Ben Feringa

Dutch Nobel laureate in chemistry · Netherlands · On the map · Scientists · Born 1951 · age 75

Bernard Lucas "Ben" Feringa is a Dutch synthetic organic chemist who specializes in molecular nanotechnology and homogeneous catalysis.

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2025Feynman Prize in NanotechnologyAward2023Honorary Doctorate of Slovak University of Technology in BratislavaAward2019Honorary Doctorate of the University of Santiago de CompostelaAward2017Centenary PrizeAward2016Commander of the Order of the Netherlands LionAwardNobel Prize in ChemistryAward2015Ernest Solvay PrizeAward2013Marie Curie MedalAward2012Cino Del Duca Science PrizeAward2011Organic Stereochemistry AwardAward2008Paracelsus PrizeAward2007James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic ChemistryAward2004Spinoza PrizeAward2003Körber European Science PrizeAward1951Born18 May 1951

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Feringa at Nobel press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2016

Awards

Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology2025

Honorary Doctorate of Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava2023

Foreign Member of the Royal Society2020

Honorary Doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela2019

Centenary Prize2017

Nobel Prize in Chemistry2016

Tetrahedron Prize2016

August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal2016

Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion2016

Ernest Solvay Prize2015

Marie Curie Medal2013

Humboldt Prize2012

Cino Del Duca Science Prize2012

Organic Stereochemistry Award2011

Chirality Medal2009

Paracelsus Prize2008

James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry2007

Prelog Medal and Lecture2005

Spinoza Prize2004

Körber European Science Prize2003

About this person

He is the Jacobus van 't Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences at the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen; and an Academy professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Feringa's research on molecular machines was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Jean-Pierre Sauvage.

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Netherlands