On the evening of October 7th 2021(Japan Time), the members of Hokkaido University’s Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD) had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Benjamin List, via video teleconference, who was in Germany at that moment. Dr. Benjamin List had just been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The prestigious award was jointly awarded to Benjamin List and David W. C. MacMillan (Princeton University) “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.”
Dr. Benjamin List is currently a Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (Max Planck Institute for Coal Research), Professor at the University of Cologne, and a Specially Appointed Professor at Hokkaido University’s ICReDD.
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Related Links:
Nobel Prize official announcement: [ Ссылка ]
ICReDD’s homepage: [ Ссылка ] ICReDD’s profile (article): [ Ссылка ]- society/
Congratulatory messages from Hokkaido University members (article): [ Ссылка ]
Dr. Benjamin List’s messages video - short version (Hokkaido University’s Japanese channel): [ Ссылка ]
Article of the video:
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This video is produced by Hokkaido University’s Public Relations Division
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