Every Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2020–2025
The top 3 according to 220 votes from people: Emmanuelle Charpentier (2020) · Jennifer Doudna (2020) · Benjamin List (2021). (Updated Jan 22, 2026.)
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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Top 16
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Emmanuelle Charpentier (2020)
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.
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Jennifer Doudna (2020)
United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for the development of a method for genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9, the "genetic scissors").
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Benjamin List (2021)
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.
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David MacMillan (2021)
United Kingdom/United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.
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K. Barry Sharpless (2022)
United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry. His second Chemistry Nobel, after 2001.
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Carolyn Bertozzi (2022)
United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
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David Baker (2024)
United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 for computational protein design (Baker) and protein structure prediction (Hassabis and Jumper, AlphaFold).
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Louis Brus (2023)
United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
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9
Alexei Ekimov (2023)
Russia/United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
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Morten Meldal (2022)
Denmark. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
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Richard Robson (2025)
United Kingdom/Australia. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs).
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Moungi Bawendi (2023)
United States (born in France, of Tunisian descent). Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
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Susumu Kitagawa (2025)
Japan. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs).
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Omar M. Yaghi (2025)
Jordan/United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs).
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John Jumper (2024)
United States. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 for computational protein design (Baker) and protein structure prediction (Hassabis and Jumper, AlphaFold).
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Demis Hassabis (2024)
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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Dass AlphaFold so schnell einen Nobelpreis bekommt, hätte vor fünf Jahren keiner gedacht.