Ryoji Noyori


	Ryoji Noyori is University Professor at Nagoya University; Director-General of Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS), Japan Science and Technology Agency JST); Director of Science Museum, Japan Science Foundation; and RIKEN Fellow at RIKEN. He studied chemistry at Kyoto University and served as Professor at Nagoya University (1972–2003) and President of RIKEN (2003–2015). His scientific achievement was recognized with the Order of Culture, the Wolf Prize in Chemistry, and the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is a Member of the Japan Academy and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and a Foreign Member of among others the National Academy of Sciences in the USA, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society in the UK, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Ryoji Noyori is University Professor at Nagoya University; Director-General of Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS), Japan Science and Technology Agency JST); Director of Science Museum, Japan Science Foundation; and RIKEN Fellow at RIKEN. He studied chemistry at Kyoto University and served as Professor at Nagoya University (1972–2003) and President of RIKEN (2003–2015). His scientific achievement was recognized with the Order of Culture, the Wolf Prize in Chemistry, and the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is a Member of the Japan Academy and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and a Foreign Member of among others the National Academy of Sciences in the USA, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society in the UK, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.