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Otto Wallach, undated. Photographer unknown. F 17860. LBI.
The 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Baeyer "in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds."
The 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Haber "for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements;" known as the Haber process. This invention is of importance for the large-scale synthesis of fertilizers and explosives.
The 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel "for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems."
The 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Max Ferdinand Perutz and John Cowdery Kendrew "for their studies of the structures of globular proteins."
The 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded was awarded Ilya Prigogine "for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures."
The 1910 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Wallach "in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds."
The 1915 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Willstätter "for his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll."
Willstätter invented paper chromatography, an analytical method used to separate colored chemicals or substances, following the initial description of the separation technique by Mikhail Tsvet.
