Ben Feringa is Jacobus van ‘t Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences at the University of Groningen. His research interest includes stereochemistry, organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, molecular switches and motors, self-assembly, molecular nanosystems and photopharmacology. He received the 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry and was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands in 2008. He is Board Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW), Chairman Board Chemistry Division of the Netherlands Science Foundation NWOCW among many other involvements.