With Nobel Prize announcements set to be made from Monday, attention is turning to whether South Korean chemist and Seoul National University chair professor Hyeon Taeg-hwan will win a Nobel Prize in chemistry. 

Hyeon has been carrying out research on synthesis and application of nanocrystals along with MIT professor Moungi Bawendi and University of Pennsylvania professor Christopher Murray. 

If Hyeon wins a prize, he’ll become the second South Korean to acquire a Nobel after former President Kim Dae-jung and the first to win a prize in the field of science. 

The winner of the Nobel in chemistry is set to be announced on Wednesday.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony will not be held this year. Instead, videos of winners receiving the awards in their home countries will be aired via TV.