The President of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Gerald Haug, congratulated Benjamin List on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021. List is a member of the Halle (Saale) -based academy, as a spokeswoman announced on Wednesday. “This year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors pioneering scientific findings in the field of asymmetric organocatalysis, which play an important role in the manufacture of drugs, for example.
Halle - I'm all the more delighted that a Leopoldina member is being recognized for his research achievements, ”said Academy President Haug.
List is presented with the award together with the American David WC MacMillan.
List has been director at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr since 2005.
According to its own statements, the Leopoldina has more than 1,600 members.
There are now 34 Nobel Prize winners among them.
dpa