Vladimir Prelog - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1975
photo Vladimir Prelog

Vladimir Prelog

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1975
for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions
Together with: John Cornforth
Citizenship
Kingdom of YugoslaviaKingdom of YugoslaviaAustria–HungaryAustria–HungarySwitzerlandSwitzerland
Languages
Croatian, Slovene
date of birth
7/23/1906
place of birth
Sarajevo
date of death
1/7/1998
place of death
Zurich
Lived
91 years
occupation
  • university teacher
  • chemist
  • engineer
field of work
  • organic chemistry
  • biochemistry
educated at
  • Czech Technical University in Prague
  • III Gymnasium Osijek
employer
  • ETH Zurich
  • Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry
    • start time: 1935
    • end time: 1941
member of
  • Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
    • start time: 5/7/1981
    • end time: 1/7/1998
  • Royal Society of London
  • Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • French Academy of Sciences
  • Academy of Sciences of the USSR
  • Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1961
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 8/29/1965
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1976
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
    • start time: 1963
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Pontifical Academy of Sciences
doctoral student
  • Har Gobind Khorana
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