K. C. Nicolaou
Award Name : Benjamin Franklin Medal
Year of Award : 2011
Award for : Chemistry
Location : Houston, Texas, United States
Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou is a Cypriot-American chemist known for his research in the area of natural products total synthesis. He is currently Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry at Rice University, having previously held academic positions at The Scripps Research Institute/UC San Diego and the University of Pennsylvania.He receive Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry from Franklin Institute in 2011.