# Every Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2020–2025

CRISPR gene editing, organocatalysis, click chemistry, quantum dots, AI-driven protein research with AlphaFold and metal–organic frameworks: the 16 scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in the 2020s, with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' citation.

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- Jan 22, 2026 · Felix
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## Top 16

1. **Emmanuelle Charpentier (2020)** (20 · ▲23 ▼3) — France. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for the development of a method for genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9, the "genetic scissors"). With Doudna, the first all-female pair to share a science Nobel.
2. **Jennifer Doudna (2020)** (20 · ▲21 ▼1) — United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for the development of a method for genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9, the "genetic scissors").
3. **Benjamin List (2021)** (17 · ▲19 ▼2) — Germany. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis. Works at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
4. **David MacMillan (2021)** (14 · ▲16 ▼2) — United Kingdom/United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.
5. **K. Barry Sharpless (2022)** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry. His second Chemistry Nobel, after 2001.
6. **Carolyn Bertozzi (2022)** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
7. **David Baker (2024)** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 for computational protein design (Baker) and protein structure prediction (Hassabis and Jumper, AlphaFold).
8. **Louis Brus (2023)** (8 · ▲11 ▼3) — United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
9. **Alexei Ekimov (2023)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Russia/United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
10. **Morten Meldal (2022)** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — Denmark. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
11. **Richard Robson (2025)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — United Kingdom/Australia. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs).
12. **Moungi Bawendi (2023)** (5 · ▲9 ▼4) — United States (born in France, of Tunisian descent). Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
13. **Susumu Kitagawa (2025)** (5 · ▲9 ▼4) — Japan. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs).
14. **Omar M. Yaghi (2025)** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Jordan/United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs).
15. **John Jumper (2024)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 for computational protein design (Baker) and protein structure prediction (Hassabis and Jumper, AlphaFold).
16. **Demis Hassabis (2024)** (1 · ▲5 ▼4) — United Kingdom. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 for computational protein design (Baker) and protein structure prediction (Hassabis and Jumper, AlphaFold). Co-founder of Google DeepMind.

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