Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.


Winners 2017 to 2023
Analyst Emerging Investigator Lectureship winners prior to 2024: for a significant contribution to analytical chemistry in their independent academ...

Winners 2017 to 2023
ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship earlier winners: for outstanding work in ChemComm in the early stages of their careers

Winners 2018 to 2023
ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship earlier winners: recognising innovative mid-career researchers who are pioneers in their respective...

Xiao Shen
Wuhan University, China
The RSC Fluorine Prize is awarded to a young researcher who has made a significant contribution to the area of fluorine chemistry and is chosen by...

Xiaogang Liu
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
For outstanding contributions to the understanding and optical manipulation of photon conversion in nanocrystals and their applications in X-ray an...

Yi Lu
University of Texas at Austin, USA
For elucidating design principles of artificial metalloproteins to gain novel and deeper insights into the structure and function of natural systems.

Yu-Hsuan How, Emily Min-Yan Lim, Ianne Kong, Phei-Er Kee...
Paper: Development of carboxymethyl cellulose–chitosan based antibacterial films incorporating a Persicaria minor Huds. essential oil nanoemulsion

Zhen Gu
University of California Los Angeles, USA
For pioneering “programmed medications” that apply physiological signals-responsive materials/systems for precisely delivering therapeutics, especi...