Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
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Dr Mattia Silvi
University of Nottingham, UK
2025 Hickinbottom Prize: awarded for the development of creative synthetic strategies through the design of novel radical acceptors.
Dr Maxie Roessler
Imperial College London, UK
For the development of advanced electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy to investigate, structurally define and exploit catalysis by che...
Dr Michael Cowley
University of Edinburgh, UK
For advances in reactivity of and catalysis of aluminium compounds.
Dr Mike Foulkes
University of Plymouth, UK
For long-standing service to the RSC Analytical Division and the sustained promotion of analytical chemistry, particularly atomic spectroscopy.
Dr Nathan Davison
University of Birmingham, UK
2025 Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize: awarded for significant advances in organolithium and organosodium chemistry, including the first solvent-fr...
Dr Nicholas Chilton
University of Manchester, UK
For contributions in applying experimental and advanced computational methods to understand the magnetic and electronic properties of molecules.
Dr Nicholle Bell
University of Edinburgh, UK
For innovations in high-resolution NMR spectroscopy and mass-spectrometry methods applied to the understanding of global carbon embedded in complex...
Dr Nicola Gasparini
Imperial College London, UK
For understanding charge recombination processes in organic and perovskite semiconductors for high performance photovoltaic and photodetector devices.
Dr Niloufar Raeis-Hosseini
Cranfield University
For providing an inspirational chemistry education and using teaching technology to ignite students’ interest in chemistry beyond the classroom.
Dr Paul McGonigal
Durham University, UK
For innovative studies of dynamic processes in organic functional materials.
Dr Pietro Sormanni
University of Cambridge, UK
2025 Norman Heatley Award: awarded for pioneering the development of computational methods for antibody design and optimisation, enabling transform...
Dr Pola Goldberg
University of Birmingham and Institute of Healthcare Technologies
For unconventional lithographic structuring of applied materials and advanced nanoplatforms for optical spectroscopy.
Dr Radha Boya
University of Manchester, UK
For publishing innovative work and pioneering in their respective research areas.
Dr Radha Boya
University of Manchester, UK
For contributions to creating Angstrom-scale atomically smooth capillaries from two-dimensional materials and unravelling the properties of fluids...
Dr Rebecca Beveridge
University of Strathclyde, UK
2025 Joseph Black Prize: awarded for the application of mass spectrometry methods to the structural characterisation of dynamic protein conformatio...
Dr Richard Kong
Cornell University, USA
For the development of and mechanistic insight into novel bond breaking and bond making methods using main-group reagents.
Dr Richard Whewell
RSC Central Yorkshire Local Section
For outstanding service to the Royal Society of Chemistry through our member communities in Central Yorkshire and governance groups.
Dr Ruchi Gupta
University of Birmingham, UK
For contributions to leaky waveguides for chemical and biological sensing.
Dr Ruth Webster
University of Bath, UK
For outstanding research including mechanistic elucidation of iron-catalysed, atom-efficient transformations of main group elements.
Dr Sam Staniland
AstraZeneca, UK
For impact on the progression of multiple pharmaceutical projects by the application of bio- and chemocatalysis and high-throughput experimentation.
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.
