Meir Lahav
Meir Lahav · Science & Medicine
Chemist known for chirality and crystal engineering
1936, Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria · Israel
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Born in Sofia to a Jewish family that emigrated to Israel in 1948, Lahav became a leading chemist at the Weizmann Institute, using crystal engineering to study how chirality — the handedness of molecules — arises in crystals and can be controlled. He shared the 2021 Wolf Prize in Chemistry.
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Chemist known for chirality and crystal engineering
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