1919), 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, known for work on stereochemistry and for the lock and key mechanism of enzyme action Emily V. Fischer (born 1979/1980), American chemist notable for work on the WE-CAN project and on peroxyacetyl nitrate Ernst Gottfried Fischer (1754–1831), German chemist who proposed a system of equivalents based on sulfuric acid equal to 1000 Ernst Otto Fischer (1918–2007), German chemist, 1973 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering work on organometallic chemistry Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877–1947), German chemist, co-discovered the Fischer–Tropsch process Hans Fischer (1881–1945), German organic chemist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll Nellie Ivy Fisher (1907–1995), London-born industrial chemist known for photographic chemistry Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (1835–1910), German chemist, co-discovered Wurtz–Fittig reaction

=== Fl–Fu === Edith M. Flanigen (born 1929), American chemist known for synthesizing emeralds and zeolites Nicolas Flamel (c. 1330–1418), French alchemist who was believed to have created and discovered the philosopher's stone Paul Flory (1910–1985), American chemist, 1974 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on the physical chemistry of macromolecules Maria Forsyth (PhD 1990), Australian chemist known for work on energy storage and on corrosion Margaret D. Foster (1895–1970), Manhattan Project chemist and the first female chemist to work for the United States Geological Survey Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1775–1809), co-discovered the element Iridium and developed modern chemical notation Joanna Fowler (born 1942), American neural chemist who studied effects on the human brain and radiotracers in brain chemistry Michelle Francl (PhD 1983), American computational chemist known for the 6-31G* basis set for Na to Ar and electrostatic potential charges Edward Frankland (1825–1899), English chemist, one of the originators of organometallic chemistry who introduced the concept of valence Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), British chemist and crystallographer whose work was central to understanding the molecular structure of DNA Katherine Franz (born 1972), American chemist noted for work in metal ion coordination in biological systems Herman Frasch (1851–1914), German mining engineer and inventor, pioneered the Frasch process Bertram Fraser-Reid (1934–2020), Jamaican synthetic organic chemist who developed the armed-disarmed principle in glycosylation chemistry Helen Murray Free (1923–2021), American chemist who developed self-testing systems for diabetes Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818–1897), German chemist known for work in analytical chemistry Ida Freund (1863–1914), British chemist known for texts on chemistry teaching, andy first woman university chemistry lecturer in the UK Charles Friedel (1832–1899), French chemist, developer of Friedel–Crafts reaction Alexander Naumovich Frumkin (1895–1976), electrochemist and chemist who develped applied electrochemical processes related to chemical sources of electrical power Kenichi Fukui (1918–1998), 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for investigating mechanisms of chemical reactions Elizabeth Fulhame (18th–19th centuries), British chemist, pioneer in the study of catalysis and discoverer of photoreduction Vera Furness (1921–2002), English chemist and industrial manager who worked on the production of the acrylic Courtelle

== G ==