Fraser Stoddart

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois ~Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry. Early work in molecular recognition and self-assembly, and subsequent introduction of efficient template-directed synthetic routes to mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs, such as catenanes, rotaxanes, Solomon knots, and Borromean rings), changed the way chemists think about molecular systems. Advent of the mechanical bond, which has led to the fabrication of molecular switches and machines, has been responsible for putting chemists at the forefront of the burgeoning field of molecular nanotechnology. Honors include Fellowship of the Royal Society (1994), appointment by Queen Elizabeth II as a Knight Bachelor (2007), the King Faisal International Prize in Science (2007), Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2008), the Arthur C. Cope Award of the American Chemical Society (2008), the Davy Medal from the Royal Society (2008), the Royal Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2010), Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2012), and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2016).