Contents
Chemist
Ben Feringa
Famoose for
Building molecular motors that turn in a controlled direction.
Molecular rotary motor · Molecular car
- Born
- 18 May 1951
- Birthplace
- Barger-Compascuum
More people
Ben Feringa
Ben Feringa is a Dutch chemist whose work explores movement and function at the molecular scale.
Early life
Education
Grew up on a farm in Barger-Compascuum and earned his doctorate at Groningen in 1978.
Career
- Early career
Shell
Worked in industrial research in the Netherlands and Britain.
- 1984
Groningen
Returned as a lecturer and became professor in 1988.
- 2016
Nobel Prize
Shared the chemistry prize for molecular machines.
Contributions
Molecular rotary motor
Developed a light-driven motor with directional rotation.
Molecular car
Helped create a molecule moved by electrical impulses.
Beyond research
Family
Grew up as the second of ten children.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Additional biographical source ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Richard Broekhuijzen. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.