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Benjamin List

German chemist (1968-)

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Benjamin List 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".

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Frankfurt wd
Citizenship
Germany wd
Occupation
chemist, university teacher, scientist wd
Education
Freie Universität Berlin, Goethe University Frankfurt wd

Awards wd

  • Otto Bayer Award (2012)
  • Horst Pracejus Prize (2013)
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2016)
  • Ruhrpreis for Arts and Science (2013)
  • Carl Duisberg Memorial Award (2003)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2021)
  • Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2022)
  • Mukaiyama Award (2013)
  • Clarivate Citation Laureates (2009)
  • honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (2024)

Questions

When was Benjamin List born?
Benjamin List was born on 11 January 1968 in Frankfurt.
Where did Benjamin List study?
Benjamin List was educated at Freie Universität Berlin, Goethe University Frankfurt.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Benjamin List · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q105572 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Empfang für Benjamin List im Rathaus Köln-7597-crop.jpg by Raimond Spekking (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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