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Karl Barry Sharpless
Full Name of the recipient | Karl Barry Sharpless |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 2022 |
Share in Award | 33.3% |
Award Shared with | Carolyn Bertozzi (33.3%) Morten P. Meldal (33.3%) |
Motivation for the Award | for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA |
Place of Birth | Philadelphia, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 28 April 1941 |
Age at the time of Award | 80 years |