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Fraser Stoddart

Brazil – São Paulo, Brasília and Rio de Janeiro

8th Apr – 10th Apr 2019

Fraser Stoddart, 2016 Chemistry Laureate, visited three cities in Brazil as part of a Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative event held in partnership with AstraZeneca. He delivered lectures and on-stage interviews to students and scientists at the following institutions:

  • Universidade de São Paulo
  • Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (National Health Surveillance Agency, Anvisa)
  • Universidade de Brasília
  • Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA)

Fraser Stoddart explains his lasting gift to society

Fraser Stoddart lecture: ‘Engines Through the Ages’

 

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Fraser Stoddart

Fraser Stoddart

Sir Fraser Stoddart, 2016 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, is presently a board of trustees professor at Northwestern University. Stoddart has pioneered the development of the use of molecular recognition and self-assembly processes in template-directed protocols for the synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecules, such as catenanes and rotaxanes.

He obtained all his degrees from Edinburgh University and has spent time at Queen’s University in Canada, Imperial Chemical Industries, the Universities of Sheffield and Birmingham in the UK and the University of California, Los Angeles. During the past five decades, Stoddart has mentored 500 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from 50 different countries.

He was made a Knight Bachelor by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2007 for his services to chemistry and molecular nanotechnology. Stoddart is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. His many awards include the King Faisal International Prize in Science (2007), the Albert Einstein World Prize in Nanotechnology (2007), and the Royal Medal (2010). He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, the EU Academy of Science and a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.