The organic chemist who headed the group that designed the nanocar is a professor at Rice University in Houston, Texas, United States.
The nanocar is a molecule designed in 2005 at Rice University by a group headed by Professor James Tour. 
James M. Tour is a synthetic organic chemist, specializing in nanotechnology. 
 Dr. Tour is the T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, and Professor of Computer Science at Rice University in Houston, Texas, United States. 
