Prof. Dr. Benjamin List

Expertise: Chemische Grundlagenforschung - Homogene Katalyse

• Born 11.01.1968, Frankfurt am Main/Germany

Professional Carrer

• Since 2020 Specially Appointed Professor at Hokkaido University, Japan 
• 2012 - 2014 Managing Direcror of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschnung 
• Since 2005 Scientific Member of the Max-Planck-Society, Germany
• Since 2005 Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung,
  Department of Homogeneous Catalysis
• Since 2004 Honorary Professor University of Cologne, Germany
• 2003 - 2005 Group Leader, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
• 1999 - 2003 Assistant Professor, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
• 1997 - 1998 Postdoc, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA (R. Lerner

Academic Training

• 1994 - 1997 Ph.D., J. W. Goethe University Frankfurt, summa cum laude (J. Mulzer)
• 1993 Diplom, FU Berlin, mit Auszeichnung

Selected Awards and Appointments

• 2022 Herbert C. Brown Award 2022 for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods, USA
• 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• 2018 Member of the German National Academy of Science Leopoldina
• 2016 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize
• 2015 - Editor in Chief of Synlett (Thieme)
• 2014 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, USA
• 2013 Mukaiyama Award, Japan
• 2013 Horst-Pracejus-Prize, Germany
• 2012-2020 Panel Member European Research Council
• 2012 Otto-Bayer-Prize, Germany
• 2007 AstraZeneca Research Award in Organic Chemistry, UK
• 2007 Fonds der Chemischen Industrie Award, Germany
• 2004 Dozentenstipendium of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, Germany
• 2000 Synthesis-Synlett Journal Award 2000, Germany
• 1997-1998 Feodor-Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Weiterführende Informationen

Nachrichten

• Sechs neue Mitglieder in der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur – 19.08.2022