Prize winners

Professor Wilfred van der Donk

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

For the combined application of organic chemistry, molecular biology, and biochemistry to study posttranslationally modified peptides and phosphona...

Professor William Griffith

Imperial College London and RSC Historical Group

For outstanding service to the Royal Society of Chemistry through our Historical Group and for advising on activities celebrating the history of th...

Professor Xingyu Jiang

Southern University of Science and Technology, China

2025 Theophilus Redwood Prize: awarded for molecular analysis employing microfluidics involving gold nanoparticles, with applications in human health

Professor Zoë Waller

University College London, UK

For her outstanding contribution to the chemical biology community and her exceptional research achievements on the stability and function of DNA i...

Professor Zoë Waller

University College London, UK

2025 Jeremy Knowles Award: awarded for contributions to our understanding of nucleic acid i-motif structure and function in a cellular context usin...

Pulpex x BASF x Scitech Adhesives - Coatings Collaboration

For the creation of a partnership that has delivered a new sustainable fibre packaging solution as an alternative to plastic and glass, which deliv...

Raphaële Clément

University of California, USA

For making significant contributions to the field of materials chemistry in their early career.

Rebecca Goss

University of St Andrews, UK

For pioneering the use of enzymatic halogenation/cross-coupling in C‒H activation.

Richard Brown

National Physical Laboratory, UK

For excellence in theoretical and practical aspects of chemical measurement leading to the recent redefinition of the mole, and communication of th...

Robert Hoye

University of Oxford, UK

For pioneering, interdisciplinary contributions to the discovery, understanding and manufacture of defect-tolerant semiconductors for energy conver...

Robert Worley

CLEAPSS

For significant and sustained contributions to the development and promotion of safe practical resources for teachers worldwide, especially in the...

Ross Forgan

University of Glasgow, UK

For contributions to the development and application of metal-organic frameworks as functional energy materials.

RSC Chemical Information and Computer Applications Group

For the development of the Open Chemistry series of meetings and workshops and the successful transition to virtual meetings due to the Covid-19 pa...

RSC Chilterns and Middlesex Local Section Committee

For developing the Chemistry Communicators' Challenge to promote science communication across their diverse member community.

RSC Food Group Committee

For developing the food chemistry periodic table in addition to addressing global challenges through events and publications.

RSC Formulation Science and Technology Group

For the successful transition of their conference programme to run online on during the Covid-19 pandemic.

RSC Molecular Spectroscopy Group

For the successful transition of their programme to run online during the Covid-19 pandemic.

RSC Porous Materials Group

For the creation and development of a cohesive porous materials community.

RSC South Africa North Local Section

For proactively diversifying the committee to represent their membership community.

RSC South India Local Section

For the creation and development of a diverse programme for their community in South India.