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Ryōji Noyori

Japanese chemist (1938 - )

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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 for his study in chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Ashiya wd
Citizenship
Japan wd
Occupation
chemist, professor wd
Education
Nagoya University, Harvard University, Kyoto University, Kyoto University, Kyoto University, Nada Junior and Senior High School wd

Awards wd

  • Order of Culture (2000)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2001)
  • Lomonosov Gold Medal (2009)
  • King Faisal Prize in Science (1999)
  • Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2001)
  • Arthur C. Cope Award (1997)
  • Person of Cultural Merit (1998)
  • Asahi Prize (1992)
  • Centenary Prize (1988)
  • honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I (2000)
  • Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa (2003)
  • honorary doctor of the Nanjing University of Science and Technology (2006)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2005)
  • honorary doctor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry (2001)

Questions

When was Ryōji Noyori born?
Ryōji Noyori was born on 3 September 1938 in Ashiya.
Where did Ryōji Noyori study?
Ryōji Noyori was educated at Nagoya University, Harvard University, Kyoto University, Kyoto University.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Ryōji Noyori · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q157210 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Ryoji Noyori 20021212.jpg by 日本学士院 (CC BY 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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