Ryoji Noyori
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Ryoji Noyori (野依良治) (born September 3, 1938) won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001.
Noyori sided with pioneer working William S. Knowles for study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations; the second half of the Prize went to K. Barry Sharpless for his study in chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions (Sharpless epoxidation).
Ryoji Noyori was born in Kobe, Japan.