Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
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Professor Alastair Lewis
University of York and National Centre for Atmospheric Science
For the promotion and application of the chemical sciences to support development of evidence-based policy and regulation in the fields of air poll...
2022 Lord Lewis Prize
Professor Ali Tavassoli
University of Southampton, UK
2025 Interdisciplinary Prize: awarded for the high-throughput intracellular production and screening of cyclic peptide libraries, and their applica...
2025 Interdisciplinary Prize
Professor Alison Hulme
University of Edinburgh, UK
For outstanding service to the Royal Society of Chemistry and the organic chemistry community through our member communities and governance groups.
2022 Award for Exceptional Service
Professor Andrew Baldwin
University of Oxford, UK
For the development and application of chemical methods for understanding the biology of membraneless organelles.
2020 Chemistry Biology Interface early career Prize: Norman Heatley Award
Professor Andrew Beale
University College London, UK
For the development of novel methodologies using bright light sources to identify active species in catalysis and energy storage.
2022 Materials Chemistry mid-career Prize: Peter Day Prize
Professor Andrew Goodwin
University of Oxford, UK
For studies of structural complexity in framework materials.
2021 Materials Chemistry mid-career Prize: Peter Day Prize
Professor Angela Russell
University of Oxford, UK
For innovation in medicinal chemistry leading to the identification of first in class utrophin modulators for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dy...
2024 Chemistry Biology Interface mid-career Prize: Jeremy Knowles Award
Professor Angelos Michaelides
University College London, UK
For outstanding contributions towards the understanding of complex aqueous interfaces and the formation of ice at such interfaces.
2020 Surfaces and Interfaces Award
Professor Anita Maguire
University College Cork, Ireland
2025 Bader Prize: awarded for the development of a diverse range of synthetic organic methodologies and protocols, and their applications to medici...
2025 Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry
Professor Arthur Ragauskas
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee, Knoxville
For pioneering several widely used tools and approaches in biorefining, including the mechanistic understanding of lignin conversion chemistry.
2022 Environment, Sustainability and Energy open Prize: Environment Prize
Professor Ashley Ross
University of Cincinnati, USA
For a significant contribution to analytical chemistry in their independent academic career.
2024 Analyst Emerging Investigator Lectureship
Professor Barry Trost
Stanford University, USA
For continued wide ranging contributions to the development of new synthetic methods employing transition metal catalysts, and the application of t...
2020 Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal
Professor Bhavik Patel
University of Brighton
For the development of innovative electrochemical sensors for advancing the understanding of biological signalling processes.
2023 Analytical Science mid-career Prize
Professor Bhavik Patel
University of Brighton
For the design of innovative and effective analytical chemistry curriculums.
2021 Excellence in Higher Education Prize
Professor Bonnie Ann Wallace
Birkbeck, University of London
For the pioneering development of biophysical methods and bioinformatics tools to enable the characterisation of ion channel-drug molecule complexes.
2020 Chemistry Biology Interface open Prize: Khorana Prize
Professor Bruce Turnbull
University of Leeds, UK
For the development and application of bioorthogonal approaches in engineering functional protein and carbohydrate based systems.
2024 Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry
Professor Cameron Alexander
University of Nottingham, UK
2025 Interdisciplinary Prize: awarded for interdisciplinary research at the boundaries of chemistry, bio-responsive materials, and medicine.
2025 Interdisciplinary Prize
Professor Chris Abell
University of Cambridge, UK
For pioneering work on fragment-based drug discovery and microfluidic microdroplets.
2020 Interdisciplinary Prize
Professor Chris Willis
University of Bristol, UK
For outstanding contributions across the broad spectrum of natural product chemistry.
2020 Natural Product Chemistry Award
Professor Christiane Timmel
University of Oxford, UK
For seminal contributions to the fields of spin chemistry and electron paramagnetic resonance.
2020 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Yearly celebrations
Each year we recognise individuals and teams from a wide range of career stages, sectors and backgrounds – highlighting the breadth of talent and the variety of ways people contribute to progress in our field.
