kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago That’s Hermann Staudinger. He won the Nobel Prize for his work on polymers.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1953/staudinger/facts/
Supposedly, when he first synthesized a polymer he didn’t realize the significance of what he had and poured it down the drain. Though a quick Google search isn’t coming up with any sources for that story aside from the Reddit post OP’s image came from.