Benjamin List
Benjamin List | |
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Benjamin List in 2021 | |
| Born | 11 January 1968 Frankfurt, West Germany |
| 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 |
| Other academic advisors | Richard Lerner Carlos F. Barbas III |
Benjamin List (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛnjamiːn ˈlɪst] ⓘ; born 11 January 1968) 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. He shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David MacMillan "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis".