Ben Feringa
Awards
- Honorary doctorate University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2019
- Honorary doctorate University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 2019
- European Chemistry Gold Medal, 2018
- Honorary member Israel Chemical Society, 2018
- TUM Ambassador, Technical University München, Germany, 2017
- Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award, Fritz Haber Institute Berlin, Germany, 2017
- RSC Centenary Prize, UK, 2017
- Honorary Citizen, Groningen, Natherlands, 2017
- Honorary Citizen, Tynaarlo, Natherlands, 2017
- Academy Society Award (KIVI), Netherlands, 2017
- Member of the Order of the Dutch Lion, Royal decoration, 2016
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (with J. F. Stoddart and J.-P. Sauvage), 2016
- Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry, 2016
- August Wilhelm von Hofmann Denkmünze, GDCh, 2016
- Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize, Brussels, Belgium, 2015
- Arthur C. Cope Late Career Scholars Award, American Chemical Society, 2015
- Netherlands Chemistry and Catalysis Award, 2015
- Diels-Planck Award Lecture, Kiel, Germany, 2015
- IOCF Yoshida Lectureship Award, Kyoto, Osaka, Japan, 2014
- Theodor Förster Award, German Chemical Society (GDCh) & Bunsen-Society for Physical Chemistry, 2014
- Nagoya Gold Medal, Nagoya, Japan, 2013
- Yamada-Koga Prize, Tokyo, Japan, 2013
- Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal, highest distinction of Polish Chemical Society, Poland, 2013
- Lilly European Distinguished Science Award, 2013
- RSC Award for distinguished service, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2013
- Co-recipient Netherlands Ministry of Science & Education/NWO gravity program grant (with E.W. Meijer, R. Nolte), 26 MEuro, 2013
- Grand Prix Scientifique Cino del Duca, French Academy of Sciences, 2012
- Humboldt Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 2012
- RSC Organic Stereochemistry Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2011
- Tetrahedron Chair at BOSS symposium, Belgium, 2012
- Elected Vice-president of KNAW, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, 2011
- Van ‘t Hoff medal, Genootschap ter Bevordering van de Natuur-, Genees-, en Heelkunde, Netherlands, 2011
- Elected member of the Academia Europeae, 2010
- Chirality Medal, for distinguished contributions to all aspects of chirality, 2009
- Elected President of Bürgenstock Conference, Switzerland, 2009
- Paracelcus Award of the Swiss Chemical Society, for life-time achievement in chemistry, 2009
- Elected member of the Netherlands Academy for Technology and Innovation
- Recipient top-research grant ERC, European Research Council
- Knighted by Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, 2008
- Appointed Academy Professor, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, 2008
- James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, USA, 2007
- Elected Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, 2006
- Prelog Gold Medal, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland, 2004
- Solvias Ligand Contest Award (shared with J. Hartwig), Yale University, USA
- Spinoza Award (most prestigious Netherlands science award), 2004
- Elected Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004
- Jacobus H. van‘t Hoff Distinguished Chair in Molecular Sciences, University of Groningen, 2003
- Körber European Science Award for research on molecular motors, 2003
- Guthikonda Award, Columbia University, USA, 2003
- Novartis Chemistry Lectureship Award (in recognition of outstanding contributions to natural product synthesis and the development of new synthetic methodology) Switzerland, Austria, UK, USA, 2000-2001
- Elected Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 1998
- Pino Gold Medal Italian, Chemical Society, 1997
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship Award and Lectureship, 1993
Visiting professorships and named lectureships
- RSC Centenary Lecture, UK, 2018
- 6th Jacobus C. Kapteyn Lecture, Groningen, Netherlands, 2018
- Schrödinger Lecturer, Imperial College London, UK, 2018
- Solvay Lectureship, Belgium, 2018
- Honorary Professorship School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, 2017
- Honorary Professorship Institute for Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, 2017
- Distinguished Affiliate Professor Technical University München, Germany, 2017
- Honorary Professorship South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China, 2017
- Debye Lecturer, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2017
- Kekulé Lecture, University of Antwerp, Belgium, 2017
- Barluenga Lectureship, Oviedo, Spain, 2017
- Behringer Lecture, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland, 2017
- Sigma-Aldrich Lectureship, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA, 2016
- Diels-Planck Lecture, Kiel University, Germany, 2015
