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Polyrotaxanes with well-defined numbers of threaded rings, which have already been reported in the June 12th Issue of Science this summer (Science 2020, 368, 1247–1253), have been picked by the Editors at C&EN to be among the coolest molecules that were reported in the chemical literature in 2020. C&EN’s Editors commented in relation to the

James Cooper left his position as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Stoddart group at the end of September 2020 to commence his independent academic career as a Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. During his time in the Stoddart group, James worked on new host-guest systems, mechanically interlocked molecules,

Northwestern Professor in Chemistry, and former UCLA (2005-2008) Stoddart Group Postdoctoral Fellow, Will Dichtel was named a 2020 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general science society in the world. Selected by their peers serving on the Council of AAAS, Fellows are recognized for important contributions to STEM