Morten P. Meldal

Morten Meldal
Meldal in 2023
Born
Morten Peter Meldal

(1954-01-16) 16 January 1954
Denmark
EducationTechnical University of Denmark (BS, MS, PhD)
AwardsNobel Prize in Chemistry (2022)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
Institutions
Thesis Reactions of Unsaturated Sugars with Hydrogen Halides  (1983)
Doctoral advisorKlaus Bock

Morten Peter Meldal (born 16 January 1954) is a Danish chemist and Nobel laureate. He is a professor of chemistry at the University of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is best known for developing the CuAAC-click reaction, concurrently with but independent of Valery V. Fokin and K. Barry Sharpless.