Awarded the Prize "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines."

British-American Chemist. Born on May 24, 1942 in Edinburgh, UK. Sir J. Fraser Stoddart received his Ph.D in 1967 from the University of Edinburgh. He was Professor in Chemistry at Northwestern University. He was the academician of both American Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Sir J. Fraser Stoddart died on December 30,  2024.