Jean-Pierre Sauvage

French nanotechnologist

Jean-Pierre Sauvage (French pronunciation: ​[ʒãpjɛʁ sovaʒ]; born 21 October 1944) is a French coordination chemist. He worked at Strasbourg University.[1] He has specialized in supramolecular chemistry for which he has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa.

Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Jean-Pierre Sauvage at Nobel press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2016
Born (1944-10-21) 21 October 1944 (age 79)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
EducationECPM Strasbourg
Awards
Scientific career
Fieldscoordination chemistry, supramolecular chemistry
InstitutionsStrasbourg University
ThesisLes Diaza-polyoxa-macrobicycles et leur cryptates (1971)
Doctoral advisorJean-Marie Lehn

References change

  1. "Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Nobel de Chimie – AICS".