Ryōji Noyori, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ryōji Noyori

Japanese chemist

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1938

Place of Birth: Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Profession: professor, chemist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ryoji Noyori (?? ??, Noyori Ryoji, born September 3, 1938) is a Japanese chemist.
He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001, Noyori shared a third of the prize with William S.
Knowles for the study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations; the second third of the prize went to K.
Barry Sharpless for his study in chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions (Sharpless epoxidation).