Benjamin List, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021

Benjamin List (born 11 January 1968) is a German chemist and 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate.

Born in Frankfurt am Main, List obtained his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Free University of Berlin, and his PhD from Goethe University Frankfurt. He is professor at the University of Cologne and Director and Professor at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research. He is also a principal investigator at the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery, Hokkaido University.

Honours and Awards

• 2021 - Nobel Prize inChemistry
• 2018 - Member, German National Academy of Science Leopoldina
• 2016 - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize
• 2014 - Cope Scholar Award, USA
• 2013 - Ruhrpreis, Mülheim, Germany
• 2013 - Mukaiyama Award
• 2013 - Horst-Pracejus-Preis
• 2012 - Otto-Bayer-Preis
• 2007 - AstraZeneca Award in Organic Chemistry
• 2007 - Award of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
• 2006 - JSPS Fellowship Award of Japan
• 2005 - Novartis Young Investigator Award
• 2004 - Lieseberg Prize of the University of Heidelberg
• 2004 - Degussa Prize for Chiral Chemistry
• 2003 - Carl-Duisberg-Memorial Award of the German Chemical Society
• 2000 - Synthesis-Synlett Journal Award
• 1994 - NaFoG-Award from the City of Berlin