Honorary doctorate for Professor Ben Feringa by Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professor Ben Feringa from the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry (University of Groningen) has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The doctorate was awarded on 2 November 2024. It acknowledges Feringas’ outstanding contributions to molecular sciences.
An honorary doctorate was also awarded to Dr. Lawrence Kwok-chang of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Feringa is 2016 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Jacobus H. van 't Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
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