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| + | Ben L. Feringa obtained his PhD degree at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands under the guidance of Professor Hans Wynberg. After working as a research scientist at Shell in the Netherlands and at the Shell Biosciences Centre in the UK, he was appointed lecturer and in 1988 full professor at the University of Groningen and named the Jacobus H. van't Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences in 2004. He was elected Foreign Honory member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is member and vice-president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. In 2008 he was appointed Academy Professor and was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands. |
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| − | | birth_name = Bernard Lucas Feringa
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| − | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|5|18|df=y}}
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| − | | birth_place = [[Barger-Compascuum]], [[Netherlands]]
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| − | | residence = [[Groningen]], [[Netherlands]]
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| − | | nationality = Dutch | |
| − | | fields = [[Organic Chemistry]]<br />[[Materials Science]]<br />[[Nanotechnology]]<br />[[Photochemistry]] | |
| − | | workplaces = [[University of Groningen]], 1984–present<br />[[Royal Dutch Shell]], 1979–1984
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| − | | alma_mater = [[University of Groningen]]
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| − | | thesis_title = Asymmetric oxidation of phenols. Atropisomerism and optical activity
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| − | | thesis_url = http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/faculties/science/1978/b.l.feringa/
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| − | | thesis_year = 1978
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| − | | doctoral_advisor = {{Interlanguage link multi|Hans Wijnberg|nl}}
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| − | | known_for = [[Molecular switches/motors]], [[Homogeneous catalysis]], [[stereochemistry]], [[photochemistry]]
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| − | | awards = [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (2016)<ref name="NP-20161005" />
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| − | | website = {{URL|http://www.benferinga.com|benferinga.com}}
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| − | | spouse = Betty Feringa
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| − | [[File:Nobel Laureates 0907 (31341926832).jpg|thumb|260 px|Bernard Feringa at Nobel press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2016]]
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| − | '''Bernard Lucas "Ben" Feringa''' ({{IPA-nl|ˈbɛrnɑrt ˈlykɑs ˈbɛn ˈfeːrɪŋɣaː}}, born 18 May 1951) is a Dutch [[Organic chemistry|synthetic organic chemist]], specializing in [[molecular nanotechnology]] and [[homogenous catalysis]]. He is the [[Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff|Jacobus van 't Hoff]] [[Distinguished Professor]] of [[Molecular Science]]s,<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Groningen|url=http://www.rug.nl/staff/b.l.feringa/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=University of Groningen|url=http://www.rug.nl/news-and-events/people-perspectives/scientists-in-focus/feringa}}</ref> at the Stratingh Institute for [[Chemistry]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Stratingh Institute for Chemistry|url=http://www.rug.nl/research/stratingh/}}</ref> [[University of Groningen]], Netherlands, and an Academy [[Professor]] and Chair of Board of the Science Division of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Feringa |url=http://knaw.nl/en/members/members/4108?set_language=en |accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref>
