Benjamin List
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1 (of 15) The Nobel Prize medal and diploma were presented to chemistry laureate Benjamin List at Harnack House, Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science in Berlin, Germany on 7 December 2021.
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2 (of 15) Benjamin List showing his Nobel Prize diploma.
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3 (of 15) Physics laureate Klaus Hasselmann and chemistry laureate Benjamin List showing their Nobel Prize medals after a ceremony Berlin, Germany, on 7 December.
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4 (of 15) 2021 chemistry laureate Benjamin List with his aunt Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (awarded the medicine prize in 1995). Photo taken in December 2021.
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5 (of 15) Like many laureates before him, Benjamin List signed a chair at the Nobel Prize laureates' Get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2022.
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6 (of 15) Chemistry laureate Benjamin List presenting his gift to the Nobel Prize Museum's collection: jar of dietary supplements. The supplements are made of the substance prolin, which plays a key role in List’s discovery. Photo taken 6 December 2022.
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7 (of 15) 2021 chemistry laureate Benjamin List beside a photo of his aunt, 1995 medicine laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2022.
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8 (of 15) Laureates from 2020 and 2021 were also applauded during the 2022 Nobel Prize award ceremony. Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021.
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9 (of 15) Chemistry laureates Benjamin List and David MacMillan.
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10 (of 15) Benjamin List and Helena Norlén at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2022.
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11 (of 15) Benjamin List visits the Nobel Foundation on 8 December 2022 and signs the guest book.
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Dan Lepp
12 (of 15) Prof. Dr. Benjamin List with his wife Dr. Sabine List 60 seconds after the call from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences telling him the news about being awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 6 October 2021.
Selfie by Benjamin List
13 (of 15) Benjamin List practices yoga almost every morning.
Photo: Frank Vinken/MPI für Kohlenforschung
14 (of 15) Benjamin List in his laboratory in Mülheim.
Photo: David Ausserhofer
15 (of 15) Benjamin List at his office
Photographer: David Ausserhofer
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.