Sir Fraser Stoddart, who taught chemistry at Northwestern and won the Nobel Prize in 2016, died at the age of 82.
Sir Fraser Stoddart, who taught chemistry at Northwestern University and won the Nobel Prize in 2016, died last month at the age of 82.Stoddart was known as a pioneer in the fields of nanoscience and organic chemistry. He shared the Nobel Prize, with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Bernard L. Feringa, "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines."Stoddart contributed to the development of molecular machines, for example, by developing a "rotaxane" in 1991.
"He was incredibly generous with his time and mentored so many students and faculty, helping pave important new paths of inquiry and discovery. His impact on our university — and the world — was enormous."Stoddart mentored more than 500 graduate and postdoctoral students from around the world during his career, according to the university.
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