Robert Floyd Curl Jr., an American chemist, was born on August 23, 1933, in Alice, Texas. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for his contribution to the discovery of fullerenes. Robert Curl completed his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Rice University and pursued his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been honored with numerous awards for his significant contributions to the field of chemistry. Some of the synonyms for Robert Floyd Curl Jr. are a chemist, researcher, laureate, scholar, Nobel Prize winner, and scientist.