- Vilsmeier Lecturer, University of Regensburg, Germany, 2015
- Greynog Symposium, Angewandte Chemie Lecture, UK, 2015
- Vilsmeier Lecturer, University of Regensburg, Germany, 2015
- Siegfried Hünig Vorlesung, University of Würzburg, 2015
- Jortner Lecturer, University of Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015
- Inaugural ScotCHEM lecturer, Scottish Universities, UK, 2015
- Theodor-Förster Gedachtnisvorlesung (Memorial Lecture) Photochemistry Division German Chemical Society, German Bunsen Society of Physical Chemistry, Germany 2014-2015
- The Reuben Benjamin Sandin Lectureship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 2014
- University Lecturer in Chemical Sciences, Boston College, 2014
- Werner Memorial Symposium Lecturer, Zürich, Switzerland, 2013
- Lilly Lecturer, ESOC 18, Marseille, France , 2013
- Bristol-Meyers Squibb Lecturer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2013
- Russell Marker Lecturer, University of Maryland, USA, 2013
- DTU lecturer, Technical University Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013
- New Journal of Chemistry RSC Lecture, Frontier Research in Chemistry, ERC Grantees Conference Strasbourg, France, 2012
- Hassel Lecturer, University of Oslo, Norway, 2012
- Boehringer Ingelheim Lecturer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2012
- Tetrahedron Chair Lectures (BOSS), Leuven, Belgium, 2012
- Organic Stereochemistry Award Lectures, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2012
- Smets Chair, KU Leuven & Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2011
- Molecular Science Forum Lecture Professorship, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Chinese Chemical Society, Beijing, 2011
- Andrews Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2011
- Robert Robinson Award Lecturer, University of Oxford, UK, 2011
- Tarrant Professorship 2011, University of Florida, USA
- Dewar Lecturer, Queen Mary, London, UK, 2011
- Hines Lecturer, University of Indiana, USA, 2010
- Russell Marker Lecturer in the Chemical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2010
- The McRae Distinguished Lectureship, Queens University, Kingston, Canada, 2009-2010
- Barre Lecturer, University of Montreal, Canada, 2009-2010
- ICI Distinguished Lecturer, University of Calgary, Canada, 2009
- Chirality Medal Award Lecturer, 21st International Symposium on Chirality, Breckenridge, USA, 2009
- J. H. van ‘t Hoff Award Lecturer, Netherlands Academy of Sciences, 2009
- Hirschmann Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2009
- Dauben Lecturer, University Washington, Seattle, USA, 2009
- Bristol Myers Squibb Lecturer University of Michigan, USA, 2008
- Paracelsus Award Lecturer, Zürich, Switzerland, 2008
- Sturgeon Lecturer, Norwich, UK, 2008
- Kharasch Lecturer, Chicago, USA, 2007
- The A. R. Gordon Distinguished Lecturer, University Toronto, Canada, 2007
- The Bender Lectureship, Northwestern University, USA, 2007
- The Irvine Organic Synthesis Lecturer, UC Irvine, USA, 2007
- 8th B. Garruthers Lecturer, University Sheffield, UK, 2007
- Merck Lecturer, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, 2007
- G.J. Schmidt Memorial Lecturer, Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2007
- Herbert C. Brown Lecturer, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, 2007
- Astra Zeneca Northern University Lecturer, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, UK, 2006
- Astra-Zeneca Lecturer, Alberta, Canada, 2005
- Prelog Medal Award lecturer, ETH, Zurich, 2005
- Lilly Lecturer, Oxford, UK, 2005
- Swiss-Occidental Lectureship, Switzerland, 2005
- Gassman Lecturer, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, 2005
- Abbott Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2004
- Merck Lecturer (Spraque Lectureship 2004) University Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 2004
- Dauben Distinguished Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley, USA, 2004
- Marvel Lecturer, Roger Adams Labs, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2004
- The Musgrave Lecturer, Durham, UK, 2004
- Bristol Meyers Squibb Lecturer, Boston, USA, 2004
- Boehringer Ingelheim Lecturer, Montreal, Canada, 2003
- Novartis Lecturer, Colorado State University, USA, 2002
- Upper Rhine Lecturer, Germany, Switzerland, France, 2000
- Vielberth Lecturer, University of Regensburg, Germany, 2001
- W.S. Johnson Memorial Symposium Lecturer, Stanford University, USA, 2002
- Guthikunda award lecturer, Columbia University, USA
- Visiting Professor University of Potenza, Italy, 2003
- Novartis Chemistry Award Lectureship 2000-2001
- Visiting Professor University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2001
- Pfizer Lecturer, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA, 2000
- Visiting Professor, KU University Leuven, Belgium, 1999
- JSPS Award Lectureship, Japan, 1993