The Scripps Research Institute issued a press release today that Qihui Weng, academician of the Academia Sinica, won the Tetrahedron Prize in Organic Chemistry for Innovation in Organic Synthesis, in recognition of his pioneering research in glycoscience. Weng Qihui is devoted to the study of complex sugars and their roles in physiology and disease biology.
Weng Qihui, former president of Academia Sinica, is currently a joint distinguished researcher of the Genome Research Center of Academia Sinica and the Scripps Research Institute. On March 31 this year, he was awarded the “Chemistry Pioneer Award” by the American Chemists Association in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of chemistry. .
The Scripps Research Institute announced that the Tetrahedron Award was established in 1980 and is awarded annually to chemists who have made significant original contributions in the fields of organic chemistry, biochemistry or medicinal chemistry. Certificate and $15,000 bonus. Famous chemists and pioneering scientists who have won the Tetrahedron Prize, including Nobel Laureates Satoshi Omura, Robert Grubbs, Ryoji Noyori, K. Barry Sharpless and Elias J. . Corey).
