Ryōji Noyori

Ryōji Noyori
Noyori in 2013
Born (1938-09-03) 3 September 1938
NationalityJapan
Alma materKyoto University
Awards
  • Asahi Prize (1992)
  • Tetrahedron Prize (1993)
  • Arthur C. Cope Award (1997)
  • Nobel Prize for Chemistry (2001)
  • Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2001)
  • ForMemRS (2005)
  • Lomonosov Gold Medal (2009)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Doctoral advisorHitoshi Nozaki
Other academic advisorsElias J. Corey
Websitewww.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2001/noyori-facts.html

Ryōji Noyori (野依 良治, Noyori Ryōji; born September 3, 1938) is a Japanese chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001, Noyori shared a half of the prize with William S. Knowles for the study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Organic synthesis in Japan : past, present, and future : in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan / editor in chief, Ryoji Noyori (1992)
  2. ↑ Asymmetric catalysis in organic synthesis (1994)
  3. ↑ T. J. Colacot. "2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry". Platinum Metals Review 2002, 46(2), 82–83.
  4. ↑ Ryoji Noyori Nobel lecture (2001)
  5. ↑ Ryoji Noyori Nobel lecture video (2001)
  6. ↑ Autobiography
  7. ↑ Biographical snapshots: Ryoji Noyori, Journal of Chemical Education web site.