Jean-Marie Lehn

Dr. Lehn is Professor of Molecular Chemistry at the Collège de France in Paris, and the author of more than 700 scientific publications. He is a specialist of "Supra-Molecular-Chemistry”. In 1968 he gained international recognition for the Synthesis of Cryptands, molecules that "capture" ions to create new chemical compounds. Prof. Lehn received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987.