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| − | He was awarded the 2016 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], together with [[Fraser Stoddart|Sir J. Fraser Stoddart]] and [[Jean-Pierre Sauvage]], "for the design and synthesis of [[molecular machine]]s".<ref name="NP-20161005">{{cite news |author=Staff |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 |url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2016/press.html |date=5 October 2016 |work=[[Nobel Foundation]] |accessdate=5 October 2016 }}</ref><ref name="NYT-20161005">{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Kenneth |last2=Chan |first2=Sewell |title=3 Makers of ‘World’s Smallest Machines’ Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/science/nobel-prize-chemistry.html |date=5 October 2016 |work=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=5 October 2016 }}</ref>
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| − | == Career ==
| + | It was announced on 5 October 2016 that Feringa received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Jean-Pierre Sauvage, for their work on molecular machines. |
| − | Feringa was born as the son of farmer Geert Feringa (1918–1993) and his wife Lies Feringa née Hake (1924–2013). Feringa was the second of ten siblings in a Catholic family. He spent his youth on the family's farm, which is directly on the border with Germany, in [[Barger-Compascuum]] in the [[Bourtange moor]]. He is of Dutch and German descent. Among his ancestors is the settler [[:de:Johann Gerhard Bekel|Johann Gerhard Bekel]]. Together with his wife Betty Feringa, he has three daughters. He lives in [[Paterswolde]] near [[Groningen]].<ref>See German and Dutch Wikipedia.</ref>
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| − | Feringa received his [[Master of Science|MSc]] degree [[Latin honors|with distinction]] from the [[University of Groningen]] in 1974.<ref>[http://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/spinoza+prize/spinoza+laureates/overview+in+alphabetical+order/ben+feringa Prof. B.L. (Ben) Feringa] - website of the [[Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research]]</ref> He subsequently obtained a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] degree at the same university in 1978, with the thesis titled "Asymmetric oxidation of phenols. [[Atropisomer]]ism and [[optical activity]]".<ref>{{cite book|url=http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/faculties/science/1978/b.l.feringa/|title=Asymmetric oxidation of phenols. Atropisomerism and optical activity}}</ref> Following a short period at [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] in the Netherlands and the [[United Kingdom]], he was appointed as [[lecturer]] at the University of Groningen in 1984 and [[Full Professor]], succeeding Prof Wijnberg, in 1988. His early career was focused on [[homogenous catalysis]] and [[oxidation catalysis]], and especially on [[stereochemistry]] with major contributions in the field of [[Enantioselective synthesis|enantioselective catalysis]], including monophos [[ligand]]<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Van Den Berg, M. |author2= Minnaard, A. J. |author3= Schudde, E. P. |author4= Van Esch, J. |author5= De Vries |author6= A. H. M. |author7= De Vries, J. G. |author8= Feringa, B. L.| year=2000 |title=Highly enantioselective rhodium-catalyzed hydrogenation with monodentate ligands |work=Journal of the American Chemical Society |volume=122 |number=46 |pages=11539–11540 |url=http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja002507f |accessdate=6 January 2015 |doi=10.1021/ja002507f}}</ref> used in [[asymmetric hydrogenation]], asymmetric [[Nucleophilic conjugate addition|conjugate additions]] of [[Organometallic chemistry|organometallic]] [[reagent]]s, including the highly reactive [[organolithium reagent]]s and organic [[photochemistry]] and [[stereochemistry]]. In the 1990s, Feringa's work in [[stereochemistry]] led to major contributions in [[photochemistry]], resulting in the first monodirectional light driven molecular rotary motor<ref name="auto">{{cite journal|last1=Feringa|first1=Ben L.|last2=Koumura|first2=Nagatoshi|last3=Zijlstra|first3=Robert W. J.|last4=van Delden |first4=Richard A.|last5=Harada|first5=Nobuyuki|title=Light-driven monodirectional molecular rotor |journal=Nature |date=1999 |volume=401 |issue=6749 |pages=152–155 |doi=10.1038/43646 |pmid=10490022}}</ref> and later a molecular car (a so-called [[nanocar]]) driven by electrical impulses.<ref name="auto1">{{cite journal|last1=Kudernac|first1=Tibor|last2=Ruangsupapichat|first2=Nopporn|last3=Parschau|first3=Manfred|last4=Maciá|first4=Beatriz|last5=Katsonis|first5=Nathalie|last6=Harutyunyan|first6=Syuzanna R.|last7=Ernst|first7=Karl-Heinz|last8=Feringa|first8=Ben L.|title=Electrically driven directional motion of a four-wheeled molecule on a metal surface |journal=Nature |date=2011 |volume=479 |issue=7372 |pages=208–211 |doi=10.1038/nature10587 |pmid=22071765}}</ref>
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| − | Ben Feringa holds over 30 [[patent]]s and has published over 650 [[peer review]]ed [[Academic paper|research paper]]s to date, cited more than 30,000 times and has an [[h-index|''h''-index]] in excess of 90.<ref>{{cite web|title=webofknowledge.com|url=http://webofknowledge.com|website=Webofscience(TM)|publisher=Thomson Rueters|accessdate=24 January 2015}}</ref> He has guided over 100 PhD students over his career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor of Chemistry Ben Feringa supervises his 100 th PhD student|url=http://www.rug.nl/news/2013/12/1212-feringa?lang=en|website=University of Groningen|accessdate=15 January 2015}}</ref>
| + | '''Awards''' |
| − | | + | * August Wilhelm von Hofmann Denkmünze, GDCh, 2016 |
| − | == Contributions to research ==
| + | * Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize, Brussels, Belgium, 2015 |
| − | The early introduction of chiroptical molecular switches,<ref>B.L.Feringa, W.F. Jager, B.de Lange, E.W. Meijer, Chiroptical Molecular Switch, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 5468-5470</ref> based on the design of the first chiral overcrowded alkenes <ref>B.L.Feringa, H. Wynberg, Torsionally distorted olefins - resolution of cis-4 and trans-4,4'-bi-1,1',2,2',3,3'-hexahydrophenanthrylidene, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1977,99, 602-603</ref> and the demonstration of optically controlled molecular switching and amplification of chirality in mesoscopic systems,<ref>N.P.M. Huck, W.F. Jager, B.de Lange, B.L. Feringa, Dynamic control and amplification of chirality, Science 1996, 273, 1686</ref> lead to molecular rotary motors in which chirality plays a critical role in achieving the same function achieved by nature, for example, the unidirectional rotation of [[retinal]] in [[rhodopsin]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Strambi|first1=A.|last2=Durbeej|first2=B.|last3=Ferre|first3=N.|last4=Olivucci|first4=M.|title=Anabaena sensory rhodopsin is a light-driven unidirectional rotor|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|date=22 November 2010|volume=107|issue=50|pages=21322–21326|doi=10.1073/pnas.1015085107}}</ref> This work led to the discovery of the world’s first unidirectional molecular rotary motor<ref name="auto"/> and this work has been laying the ground-work for a key component of future [[molecular nanotechnology]] i.e. [[nanomachines]] and [[nanorobots]] powered by [[molecular motor]]s. Feringa’s design and synthesis of nanomolecular machines, specifically [[molecular switch]]es and [[synthetic molecular motor|molecular motor]]s, have initiated major novel approaches towards complex and dynamic chemical systems and the dynamic control of function.
| + | * 2015 Arthur C. Cope Late Career Scholars Award, American Chemical Society, USA |
| − | | + | * Netherlands Chemistry and Catalysis Award 2015, NL |
| − | Applications of molecular switches developed in his group include responsive materials and [[Surface science|surfaces]],<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Carroll | first1 = GT | last2 = London | first2 = G | last3 = Fernandez-landaluce | first3 = T | last4 = Rudolf | first4 = P | last5 = Feringa | first5 = BL | year = 2011 | title = Adhesion of Photon-Driven Molecular Motors to Surfaces via 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions: Effect of Interfacial Interactions on Molecular Motion | doi = 10.1021/nn102876j | journal = ACS Nano | volume = 5 | pages = 622–630 | pmid=21207983}}</ref> [[liquid crystal]]s,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = van Delden | first1 = RA | last2 = Koumura | first2 = N | last3 = Harada | first3 = N | last4 = Feringa | first4 = BL | year = 2002 | title = Unidirectional rotary motion in a liquid crystalline environment: Color tuning by a molecular motor | doi = 10.1073/pnas.062660699 | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 99 | pages = 4945–4949 }}</ref> [[electrochromic]] devices for [[optoelectronic]]s,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Areephong | first1 = J | last2 = Hurenkamp | first2 = JH | last3 = Milder | first3 = M | last4 = Meetsma | first4 = A | last5 = Herek | first5 = JL | last6 = Browne | first6 = WR | last7 = Feringa | first7 = BL | year = 2009 | title = Photoswitchable Sexithiophene-Based Molecular Wires | doi = 10.1021/ol8028059 | journal = Organic Letters | volume = 11 | pages = 721–724 }}</ref> photo-switchable [[DNA]] as a molecular memory stick,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Mammana | first1 = A | last2 = Carroll | first2 = GT | last3 = Areephong | first3 = J | last4 = Feringa | first4 = BL | year = 2011 | title = A Chiroptical Photoswitchable DNA Complex | doi = 10.1021/jp205893y | journal = Journal of Physical Chemistry B | volume = 115 | issue = 40| pages = 11581–11587 }}</ref> responsive [[gel]]s,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = de Jong | first1 = Jaap | last2 = Lucas | first2 = LN | last3 = Kellogg | first3 = RM | last4 = van Esch | first4 = JH | last5 = Feringa | first5 = BL |year = 2004 | title = Reversible optical transcription of supramolecular chirality into molecular chirality | doi = 10.1126/science.1095353 | journal = Science | volume = 304 | issue = 5668| pages = 278–281 }}</ref> [[polymer]]s,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Pijper | first1 = D | last2 = Feringa | first2 = BL | year = 2007 | title = Molecular Transmission: Controlling the Twist Sense of a Helical Polymer with a Single Light-Driven Molecular Motor | doi = 10.1002/anie.200604941 | journal = Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. | volume = 46 | issue = 20| pages = 3693–3696 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Carroll | first1 = GT | last2 = Jongejan | first2 = MGM | last3 = Pijper | first3 = D | last4 = Feringa | first4 = BL | year = 2010 | title = Spontaneous generation and patterning of chiral polymeric surface toroids | doi = 10.1039/C0SC00159G | journal = Chemical Science | volume = 1| issue = 4 | pages = 469–472 }}</ref> and light-switchable [[protein channel]]s<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Kocer | first1 = A | last2 = Walko | first2 = M | last3 = Meijberg | first3 = W | last4 = Feringa | first4 = BL |year = 2005 | title = A light-actuated nanovalve derived from a channel protein | doi = 10.1126/science.1114760 | journal = Science | volume = 309 | issue = 5735| pages = 755–758 }}</ref> for nanoscale [[drug delivery]] systems, [[anion]] [[sensor|sensing]], responsive [[catalyst]]s and photo[[pharmacology]] as well as entirely novel approaches using responsive [[Pharmaceutical drug|drugs]] toward [[anticancer agent]]s, [[antibiotic]] treatment and [[antibiotic resistance]], and [[biofilm]] formation. Interfacing [[molecular motor]]s with the macroscopic world by surface assembly on gold nanoparticles<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Van Delden | first1 = RA | last2 = ter Wiel | first2 = MKJ | last3 = Pollard | first3 = MM | last4 = Vicario | first4 = J | last5 = Koumura | first5 = N | last6 = Feringa | first6 = BL | title = Unidirectional molecular motor on a gold surface | doi = 10.1038/nature04127 | journal = Nature | year = 2005 | volume = 437| pages = 1337–1340 | pmid=16251960}}</ref> and a macroscopic gold film,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Carroll | first1 = GT | last2 = Pollard | first2 = MM | last3 = van Delden | first3 = RA | last4 = Feringa | first4 = BL | year = 2010 | title = Controlled rotary motion of light-driven molecular motors assembled on a gold surface | doi = 10.1039/C0SC00162G | journal = Chemical Science | volume = 1 | issue = 1| pages = 97–101 }}</ref> has shown that the motor functions while chemically bound to a surface, a key result for future nanomachines such as a molecular conveyor belt. Experiments that involve doping liquid crystals with molecular motors demonstrate that the motion of the motor can be harnessed to make macroscopic objects rotate on a liquid crystal film<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Eelkema | first1 = JJR | last2 = Pollard | first2 = MM | last3 = Vicario | first3 = J | last4 = Katsonis | first4 = N | last5 = Serrano Ramon | first5 = B | last6 = Bastiaansen | first6 = CWM | last7 = Broer | first7 = DJ | last8 = Feringa | first8 = BL | year = 2006 | title = Rotation of a microscopic object by a light-driven molecular motor | doi = 10.1038/440163a | journal = Nature | volume = 440 | issue = 7081| page = 163 | pmid=16525460}}</ref> and drive molecular systems [[Equilibrium chemistry|out-of-equilibrium]]. Several of these discoveries were selected for the list of most important chemical discoveries of the year by [[Chemical & Engineering News]].
| + | * Diels-Planck Award Lecture, Kiel, 2015, Germany |
| − | | + | * IOCF Yoshida Lectureship Award, Kyoto, Osaka, 2014, Japan |
| − | In 2011, molecular ‘[[nanocar]]’,<ref name="auto1"/> a molecule that contains molecular motor-based wheels and was shown to move on a solid surface upon subjection to electric current from an STM tip, was highlighted in international daily newspapers & magazines worldwide and selected by the Chinese Academy of Sciences as one of the 10 major discoveries in sciences worldwide.{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}} [[James Tour]] furthered the technology by demonstrating that a nanocar containing molecular motors can move on a surface after exposure to light <ref>{{cite journal | year = 2016 | title = Light-induced Translation of Motorized Molecules on a Surface | doi = 10.1021/acsnano.6b05650 | journal = ACS Nano }}</ref> as opposed to electrical stimuli from an STM tip. Towards the future discipline of systems chemistry, the development of a multistage chiral catalysts <ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Wang | first1 = J. | last2 = Feringa | first2 = B.L. | year = 2011 | title = Dynamic control of chiral space in a catalytic asymmetric reaction using a molecular motor | url = | journal = Science | volume = 331 | issue = | pages = 1429–1432 | doi=10.1126/science.1199844 | pmid=21310964}}</ref> which comprises an integrated supramolecular system that brings together molecular recognition, chirality transfer, catalysis, stereoelectronic control and enantio-selectivity while all these processes can be enabled or disabled via an internal motor function, moves the design and application of molecular motors to a whole new level of sophistication.
| + | * Theodor Förster Award, German Chemical Society (GDCh) & Bunsen-Society for Physical Chemistry, 2014, Germany |
| − | | + | * Nagoya Gold Medal for significant contributions to the field of chemistry, Nagoya, Japan, 2013 |
| − | Aside from molecular motors and switches, Feringa's work has crossed many disciplines and includes the use of chiral electromagnetic radiation to generate enantioselectivity, low molecular weight gelators, imaging porphyrins with STM, drying induced self-assembly, organic synthesis, CD spectroscopy, asymmetric catalysis, exploring the origins of chirality including the possibility of an extraterrestrial source and various aspects of surface science including surface modification, surface energy control and porphyrin allayers.
| + | * Yamada-Koga Prize for research with world-wide impact in the field of synthesis of optically active compounds, Tokyo, Japan |
| − | | + | * 2013 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal, Highest distinction of Polish Chemical Society, 2013, Poland |
| − | == Honours and awards ==
| + | * Lilly European Distinguished Science Award, 2013 |
| − | Feringa is member of many chemical and scientific related societies: In 1998, Feringa was elected as a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] (FRSC). In 2004, he was elected Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]. Feringa is an elected Member, since 2006,<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/4108 |title=Ben Feringa |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |accessdate=17 July 2015}}</ref> and Academy Professor, since 2008, of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences]]. In addition, Feringa is a former President of the [[Bürgenstock Conference]] in 2009, Switzerland, and an elected Member of the [[Academia Europaea]] since 2010. In 2013, he was appointed as Council Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. On 13 October 2016, Feringa was elected an Honorary Member of the [[Royal Netherlands Chemical Society]].<ref>[http://www.kncv.nl/k/n231/news/view/108635/872/ben-feringa-benoemd-tot-erelid-kncv.html Ben Feringa benoemd tot erelid KNCV] - website of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society</ref>
| + | * RSC Award for distinguished service, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, UK |
| − | | + | * Co-recipient Netherlands Ministry of Science & Education/NWO gravity program grant (with E.W. Meijer, R. Nolte), 26 MEuro, 2013 |
| − | In recognition to his contributions to synthetic methodologies and catalysis, Feringa was given the [[Novartis]] Chemistry Lectureship Award 2000-2001. A large part of Feringa's research career has focused on molecular nanotechnology and especially molecular photochemistry and stereochemistry. His contributions in these areas have been recognised in research awards including [[Körber European Science Prize]] in 2003, the [[Spinoza Prize]] in 2004, and the Prelog Gold Medal in 2005 (ETH-Zürich), Switzerland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.ethz.ch/news/lectures/Prelog/lektoren2000-_EN|title=Laboratorium für Organische Chemie (LOC)|publisher=}}</ref> He won the [[James Flack Norris Award]] in Physical Organic Chemistry of the [[American Chemical Society]] in 2007, USA, the [[European Research Council]] Advanced Grant in 2008, and the Paracelsus Award of the Swiss Chemical Society, in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paracelsus Prize|url=https://swiss-chem-soc.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:scg-awards-paracelsus&catid=89&Itemid=587&lang=en|website=Swiss Chemical Society|accessdate=15 January 2015}}</ref>
| + | * Grand Prix Scientifique Cino del Duca, French Academy of Sciences 2012, France |
| − | | + | * Humboldt award 2012, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany |
| − | Feringa furthermore was awarded the [[Chirality Medal]] for distinguished contributions to all aspects of stereochemistry in 2010, the [[Solvias]] Ligand Contest Award (shared with John Hartwig, [[Yale University]] (USA), the Organic Stereochemistry Award in 2011 of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, and the Decennial Van‘t Hoff Medal in 2011 of the Genootschap ter Bevordering van de Natuur-, Genees-, en Heelkunde, in the Netherlands.
