Michael Tswett

Michael Tswett was a Russian botanist and chemist, best known for developing chromatography, a technique used to separate mixtures into their individual components. In the early 1900s, he invented this process by passing plant pigments through a column filled with a solid material, allowing different substances to move at different rates. This innovation has become vital in various fields, including chemistry, biochemistry, and environmental science, enabling scientists to analyze complex mixtures and purify compounds. Tswett’s work laid the groundwork for modern analytical chemistry, making it possible to study and understand myriad chemical substances and processes.