Benjamin List
German chemist (1968-)
Benjamin List (born 11 January 1968), also known as Ben List, is a German chemist. He is the director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and professor of organic chemistry at the University of Cologne. He helped create organocatalysis. He shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David MacMillan.[1]
Benjamin List | |
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Born | |
Education | Free University of Berlin (Diplom) Goethe University Frankfurt (PhD) |
Relatives | Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (aunt) |
Awards | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2016) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2021) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Cologne Max Planck Institute for Coal Research Hokkaido University |
Thesis | Synthese eines Vitamin B 12 Semicorrins (1997) |
Doctoral advisor | Johann Mulzer |
References
change- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2021-10-06.