!!!Ben L. Feringa \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Feringa_Ben.jpg' alt='Ben L. Feringa' height='200'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ *2011 - present Hans Fischer Honorary Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, TU Muenchen *2008 - present Academy Professor; Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences *2003 - present Jacobus H. van 't Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences *2003 - 2011 Director Stratingh Institute for Chemistry *1991 - 1995 Chairman Department Organic and Molecular Inorganic Chemistry *1988 - present Appointed successor of Prof. Dr. H. Wynberg; chair of Organic Chemistry, Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Groningen *1984-1988 Lecturer Organic Chemistry, University of Groningen *1983-1984 Project Leader Homogeneous Catalysis, Shell Research Laboratories, Amsterdam *1982-1983 Research Chemist (Bioorganic Chemistry), Shell Biosciences Laboratories, Sittingbourne, UK *1979-1982 Lecturer Amsterdam (Hogere Analistenschool) *1978-1982 Research Chemist (organic synthesis, oxidation processes, photochemistry), Royal Dutch Shell, Shell Laboratories, Amsterdam *1969 - 1978 Undergraduate and graduate studies in chemistry, University of Groningen, PhD at Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Groningen, Thesis: Asymmetric Oxidations of Phenols; supervisor Prof. Dr. Hans Wynberg \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (jointly awarded jointly with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Sir J. Fraser Stoddart "''for the design and synthesis of molecular machines''" *2016 Tetrahedron Prize *2016 August Wilhelm von Hofmann Denkmünze, GDCh *2015 Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize, Brussels, Belgium *2015 Arthur C. Cope Late Career Scholars Award, American Chemical Society, USA *Netherlands Chemistry and Catalysis Award 2015, NL *2015 Diels-Planck Award Lecture, Kiel, Germany *2014 IOCF Yoshida Lectureship Award, Kyoto, Osaka, Japan *2014 Theodor Förster Award, German Chemical Society (GDCh) & Bunsen-Society for Physical Chemistry, Germany *2013 Nagoya Gold Medal for significant contributions to the field of chemistry, Nagoya, Japan *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, Poland *2013 Lilly European Distinguished Science Award *2013 RSC Award for distinguished service, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK *2013 Co-recipient Netherlands Ministry of Science & Education/NWO gravity program grant (with E.W. Meijer, R. Nolte), 26 MEuro *2012 Grand Prix Scientifique Cino del Duca, French Academy of Sciences, France *2012 Humboldt award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany *RSC Organic Stereochemistry Award 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK *2012 Tetrahedron Chair at BOSS symposium, Belgium *2011 Elected Vice-president of KNAW, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences *2011 Van ‘t Hoff medal, Genootschap ter Bevordering van de Natuur-, Genees-, en Heelkunde *2010 Elected member of the Academia Europeae *2009 Chirality Medal, for distinguished contributions to all aspects of chirality *2009 Elected President of Bürgenstock Conference, Switzerland *2008 Recipient of the Paracelcus Award of the Swiss Chemical Society, for life-time achievement in chemistry *Elected member of the Netherlands Academy for Technology and Innovation *Recipient top-research grant ERC, European Research Council *2008 Knighted by Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands *2008 Appointed Academy Professor, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences *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 *Prelog Gold Medal 2005 (ETH-Zürich), Switzerland *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]) *2004 Elected Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences *Jacobus H. van‘t Hoff Distinguished Chair in Molecular Sciences, University of Groningen *2003 Körber European Science Award for research on molecular motors *2003 Guthikonda Award, Columbia University, USA *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) *1998 Elected Fellow of RSC, UK *JSPS Fellowship award and JSPS Lectureship Japan *1997 Recipient Pino Gold Medal Italian Chemical Society \\ \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Feringa_Ben/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Feringa_Ben/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Feringa_Ben/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Feringa_Ben/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit bferinga}] [{ALLOW upload bferinga}] [{ALLOW comment All}]