Jean–Marie Lehn

Nobel prize winner Jean-Marie Lehn studied chemistry in Strasbourg before spending a year as a post-doctoral fellow in Harvard. In 1970, he was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg. Since 1979, he has also held the chair of molecular interaction at the Collège de France in Paris, and is one of the directors of the Institute for Nano-Technology in Karlsruhe.

Jean-Marie Lehn has published more than 500 articles and books, is a member, or honorary member, of numerous scientific academies and research institutes and has received several international prizes and awards. In 1987, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.