John Cornforth(1917)
ChemistrySir John Warcup Cornforth Jr., was an Australian–British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in New South Wales.
Australia
5
Major Awards
215
Publications
5,930
Citations
45
h-index
117
i10-index
27.6
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1975for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions
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Award progression over time
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Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
University of Oxford
University of Sydney
St Catherine's College
Sydney Boys High School
Doctoral Advisor
Career Timeline
University of Warwick?–present
University of Sussex1975–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Books
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
Frederick Sanger
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1980)
Ernest Rutherford
Copley Medal (1922)
Demis Hassabis
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024)
Martin Rees
Wolf Prize in Physics (2024)
K. Barry Sharpless
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2022)
JE
John Ellis
Copley Medal (2019)
Richard Henderson
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2017)
Ahmed H. Zewail
Davy Medal (2011)
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