Benjamin List

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Benjamin List is a German chemist renowned for his pioneering work in organocatalysis, for which he shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David W. C. MacMillan.

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instanceOf German chemist
chemist
human
awardReceived 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Tetrahedron Prize
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1968-01-11
doctoralAdvisor Johann Mulzer NERFINISHED
educatedAt Free University of Berlin NERFINISHED
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
employer Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
surface form: Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

University of Cologne NERFINISHED
familyName List
fieldOfWork chemistry
organic chemistry
organocatalysis
givenName Benjamin
hasAcademicTitle Professor
knownFor asymmetric organocatalysis
organocatalysis
languageSpoken English
German
memberOf German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Max Planck Society
name Benjamin List NERFINISHED
nationality German
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
NobelPrizeYear 2021
nobleFamily List family
notableWork development of asymmetric organocatalysis using proline
placeOfBirth Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED
Hesse
West Germany
positionHeld director at Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
professor at University of Cologne
publicationType scientific articles
relative Franz List
researchInterest asymmetric catalysis
green chemistry
residence Germany
sexOrGender male
sharesNobelPrizeWith David W. C. MacMillan NERFINISHED
workplace Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
surface form: Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

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