Awards & Winners

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Date of Birth 08-April-1950
Place of Birth Konstantynów Łódzki
(Łódź Voivodeship, Pabianice County, Poland)
Nationality United States of America, Poland
Profession Chemist, Professor
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski is a Polish-American chemist. He is the J.C. Warner Professor of the Natural Sciences at the Carnegie Mellon University Matyjaszewski is best known for the discovery of atom transfer radical polymerization, a novel method of polymer synthesis that has revolutionized the way macromolecules are made. In 2011 he was a co-winner of the prestigious Wolf Prize in Chemistry.

Awards by Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Check all the awards nominated and won by Krzysztof Matyjaszewski.

2011


Wolf Prize in Chemistry
(For the deep creative contributions to the chemical sciences in the field of synthesis, properties and an understanding of organic materials.)