Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (born 1948)

Karen Wetterhahn

American chemist (1948–1997)

Karen Elizabeth Wetterhahn, also known as Karen Wetterhahn Jennette, was an American professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, who specialized in toxic metal exposure. She died of mercury poisoning at the age of 48 due to accidental exposure to the extremely…