Ben Feringa

Dutch Nobel laureate in chemistry

Bernard Lucas "Ben" Feringa (born May 18, 1951 in Barger-Compascuum) is a Dutch chemist, specialized in organic chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology and photochemistry.

Ben Feringa
Ben Feringa in 2017
Born
Bernard Lucas Feringa

(1951-05-18) 18 May 1951 (age 73)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
Known forMolecular switches/motors, Homogeneous catalysis, stereochemistry, photochemistry
SpouseBetty Feringa
AwardsNobel Prize in Chemistry (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic Chemistry
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Photochemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Groningen, 1984–present
Royal Dutch Shell, 1979–1984
ThesisAsymmetric oxidation of phenols. Atropisomerism and optical activity (1978)
Doctoral advisorHans Wijnberg [nl]
Websitebenferinga.com

Feringa studied at the University of Groningen and is also an academic at the same university.

In 2016, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for supramolecular chemistry, together with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Fraser Stoddart.