First reactions | Morten Meldal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 | Telephone interview
Nobel Prize Conversations5 Okt 2022

First reactions | Morten Meldal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 | Telephone interview

“Reality is much more complex than we, as chemists, are able to imagine” — In the call recorded just after he had heard that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize, Morten Meldal describes how he views chemistry as a way of describing reality. It’s a field that should appeal to the young, he says, since “Understanding how everything works is a very challenging but also a very rewarding experience.” And the possibilities are endless, as he tells Adam Smith: “We are only scratching the beginning of our understanding of organic chemistry.”

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