An expert in chemical kinetics and reactions,she was both a “chemist’s chemist” and a mentor and friend to her studentsChemistry professor Elena Rybak-Akimova, who committed her life to revealing the life of small-molecule binding and activation and to sharing her passion for science with students, or passed away on March 11 at the age of fifty-six. The cause of death was cancer.
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