Do What Makes You Happy, Chemistry Nobel Prize Winner Says

The journey of Dr. M. Stanley Whittingham to the Chemistry Nobel Prize

2019 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, British Stanley Whittingham, poses during an International Battery Congress in Ulm, southern Germany, on Oct. 9, 2019. SEBASTIAN GOLLNOW/dpa/AFP via Getty Images

BINGHAMTON, N.Y.—In the corner of the hall on the second floor of the Innovative Technologies Complex campus at Binghamton University, there’s an office decorated with balloons. A modest way to celebrate Dr. M. Stanley Whittingham’s 2019 Chemistry Nobel Prize.

Now 78 years old, Whittingham is still excited about batteries, visiting laboratories, and giving lectures around the globe.