The Nobel Committee for Chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is responsible for the selection of candidates for the chemistry prize from the names submitted for consideration by qualified nominators, who have been invited through formal letters.
Nobel Committee for Chemistry 2024
Members
Peter Brzezinski (Secretary)
Professor of Biochemistry
Andrei Chabes
Professor of Medical Biochemistry
Heiner Linke (Chair)
Professor of Nanophysics
Peter Somfai
Professor of Organic Chemistry
Xiaodong Zou
Professor of Inorganic and Structural Chemistry
Johan Åqvist
Professor of Theoretical Chemistry
Co-opted members
Olof Ramström
Professor of Chemistry
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede
Professor of Chemical Biology
The committee members are elected for a period of three years from among the members of the academy. In assessing the qualifications of the candidates, the committee is assisted by specially appointed expert advisers.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences – prize awarder for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry