Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
Professor Reinhard Maurer
University of Warwick, UK
For contributions to the fundamental understanding of molecular structure and chemical dynamics at hybrid organic-inorganic interfaces through the...
Professor Richard Catlow
University College London and Cardiff University
For the development and application of computational methods in conjunction with experiment as powerful and predictive tools in the physical chemis...
Professor Richard Layfield
University of Sussex, UK
For pioneering work in lanthanide and uranium chemistry including single-molecule magnetism.
Professor Robert Weatherup
University of Oxford, UK
For the development and application of interface-sensitive X-ray spectroscopies for observing reactions in atmospheric pressure and liquid environm...
Professor Rodolphe Cl茅rac
CNRS - Universit? de Bordeaux
For the development of new research areas in molecular magnetism and contributions to the study of magnetic materials.
Professor Ronald Raines
Massachussetts Institute of Technology
For translating fundamental chemical understanding of collagen into the life sciences and towards the clinic.
Professor Ross Denton
University of Nottingham, UK
For the development of novel synthesis methods and catalysts based on organophosphorus and organosilicon chemistry, and their application in the sy...
Professor Ross Forgan
University of Glasgow, UK
For contributions to the development and application of metal-organic frameworks as functional energy materials.
Professor Sabine Flitsch
University of Manchester, UK
For innovative contributions to the development of new tools for the enzymatic synthesis, modification and analysis of bioactive molecules, in part...
Professor Saiful Islam
University of Oxford, UK
2025 Environment Prize: awarded for deepening the understanding of atomistic processes underpinning the properties of complex materials for lithium...
Professor Samson Jenekhe
University of Washington, USA
2025 de Gennes Prize: awarded for outstanding contributions to synthetic chemistry, physics, and applications of conjugated polymers.
Professor Sarah Haigh
University of Manchester, UK
For the development of transmission electron microscopy methods for advancing understanding of the dynamic behaviour of 2D- and nanomaterials.
Professor Sarbajit Banerjee
ETH Zürich and the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
2025 Centenary Prize for 浪花直播 and Communication: awarded for original insights into structure and chemical bonding far from equilibrium, and f...
Professor Savita Ladage
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
For enthusiastically advocating the importance of chemical education, through mentoring chemistry educators and initiating teacher and student prog...
Professor Scott Habershon
University of Warwick, UK
For the development of innovative computational simulation methods to predict molecular dynamics across the timescales of chemistry.
Professor Seth Cohen
University of California, USA
2025 Centenary Prize for 浪花直播 and Communication: awarded for accomplishments in the translational development of metalloenzyme inhibitors and...
Professor Sharon Ashbrook
University of St Andrews, UK
For exploiting multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, combined with first-principles calculations, to probe local structure and chemical reactivity in inor...
Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Yale University, USA
For the development and applications of analytical theories and computational methods for describing proton-coupled electron-transfer reactions and...
Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian
University of Cambridge, UK
2025 Khorana Prize: awarded for groundbreaking and highly influential work on the chemistry and chemical biology of nucleic acids, which has transf...
Professor Sjoerd Harder
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
For pioneering contributions in the field of s-block metal chemistry, particularly in the area of alkaline earth metal catalysis.