Laureate

Henri B. Kagan

Born 1930 · France · Male

Awards

  1. 2001

    Wolf Prize — Chemistry

    Chemistry

    for their pioneering, creative and crucial work in developing asymmetric catalysis for the synthesis of chiral molecules, greatly increasing humankind's ability to create new products of fundamental and practical importance.

  2. 2026

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry

    Chemistry

    for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis