Award for research into organometallic framework compounds

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for TUM honorary doctor Kitagawa

Kitagawa is Director of the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences at Kyoto University in Japan. He has been associated with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) since 2018 through an honorary doctorate from the TUM School of Natural Sciences. He received the honorary doctorate in the context of the research branch on metal-carbon compounds founded by Nobel Prize winner Prof. Ernst Otto Fischer at TUM.

TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann congratulates: "With his groundbreaking work on metal-organic framework compounds, a traditional branch of research also at TUM, Prof. Kitagawa has made a decisive contribution to tackling global challenges such as clean drinking water, sustainable energy and the reduction of greenhouse gases. It fills us with great joy and pride that an honorary doctor of our university has been honored with the Nobel Prize. On behalf of TUM, I would like to congratulate him on this well-deserved award."

Prof. Roland A. Fischer from the TUM Chair of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry knows the award winner personally from close scientific collaboration: "Prof. Susumu Kitagawa more than deserves this award. As a scientist, he is a pioneer who has broken new ground in the extremely challenging field of gas handling. And as a person, he is very modest, friendly, and approachable. He is a great mentor to his global network of younger researchers. I am delighted that he has been awarded the highest scientific honor." 

To date, 19 TUM researchers and alumni have received Nobel Prizes. In addition, there are numerous personalities who are associated with TUM through fellowships or - like Kitagawa - awards.