The Asian Scientist 100
Jiro Tsuji
Professor
Institution
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Country
Japan
Field
Chemistry
Tsuji’s co-discovery of transition metal-catalyzed transformations, widely used in several important industrial processes, won him the 2014 Tetrahedron Prize.
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