Benjamin List
German chemist (1968-) · Germany · On the map · Scientists
Benjamin List is a German chemist who is one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and professor of organic chemistry at the University of Cologne. He co-developed organocatalysis, a method of accelerating chemical reactions and making them more efficient.
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2022Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2021Nobel Prize in ChemistryAward2016Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeAward2013Horst Pracejus PrizeAwardMukaiyama AwardAwardRuhrpreis for Arts and ScienceAward2012Otto Bayer AwardAward2009Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2003Carl Duisberg Memorial AwardAward1968Born11 January 1968
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He shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David MacMillan "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis".
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Born 1968 · age 58
