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Press conference held for Professor Benjamin List being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

A press conference was held at ICReDD regarding ICReDD Principal Investigator and Specially Appointed Professor Benjamin List being awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

ICReDD Director Satoshi Maeda and Specially Appointed Assistant Professor in the List Group at ICReDD Nobuya Tsuji explained about ICReDD itself and the research peformed in the List Group.

Director Maeda commented on Professor List’s receiving the Nobel Prize, “I am both excited and very pleased that he won. There was wide recognition that Professor List would likely one day receive the Nobel Prize, but I was surprised he received it at such a young age. I look forward to continuing our research together with him.”

Assistant Professor Tsuji had this to say, “I am both excited and very pleased. I am extremely inspired since Professor List was around the same age as me when he developed the catalyst that he was awarded the Nobel Prize for, so I feel I must put even more effort in. There are people in this world the same age as me who are doing research that is changing the world. That really encourages me to dream big.”

After the press conference, there was also a tour of the research facilities.

This story was translated from the original article in Japanese on HU’s homepage.