Ryōji Noyori
…2001. Noyori shared a half of the prize with William S. Knowles for the study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations; the second half of the prize went to K. Barry Sharpless for his study in chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions (Sharpless epoxidation). Ryōji Noyori was born in Kobe, Japan. Early in his school days Ryoji…