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Also known as B. List, B List, List, List B, List B., Ben List

German chemist (1968-)

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  • Science of Synthesis : Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations Vol. 32
  • Organocatalysis
  • Science of synthesis
  • Asymmetric organocatalysis

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Gender
Female
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1941-12-12
Active to
2020-03-27
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Born
( 1968-01-11 ) 11 January 1968 (age 58) , 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)
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

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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".

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