Who will win the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on October 8? At present, the “Who’s Next?” voting tends toward a male candidate from the Americas in the field of biochemistry. Among the leading names are Omar M. Yaghi (University of California, reticular chemistry) and Chi-Huey Wong (Scripps Research, bioorganic and synthetic chemistry). It is also remarkable how many physicists and computer scientist appear on the list.
See below for the current predictions. Many thanks to everyone who has already voted! If you haven’t yet, I look forward to your “Who’s Next” guesses!
Who Will Win the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
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| Name | Country | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Chi-Huey Wong | USA | 33 |
| Omar Yaghi | USA | 27 |
| Krzysztof Matyjaszewski | USA | 9 |
| Karl Deisseroth | USA | 7 |
| Michael Grätzel | Switzerland | 7 |
| Ronald Mark Evans | USA | 6 |
| David Klenerman | UK | 6 |
| Robert S. Langer | USA | 6 |
| David W. C. MacMillan | USA | 6 |
| Stuart L. Schreiber | USA | 6 |
| Edward Boyden | USA | 5 |
| Franz-Ulrich Hartl | Germany | 5 |
| John F. Hartwig | USA | 5 |
| Yann LeCun | USA | 5 |
| Ryong Ryoo | South Korea | 5 |
| Galen D. Stucky | USA | 5 |
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