The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced! The three scientists were awarded. Professor Moungi G. Bawendi of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Louis E. Brus, and Alexey, a scientist at Nanocrystal Technology Company I. Ekimov will receive the prize for their contributions to the "discovery and synthesis of quantum dots" American chemist Carl Barry Sharpless is the fifth person to win the Nobel Prize twice and the second winner to "score" twice in chemistry. He is known for dedicating his life to the discovery of practical new chemical reactions.