Ryōji Noyori
Japanese chemist
Ryōji Noyori 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; the second half of the prize went to K. Barry Sharpless... Wikipedia
Place of birth: Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan
Education: Harvard University (1969–1970), Kyoto University (1963–1967), Kyoto University (1961–1963), and more
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Lomonosov Gold Medal, and more
Academic advisors: Elias James Corey and Hitoshi Nozaki
Affiliation: Nagoya University
Research interests: Asymmetric Synthesis, Catalysis, Organic Chemistry, and more