Prof. Ben Feringa (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) has been awarded the Tetrahedron Chair 2012 and will deliver a One Day Course on Monday July 16, 2012 on a specific topic in organic synthesis during which both his own research and the results of other scientists will be reviewed.

Past awardees :

• 2010 - D. MacMillan (Princeton University, USA) - Tetrahedron Chair
• 2008 - E.M. Carreira (ETH Zürich, Switzerland) - Tetrahedron Chair
• 2004 - A. Fürstner (MPI für Kohlenforschung, Germany) - Tetrahedron Chair
• 2002 - H. Yamamoto (Nagoya University, Japan) - Tetrahedron Chair
• 2000 - B.M. Trost (Stanford University, USA) - Elsevier Chair
• 1998 - M. Shibasaki (Tokyo University, Japan) - Elsevier Chair
• 1996 - M.A.Gallop (Affymax Research Institute, USA) - Acros Chair
• 1994 - D. Seebach (ETH Zürich, Switzerland) - Merck Chair
• 1992 - P. Von Rague-Schleyer (University of Erlangen-Nüremberg, Germany) - Merck Chair
• 1990 - R. Noyori (Nagoya University, Japan) - Merck Chair
• 1988 - B. Giese (Technische Hochshule Darmmstadt, Germany) - Merck Chair
• 1986 - M.F. Semmelhack (Princeton University, USA) - Merck Chair