| + | * RSC Organic Stereochemistry Award 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK |
| − | | + | * Tetrahedron Chair at BOSS symposium, Belgium 2012 |
| − | Feringa's contributions to the molecular sciences have been recognized with the [[Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award]], the [[Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itbm.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/news/2014/01/the-nagoya-medal-of-organic-chemistry-2014.php|title=Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry|publisher=}}</ref> the 2012 Grand Prix Scientifique Cino del Duca,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grands-prix-2012.institut-de-france.fr/fondation-simone-et-cino-del-duca | title = La Fondation Simone et Cino del Duca}}</ref> and the Humboldt award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2012, Germany.
| + | * Elected Vice-president of KNAW, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, 2011 |
| − | | + | * Van ‘t Hoff medal 2011, Genootschap ter Bevordering van de Natuur-, Genees-, en Heelkunde |
| − | In 2013, he won subsequently the Lily European Distinguished Science Award, the Nagoya Gold Medal in Nagoya, Japan, the Yamada-Koga Award in Tokyo, Japan, the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] Award for distinguished service, and the [[Marie Sklodowska-Curie]] Medal of the [[Polish Chemical Society]].
| + | * Elected member of the Academia Europeae 2010 |
| − | | + | * 2009 Chirality Medal, for distinguished contributions to all aspects of chirality |
| − | He has written several invited review articles and book chapters for a number of prestigious journals and books including [[Chemical Reviews]], [[Accounts of Chemical Research]], [[Angewandte Chemie|Angewandte]] and the main textbook in the field of [[circular dichroism]], [[Comprehensive Chiroptical Spectroscopy]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Mammana | first1 = A | last2 = Carroll | first2 = GT | last3 = Feringa | first3 = BL | year = 2012 | title = Circular Dichroism of Dynamic Systems: Switching Molecular and Supramolecular Chirality | journal = Comprehensive Chiroptical Spectroscopy | volume = 2 | pages = 289–316 }}</ref>
| + | * Elected 2009 President of Bürgenstock Conference, Switzerland |
| − | | + | * 2008 Recipient of the Paracelcus Award of the Swiss Chemical Society, for life-time achievement in chemistry |
| − | He won the Theodor Föster Award of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) & Bunsen-Society for Physical Chemistry in 2014, Germany,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bunsen.de/en/Start.html|title=Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie|publisher=}}</ref> and the Arthur C. Cope Late Career Scholars Award of the [[American Chemical Society]] in 2015. In November 2015, he was the recipient of the "Chemistry for the future [[Ernest Solvay|Solvay]] prize",<ref name=Solvay>{{cite web|URL=http://www.solvay.com/en/innovation/solvay-prize/2015-prize/index.html | title = Professor Ben Feringa, Laureate 2015 “Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize” }}</ref> which was awarded for "for his work on groundbreaking research on molecular motors, a research field that paves the way to new therapeutic and technological applications with nanorobots."<ref name=Solvay/>
| + | * Elected member of the Netherlands Academy for Technology and Innovation |
| − | | + | * Recipient top-research grant ERC, European Research Council |
| − | It was announced on 5 October 2016 that Feringa will jointly receive the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], together with [[Fraser Stoddart|Sir J. Fraser Stoddart]] and [[Jean-Pierre Sauvage]], for their work on molecular machines.<ref name="NP-20161005" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2016/oct/05/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2016-to-be-announced-live|title=Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa win Nobel prize in chemistry - as it happened|last=Davis|first=Nicola|date=2016-10-05|last2=Sample|first2=Ian|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-10-05}}</ref> Feringa had been considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize for some time, with ''[[The Simpsons]]'' including him in a list of candidates in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elobservador.com.uy/los-simpson-predijeron-dos-premios-nobel-hace-seis-anos-n984421 |title=Los Simpson predijeron dos premios Nobel hace seis años |language=Spanish |newspaper=[[El Observador (Uruguay)|El Observador]] |date=October 14, 2016}}</ref>
