Professor Ben Feringa of the University of Groningen (RUG) has won the Feynman Experiment Prize for his work in molecular movements. Feringa, from Barger-Compascuum, received the prize for groundbreaking research in nanotechnology, writes RTV North.
Feringa is internationally renowned for his work in synthetic organic chemistry. With his work at the RUG, the professor has contributed to new possibilities in organic synthesis, catalysis and supramolecular chemistry.
Scientific award
As a professor at the RUG, Feringa also won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2016. He received this prize together with colleagues Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Sir James Fraser for the development of molecular machines. The Groningen chemist also won the NWO Spinoza Prize in 2004, the most prestigious prize in Dutch science.
With the Feyman Prize, Feringa is now being recognized for the progress he has made in nanotechnology. The prize has been awarded by the Foresight Institute in San Francisco since 1993.