Bernard Lucas (Ben) Feringa is full Professor of organic chemistry at the University of Groningen and the Jacobus H. van't Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences. He was also elected elected Foreign Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and member and vice-president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. Feringa's research has been recognized with many awards and in 2016 with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Jean-Pierre Sauvage, "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines." His research interests include stereochemistry, organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, optopharma, molecular switches and motors, self-assembly and molecular nanosystems. Websites
Anja Palmans is professor in Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU Eindhoven), The Netherlands. Her research focuses on the integration of polymer chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and stereochemistry with the novel field of bio-orthogonal catalysis to achieve efficient and selective catalysis in water and in complex cellular media. WebSite
Daniel W. Armstrong is a Professor of Chemistry/Biochemistry at the University of Texas, Arlington. Daniel W. Armstrong is a renowned researcher in areas of chiral recognition, enantiomeric separations and the biological relevance thereof. He is a leading proponent of the importance of D-amino acids in biological systems. The techniques he has developed are used world-wide and his work has been cited over 50,000 times. WebSite
Reiko ODA is Research Director of CBMN @ IECB, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Bordeaux, France. The research work of Reiko Oda focuses on the multiscale design, synthesis and application of nanometric objects, with a particular emphasis on the chiral aspects of such structures such as chiroptical properties, catalysis, chiral recognition, nanomechanical properties or biomimetic properties. WebSite
Maurizio Prato is Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Trieste, Italy and Ikerbasque Professor at CIC biomaGUNE, San Sebastian, Spain. Prof. Prato’s research focuses on the synthesis of novel functional materials, for applications in materials science and nanomedicine, which include spinal cord repair, splitting of water, and reduction of carbon dioxide into useful chemicals. WebSite1 WebSite2
