Noble laureate and nanotechnology pioneer Professor Ben L. Feringa (University of Groningen) visited UCLA on April 13, 2023, to give the Spring 2023 Distinguished Lecture.
Feringa 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”.
Over 200 faculty, students, and researchers attended Feringa’s lecture titled “The Art of Building Small”, which was held in the department’s new Dongwon Yoo Seminar & Conference Hall in the Mani L. Bhaumik Collaboratory in Young Hall.
At the lecture, Distinguished Lecture Series Chair Professor Ken Houk, introduced Feringa. After a question and answer period, Feringa was presented with an engraved crystal plaque. A reception followed the lecture in the Collaboratory study hall.
Select photos from the event can be viewed below and a photo gallery can be viewed here.
Photos and article by Penny Jennings, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, penny@chem.ucla.edu.
