Ryōji Noyori
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Ryōji Noyori (野依 良治, Noyori Ryōji, born September 3, 1938) 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 (Sharpless epoxidation).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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Born | (1938-09-03) September 3, 1938 (age 85) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Kyoto University |
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Doctoral advisor | Hitoshi Nozaki |
Other academic advisors | Elias J. Corey |
Website | www |
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