Professor of Chemistry Tehshik Yoon was just named one of the 2026 Samsung Ho-Am Prize Laureates. He is being honored for his work in the chemistry and life sciences, specifically for developing an innovative methodology for organic synthesis by utilizing transition metals as photocatalysts, enabling complex bond-forming reactions in organic molecules with low-energy visible light.
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