The “My Journey to Stockholm” lecture is part of the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN) 2018, hosted by the University of Wollongong. The lecture will be held in the University Hall from 5-6pm.

ICONN 2018 is expected to bring over 700 international visitors to Wollongong, the first regional city to host the biennial event.

ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) director Gordon Wallace said three Nobel Prize winners will speak at the important event.

“ACES at UOW are excited to bring the world of science and innovation to the Gong. Given our society of tomorrow will be built in the science of today, we know the local community will get engaged,” Professor Wallace said.

Sir Fraser Stoddart will be visiting from the Stoddart Mechanostereochemistry Group in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University in Illinois, however he has recently been appointed part-time to the School of Chemistry at UNSW where he will spend three months each year.

The scientist received the Nobel Prize for his 1991 development of “rotaxane”, a structure in which a molecular ring is threaded onto a thin molecular axle, and demonstrating that the ring could move along the axle.

This achievement led to innovations such as a molecular lift, a molecular muscle and a molecule-based computer chip.

To register interest in attending his lecture click here.