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Ben Feringa

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Bernard Lucas "Ben" Feringa (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrnɑrt ˈlykɑz bɛn ˈfeːrɪŋɣaː]; born 18 May 1951) is a Dutch synthetic organic chemist, specializing in molecular nanotechnology and homogeneous catalysis. He is the Jacobus van 't Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences, at the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Netherlands, and an Academy Professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Jean-Pierre Sauvage, "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Feringa is the 275th most popular chemist (up from 290th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 245th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ben Feringa ranks 275 out of 602. Before him are Franz Karl Achard, Elias James Corey, Georg Brandt, Rudolph A. Marcus, Joachim Sauer, and Joseph L. Goldstein. After him are Akira Yoshino, Paul Ulrich Villard, Martin Karplus, Thomas Graham, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, and André-Louis Debierne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Ben Feringa ranks 75. Before him are Marvin Heemeyer, Mark Harmon, Fernando Lugo, Álvaro Colom, Jarmila Kratochvílová, and Jaco Pastorius. After him are Michèle Mouton, Ronald DeFeo Jr., Angelique Rockas, V. S. Ramachandran, Carl Wieman, and Emmanuel Todd.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ben Feringa ranks 179 out of 1,646. Before him are Mariska Veres (1947), Arjen Robben (1984), Ary Scheffer (1795), Geert Wilders (1963), John of Leiden (1509), and Lambert of Maastricht (635). After him are Eddie Van Halen (1955), Lidwina (1380), Abraham Bloemaert (1566), Wim Duisenberg (1935), Theo van Gogh (1957), and Robin van Persie (1983).

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Among CHEMISTS In Netherlands

Among chemists born in Netherlands, Ben Feringa ranks 3. Before him are Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852), and Paul J. Crutzen (1933). After him are C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801), and Albert Kluyver (1888).

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