Belén Martín-Matute, has been awarded the Ulla and Stig Holmquist Scientific Prize
Belén Martín-Matute, Professor at Stockholm University, has been awarded the Ulla and Stig Holmquist Scientific Prize in Organic Chemistry 2023. She is being recognized for her pioneering development of new reagents and reactions in organic chemistry.
Belén Martín-Matute, Professor at Stockholm University is awarded for her pioneering development of new catalytic methods for organic synthesis. A main theme of the research is the catalysis-driven synthesis of complex organic molecules in a sustainable manner, especially for the selective functionalization and activation of C-H bonds.
The prize jury: “Martín-Matute's research is of the highest international class and has great influence on central parts of organic chemistry.”
The Belén Martín-Matute research group
The Ulla and Stig Holmquist Science Prize
The prize is awarded annually ‘to a researcher in the field of organic chemistry whose main work has been done in Sweden and who has done pioneering work in that discipline.’
The price sum is SEK 1.6 million.
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Last updated: August 16, 2023
Source: Communications Office