Milan, 20 September 2023 – The Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” of Politecnico di Milano has assigned the 2022 Natta Award to Prof. Makoto Fujita (The University of Tokyo, Department of Applied Chemistry | Institute for Molecular Science, Division of Advanced Molecular Science) with the following motivation:

«This is in recognition of your outstanding contribution in the field of self-assembling molecular systems, in the chemistry of isolated nano-space, and in the metal-directed self-assembly for the preparation of non-covalent cages and polymers with well-defined structures, as well as for your efforts in mentoring students and younger colleagues at various levels in their academic careers, in various countries. Your excellence serves as an inspiration to all of us»,

has heralded Prof. Marinella Levi, Head of the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, who handed over to Prof. Makoto Fujita the Natta Medal, on behalf of the Department, and in the presence of prof. Alberto Guadagnini, Rector's Delegate for Research.

Before the award ceremony, Prof. Makoto Fujita, introduced by prof. Pierangelo Metrangolo, held a Lectio Magistralis entitled: Coordination Self-Assembly: from Origins to the Latest Advances to illustrate how the cutting-edge work carried out by his research group on the effects of molecular confinement in coordination cages and the chemistry of solutions in porous crystalline complexes, fits into the recent advances in the discipline of molecular self-assembly.

Natta Lecture 2022 | Photogallery