Martin Gouterman | |
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| Born | December 26, 1931 |
| Died | February 22, 2020 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Harvard University University of Washington |
| Thesis | Study of the effects of substitution on the absorption spectra of porphyrins (1959) |
| Doctoral students | Roald Hoffman Janet Kavandi Michael Zerner |
| Other notable students | Loren Williams |
Martin Paul Gouterman (December 26, 1931 – February 22, 2020) was an American chemist who was a professor of chemistry at the University of Washington. He is remembered for his seminal work on the optical spectra porphyrins, for which he developed a simple model generally referred to as Gouterman's four-orbital model.