{"id":587,"date":"2025-08-12T19:48:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geist-heidelberg.de\/en\/?post_type=persons&#038;p=587"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:48:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:48:59","slug":"benjamin-list","status":"publish","type":"persons","link":"https:\/\/www.geist-heidelberg.de\/en\/persons\/benjamin-list","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12947811 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12947811 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2021 for his work on asymmetric <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW12947811 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">organocatalysis<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12947811 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, which is used worldwide in the production of medicines and solar cells. 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