Prof. Morten P. Meldal

2022 Nobel Laureate for Chemistry and Head of the Center for Evolutionary Biology at the University of Copenhagen/Denmark

Prof. Meldal’s discovery opened up new opportunities in the areas of materials science, new drug development and DNA mapping.

Biography:

Prof. Morten Peter Meldal is the head of the Center for Evolutionary Chemical Biology at the University of Copenhagen who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “click chemistry and bio-orthogonal chemistry”, shared with Barry Sharpless and Carolyn Bertozzi. His research focuses on the synthesis of peptides, peptide mimetics and other organic compounds, aiming at studies within chemical biology. This led to the first report of click chemistry, opening up new opportunities in the areas of materials science, bio-conjugation, pharmaceutical development and DNA mapping. Professor Meldal’s research – covering combinatorial and polymer chemistry, organic synthesis and automation, the design of artificial receptors and enzymes, nano and cellular assays, biomolecular recognition and immunology – has dramatically influenced the way we do chemistry and biochemistry today. He has more than 350 publications and holds 28 patents, and he has been instrumental in establishing the companies Combio (pharmaceutical combinatorial chemistry), Versamatrix (polar polymers and resins) and Betamab (cyclopeptides in molecular recognition).

Topic of keynote speech:

• Chemistry for a sustainable world – Everything is chemistry and how that influences our choices

Schedule:

Monday, January 26, 2026:

14:00 Public keynote speech and dialogue at the National Taiwan University in Taipei

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