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| J.
Fraser Stoddart [see
also] [see also]
[see
also] [see
also] [see
also] [see
also]
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Saul
Winstein Professor of Organic Chemistry
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA USA |
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and |
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| George
M. Whitesides [see
also] [see
also] |
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Mallinckrodt
Professor of Chemistry
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA USA |
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and |
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| Seiji Shinkai
[see
also] |
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Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Kyushu University
Graduate School of Engineering
Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
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"For pioneering research in molecular self-assembly, which promises great advances in the fabrication of nanoscale machinery and microelectronics." |
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Comment:
These
men have impressive citation
records and many highly cited papers across several areas, but this
area of nanotechnology research seems worthy of Nobel recognition,
owing to its potential for practical, life-changing applications.
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| K.C.
Nicolaou [see
also] [see
also]
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Chairman, Department of Chemistry
Aline W. and L.S. Skaggs Professor in Chemical Biology
And Darlene Shiley Chair in Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA USA
and
Professor of Chemistry
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA USA
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"For research in organic and natural product synthesis, especially for achieving the total synthesis of
TaxolTM in 1994 and vancomycin in 1998-1999." |
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| Comment:
Two years ago the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for
organic synthesis (asymmetric), but this Prize would recognized
natural product synthesis, a leader in the field, and clinical
important molecules with antitumor (TaxolTM) and antimicrobial (vancomycin)
activity. |
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| Robert H. Grubbs
[see
also]
[see
also]
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Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA USA
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"For
breakthrough research in the design and synthesis of complexes with useful catalytic actions, especially in polymerization (the creation of so-called living polymers)." |
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| Comment:
Grubbs’ team has recently focused its work on olefin metathesis with outstanding results of wide application, and this has been reflected in a growing number of citations that currently places Grubbs among the
five most-cited chemists of the past 10 years. |
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- List of Chemistry
researchers in ISIHighlyCited.com.
- The 50 Most-Cited Chemists,
1981-June 1997, based on data from ISI’s Science Citation
Index.
- Article published in 1990 in
The Scientist in which Martello predicted Nobel Prize
winners in Chemistry.
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