Prof. Ben Feringa to receive Cope Scholar Award
Ben Feringa has been awarded the 2015 Arthur C. Cope Late Career Scholars Award. President Tom Barton of the American Chemical Society praises Feringa ‘for groundbreaking research on dynamic molecular systems and stereochemistry, specifically the design of light-driven rotary molecular motors and phosphoramidites for asymmetric catalysis.
You can read more about the prize awarded to Feringa here.
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