Ei-ichi Negishi, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry (9 images)

Purdue University chemistry professor Ei-ichi Negishi teaches his sophomore organic chemistry class in West Lafayette, Indiana on October 6, 2010. Negishi joins Richard F. Heck and Akira Suzuki in winning the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis". UPI/Brian Kersey

Purdue University chemistry professor Ei-ichi Negishi bows as he receives an ovation from his sophomore organic chemistry class in West Lafayette, Indiana on October 6, 2010. Negishi joins Richard F. Heck and Akira Suzuki in winning the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis". UPI/Brian Kersey

Purdue University chemistry professor Ei-ichi Negishi teaches his sophomore organic chemistry class in West Lafayette, Indiana on October 6, 2010. Negishi joins Richard F. Heck and Akira Suzuki in winning the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis". UPI/Brian Kersey

Purdue University chemistry professor Ei-ichi Negishi talks at a news conference in West Lafayette, Indiana on October 6, 2010. Negishi joins Richard F. Heck and Akira Suzuki in winning the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis". UPI/Brian Kersey