K. Barry Sharpless

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American chemist chemist human

K. Barry Sharpless is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric synthesis and for co-founding the field of click chemistry, achievements that earned him multiple Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American chemist → chemist → human →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Doctor of Philosophy →
awardReceived	Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry → King Faisal International Prize in Science → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 → Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 → Priestley Medal → Wolf Prize in Chemistry →
coinedTerm	click chemistry →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1941-04-28 →
doctoralStudent	Morten Meldal → Valerie V. Ortuño →
educatedAt	Dartmouth College → Stanford University →
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Scripps Research → Stanford University →
familyName	Sharpless →
fieldOfWork	asymmetric synthesis → catalysis → click chemistry → organic chemistry →
givenName	Barry → Karl →
hasAcademicAdvisor	E. J. Corey →
knownFor	co-founding the field of click chemistry → pioneering work in asymmetric synthesis →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
notableWork	Sharpless aminohydroxylation → Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation → Sharpless epoxidation → click chemistry →
placeOfBirth	Pennsylvania → Philadelphia → United States of America →
residence	United States of America →
sexOrGender	male →
sharesNobelPrizeWith	Carolyn R. Bertozzi → Morten Meldal → Ryoji Noyori → William S. Knowles →
workLocation	California → La Jolla →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ACS Award in Organic Chemistry →	hasRecipient
Nobel Prize in Chemistry →	notableLaureate
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry →	notableRecipient