# Jean-Pierre Sauvage

_French nanotechnologist_

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> Jean-Pierre Sauvage is a French coordination chemist working at Strasbourg University. He graduated from the National School of Chemistry of Strasbourg, in 1967. He has specialized in supramolecular chemistry for which he has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 21 October 1944 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3169751#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Paris ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3169751#P19))
- **Citizenship:** France ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3169751#P27))
- **Occupation:** chemist; university teacher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3169751#P106))
- **Education:** University of Strasbourg; Louis Pasteur University ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3169751#P69))
- **Awards:** Knight of the Legion of Honour; CNRS bronze medal; Nobel Prize in Chemistry; CNRS silver medal; Prelog Medal and Lecture; Centenary Prize; Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit; Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star; Grand prix Pierre-Süe ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3169751#P166))

## Questions

**When was Jean-Pierre Sauvage born?**  
Jean-Pierre Sauvage was born on 21 October 1944 in Paris.

**Where did Jean-Pierre Sauvage study?**  
Jean-Pierre Sauvage was educated at University of Strasbourg, Louis Pasteur University.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Jean-Pierre Sauvage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Sauvage) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q3169751](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3169751) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Jean-Pierre Sauvage.jpg by Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden (CC BY 2.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Pierre_Sauvage.jpg)

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## Cite this page

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