# 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:** 3 September 1938 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157210#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Ashiya ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157210#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Japan ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157210#P27))
- **Occupation:** chemist; professor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157210#P106))
- **Education:** Nagoya University; Harvard University; Kyoto University; Kyoto University; Kyoto University; Nada Junior and Senior High School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157210#P69))
- **Official website:** riken.jp/engn/r-world/riken/president/index.html ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157210#P856))
- **Awards:** Order of Culture; Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Lomonosov Gold Medal; King Faisal Prize in Science; Wolf Prize in Chemistry; Arthur C. Cope Award; Person of Cultural Merit; Asahi Prize; Centenary Prize; honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I; Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa; honorary doctor of the Nanjing University of Science and Technology; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; honorary doctor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157210#P166))

## 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.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Ryōji Noyori](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dji_Noyori) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q157210](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157210) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Ryoji Noyori 20021212.jpg by 日本学士院 (CC BY 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ryoji_Noyori_20021212.jpg)

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