| + | * 2008 Knighted by Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands |
| − | | + | * 2008 Appointed Academy Professor, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences |
| − | In 2008, he was appointed a Knight of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]] by [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Lintjes 2008 University of Groningen|url=http://www.rug.nl/news/2008/04/057_08}}</ref> and on 23 November 2016 he was promoted to Commander of the same Order by [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2144700-nobelprijswinnaar-feringa-nu-ook-commandeur.html |title=Nobelprijswinnaar Feringa nu ook Commandeur |language=Dutch |publisher=Nederlandse Omroep Stichting |date=23 November 2016 |accessdate=12 December 2016}}</ref> On 1 December 2016 Feringa was made an Honorary Citizen of Groningen.<ref>http://www.rug.nl/news-and-events/news/archief2016/nieuwsberichten/terugblik-nobellezing-ben-feringa-benoemd-tot-ereburger-stad-groningen?lang=en</ref>
| + | * 2007 James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, USA |
| − | | + | * 2006 Elected Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences |
| − | == Professional activities ==
| + | * Prelog Gold Medal 2005 (ETH-Zürich), Switzerland |
| − | Ben Feringa has served as editorial board member for several journals published by the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], including ''[[Chemical Communications]]'' (until 2012), the ''Faraday Transactions of the Royal Society'', and is Chair of the [[Editorial Board]] of ''[[Chemistry World]]''. He is the founding Scientific Editor(2002-2006) of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] journal ''[[Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry]]''. In addition he is an editorial (advisory) board member for the journals ''Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis'', ''Adv. Phys. Org. Chem.'', ''Topics in Stereochemistry'', ''Chemistry, an Asian Journal'' published by Wiley, and advisory board member for the ''[[Journal of Organic Chemistry]]'', ''[[Journal of the American Chemical Society]]'' published by the [[American Chemical Society]].
| + | * Solvias Ligand Contest Award (shared with J. Hartwig, Yale University (USA) |
| − | | + | * Spinoza Award 2004 (highest Netherlands scientific award, 1.5 MEuro; see http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_5ZKCWV_Eng) |
| − | Feringa is a co-founder of the contract research company Selact (now a part of Kiadis), which was originally established to provide services in the area of organic synthesis but later developed high throughput screening methods.
| + | * Elected Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004 |
| − | | + | * Jacobus H. van‘t Hoff Distinguished Chair in Molecular Sciences, University of Groningen |
| − | == References ==
| + | * Körber European Science Award 2003 for research on molecular motors |
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| + | * Guthikonda Award, Columbia University, USA, 2003 |
| − | | + | *Novartis Chemistry Lectureship Award 2000-2001 (in recognition of outstanding contributions to natural product synthesis and the development of new synthetic methodology; Switzerland, Austria, UK, USA) |
| − | == External links ==
| + | * Elected Fellow of RSC, UK, 1998 |
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| + | * JSPS Fellowship award and JSPS Lectureship Japan |
| − | *{{URL|www.benferinga.com|Ben Feringa research group}} | + | * Recipient 1997 Pino Gold Medal Italian Chemical Society |
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Ben L. Feringa obtained his PhD degree at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands under the guidance of Professor Hans Wynberg. After working as a research scientist at Shell in the Netherlands and at the Shell Biosciences Centre in the UK, he was appointed lecturer and in 1988 full professor at the University of Groningen and named the Jacobus H. van't Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences in 2004. He was elected Foreign Honory member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is member and vice-president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. In 2008 he was appointed Academy Professor and was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands.
It was announced on 5 October 2016 that Feringa received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Jean-Pierre Sauvage, for their work on molecular machines.
