ICIQ organized on December 12th a Mini-symposium honouring professor Javier de Mendoza on the occasion of his retirement. (Symposium Pictures). The invited speakers were professors Jean-Pierre Sauvage (University of Strassbourg), Roeland Nolte (Nijmegen University), Tomás Torres (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Jean-Marie Lehn (University of Strassbourg) and Javier de Mendoza (ICIQ).
If you would like to get an insight of de Mendozas’ career and life, please watch this video in which he recalls the key points that made him pursue research in supramolecular chemistry or take a look at the ICIQ Newsletter (December 2014). It contains an interview with him and an overview of the highlights of his career.