Prize winners

Professor Tim Bugg

University of Warwick, UK

For the discovery of bacterial enzymes for the degradation of lignin, and their application to the conversion of lignin to renewable chemicals.

Professor Timothy Donohoe

University of Oxford, UK

For innovative development of catalytic methods that activate organic molecules by redox processes.

Professor Tom Brown

University of Oxford, UK

For major contributions in the nucleic acid field, including the synthesis of biocompatible artificial DNA, and molecular tools for genetic analysi...

Professor Valeria Nicolosi

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

2025 Peter Day Prize: awarded for groundbreaking work in the development of two-dimensional materials and nanomaterials, advancing energy storage,...

Professor Varinder Aggarwal

University of Bristol, UK

2025 Pedler Prize: awarded for insight and creativity to deliver concise and efficient strategies for the assembly of complex organic molecules.

Professor Vasilios Stavros

University of Warwick, UK

For contributions to gas, solution, and condensed-phase spectroscopy spanning both fundamental and applied aspects.

Professor Vernon Gibson

University of Manchester, University of Oxford and Imperial College London

For seminal contributions to fundamental and applied inorganic chemistry, and for critical work in policy setting at the interface of academia with...

Professor Vijay Chudasama

University College London, UK

For the development of reagents and strategies for site-selective protein modification to enable targeted therapy, imaging and diagnostics.

Professor Volker Deringer

University of Oxford, UK

For innovative contributions to the modelling and understanding of amorphous materials.

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...