photo Fraser Stoddart

Fraser Stoddart

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 2016
for the design and synthesis of molecular machines
Citizenship
United Kingdom United Kingdom United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
5/24/1942
place of birth
Edinburgh
date of death
12/30/2024
place of death
Melbourne
Lived
82 years
educated at
  • University of Edinburgh
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • academic major: chemistry
    • end time: 1/1/1966
  • Stewart's Melville College
employer
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    • start time: 1/1/1997
    • end time: 1/1/2003
  • Tianjin University
    • start time: 1/1/2014
    • end time: 1/1/2020
  • University of Sheffield
  • Northwestern University
  • University of Birmingham
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1/1/2014
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Royal Society
occupation
  • chemist
  • university teacher
doctoral student
  • David Leigh
  • Douglas Philp
field of work
  • stereochemistry
  • supramolecular chemistry
  • organic chemistry
notable work
  • mechanically interlocked molecular architectures
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