Nobel Prize in Chemistry for German and British researchers

Two researchers have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the principles of a new type of chemical that can help make the field of chemistry more green.

The award was won by German researcher Benjamin List and British-American researcher David Macmillan. Born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1968, List holds a PhD from Goethe University in Frankfurt. He is currently the director of the Max Planck Institute for Cochlear Implants.

Born in Bellshill, UK in 1968, Macmillan holds a PhD from the University of California, Irvine, USA. He is currently a professor at Princeton University in the UK. The prize money of $ 11.4 lakh (Rs 8.2 crore) will be shared between the two.

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