KNCV Backer Prize for Massimo Giannerini

Massimo Giannerini, former group member in the Feringa Group, has been awarded the KNCV Backer prize for best thesis Organic Chemistry 2015.

After careful reflection and consideration of 45 dissertations the thesis of Dr. Massimo Giannerini was considered the best to receive the KNCV Backer price. The study was conducted in the Netherlands under the guidance of Prof Ben Feringa. The committee was very impressed by the neat way in which the experiments are described and some innovative steps in the synthesis but also the substantive discussions in the various chapters. In short, the overall quality of the thesis was considered excellent.