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2021 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Professor Benjamin List Delivers Special Lecture at SKKU 2026.05.13
??? Views : 1638 Attach ( 0 ) ??? ?? 2021 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Professor Benjamin List Delivers Special Lecture at SKKU - Special Lecture Held to Commemorate the Presentation of the Department of Chemistry Ha Chanhong Alumni Award ▲ Group photo from the invited lecture by Professor Benjamin List at the Auditorium of Samsung Library A special lecture and discussion with Professor Benjamin List, the 2021 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, was held at 10:30 a.m. on May 12 at the Auditorium of Samsung Library. The event was jointly organized by the Department of Chemistry, Department of Energy Science, Chiral Material Core-Facility Center, and Center for Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions Design (Director: Dohyun Ryu). The lecture drew great interest in the presentation by a world-renowned scholar, with approximately 600 attendees including faculty members, researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students from within and outside the university. Even before the lecture began, attendees continued to arrive at the venue, which was filled with students and researchers eager to learn about the latest trends in chemistry and catalyst research. ▲ Alumnus Ha Chanhong presents a plaque of appreciation to Professor Benjamin List. Professor Benjamin List, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung) and the 2021 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, previously served as a visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry at SKKU in 2008. Since then, he has actively conducted joint research with faculty members of SKKU’s Department of Chemistry and published numerous research achievements. This award lecture was specially organized as a commemorative lecture named after alumnus Ha Chanhong (Chemistry, Class of 1958; real estate industry) to honor Professor List’s outstanding academic achievements and contributions to the advancement of chemistry. Alumnus Ha Chan-hong and his spouse also attended the lecture in person, adding significance to the occasion. Through this lecture, Professor List returned to Sungkyunkwan University and continued his special connection with the institution. Professor List delivered a lecture titled “Toward Universal Catalysis,” introducing the design of asymmetric catalytic reactions using strong chiral organic acid catalysts and the direction of next-generation catalyst research. ▲ Professor Benjamin List delivers his invited lecture at the Auditorium of Samsung Library In particular, the lecture introduced the development process and practical applications of organocatalysis, which uses eco-friendly organic catalysts instead of heavy metal catalysts that may cause environmental pollution. Targeting chemical reactions that are impossible with existing metal catalyst systems, Professor List presented groundbreaking chiral organic acid catalyst technology that mimics enzyme bioreaction mechanisms in the actual synthesis of natural products, suggesting new possibilities for a sustainable future chemical industry. Attendees showed great interest and high engagement in the lecture, which explained complex chemical reaction mechanisms in an accessible and engaging manner. ▲ Meeting with Department of Chemistry students At 2:30 p.m., a special exchange session with students was held at the Chemistry Building. During the discussion, students and researchers actively participated, asking a wide range of questions about the future prospects of organocatalysis research and the challenges and ways to overcome them in actual research processes. Based on his own research experience and academic insights, Professor List offered sincere answers and received a strong response, particularly by emphasizing to young researchers the importance of a spirit of challenge that does not fear failure and of creative research. ▲ Special exchange with students at the Chemistry Building Meanwhile, the lecture was held with funding from the Ministry of Education’s Basic Science Research Capacity Enhancement Project and with support from the National Research Facilities & Equipment Center (NFEC) of the Korea Basic Science Institute and the Leading Research Center Program (SRC) of the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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Benjamin List Delivers Special Lecture at SKKU
- Special Lecture Held to Commemorate the
Presentation of the Department of Chemistry Ha Chanhong Alumni Award

▲ Group photo from the invited lecture by Professor Benjamin List at the Auditorium of Samsung Library

A special lecture and discussion with Professor Benjamin List, the 2021 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, was held at 10:30 a.m. on May 12 at the Auditorium of Samsung Library. The event was jointly organized by the Department of Chemistry, Department of Energy Science, Chiral Material Core-Facility Center, and Center for Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions Design (Director: Dohyun Ryu).

The lecture drew great interest in the presentation by a world-renowned scholar, with approximately 600 attendees including faculty members, researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students from within and outside the university. Even before the lecture began, attendees continued to arrive at the venue, which was filled with students and researchers eager to learn about the latest trends in chemistry and catalyst research.
▲ Alumnus Ha Chanhong presents a plaque of appreciation to Professor Benjamin List.

Professor Benjamin List, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung) and the 2021 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, previously served as a visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry at SKKU in 2008. Since then, he has actively conducted joint research with faculty members of SKKU’s Department of Chemistry and published numerous research achievements. This award lecture was specially organized as a commemorative lecture named after alumnus Ha Chanhong (Chemistry, Class of 1958; real estate industry) to honor Professor List’s outstanding academic achievements and contributions to the advancement of chemistry. Alumnus Ha Chan-hong and his spouse also attended the lecture in person, adding significance to the occasion. Through this lecture, Professor List returned to Sungkyunkwan University and continued his special connection with the institution. Professor List delivered a lecture titled “Toward Universal Catalysis,” introducing the design of asymmetric catalytic reactions using strong chiral organic acid catalysts and the direction of next-generation catalyst research.
▲ Professor Benjamin List delivers his invited lecture at the Auditorium of Samsung Library

In particular, the lecture introduced the development process and practical applications of organocatalysis, which uses eco-friendly organic catalysts instead of heavy metal catalysts that may cause environmental pollution. Targeting chemical reactions that are impossible with existing metal catalyst systems, Professor List presented groundbreaking chiral organic acid catalyst technology that mimics enzyme bioreaction mechanisms in the actual synthesis of natural products, suggesting new possibilities for a sustainable future chemical industry. Attendees showed great interest and high engagement in the lecture, which explained complex chemical reaction mechanisms in an accessible and engaging manner.
▲ Meeting with Department of Chemistry students

At 2:30 p.m., a special exchange session with students was held at the Chemistry Building. During the discussion, students and researchers actively participated, asking a wide range of questions about the future prospects of organocatalysis research and the challenges and ways to overcome them in actual research processes. Based on his own research experience and academic insights, Professor List offered sincere answers and received a strong response, particularly by emphasizing to young researchers the importance of a spirit of challenge that does not fear failure and of creative research.
▲ Special exchange with students at the Chemistry Building

Meanwhile, the lecture was held with funding from the Ministry of Education’s Basic Science Research Capacity Enhancement Project and with support from the National Research Facilities & Equipment Center (NFEC) of the Korea Basic Science Institute and the Leading Research Center Program (SRC) of the National Research Foundation of Korea.