Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
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Alessandro Troisi
University of Liverpool, UK
For the development of theoretical methods to explain and predict the electronic and optical properties of organic materials.
2024 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Charlotte Williams
University of Oxford, UK
For contributions to sustainable polymer chemistry.
2021 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Claire Carmalt
University College London, UK
For contributions to the development of functional thin films as transparent conducting oxides, photocatalysts and heterojunction photoanodes for p...
2024 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Craig Banks
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
For outstanding contributions to electrochemistry through pioneering additive manufacturing.
2023 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Erwin Reisner
University of Cambridge, UK
For pioneering work on solar chemistry, developing devices that capture sunlight and produce sustainable fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide, b...
2024 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Jonathan Steed
Durham University, UK
For work in the understanding, control and application of the assembly of molecular materials in the crystal and gel state.
2021 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
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
Professor Christopher Hardacre
University of Manchester, UK
For outstanding contributions to the areas of liquid and gas phase heterogeneous catalysis.
2022 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Professor Darren Dixon
University of Oxford, UK
For the discovery, development and applications of iridium-catalysed reductive functionalisation of amides and lactams.
2023 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Professor Dave Adams
University of Glasgow, UK
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry: awarded for the chemical control of reactivity and functionality in soft materials.
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Professor David K
University of York, UK
For pioneering an understanding of molecular materials based on supramolecular gels.
2022 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Professor Jianliang Xiao
University of Liverpool, UK
For outstanding contributions to catalysis, both in fundamental studies and commercial application.
2020 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Professor Jonathan Reid
University of Bristol, UK
For pioneering studies of the chemical and physical properties of micron-scale aerosol particles, and their impact in atmospheric, health, analytic...
2021 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Professor Julie Macpherson
University of Warwick, UK
For pioneering instrumental methods and applications in electrochemistry, electroanalysis and catalysis, sensor and imaging systems, material chara...
2023 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Professor Perdita Barran
University of Manchester, UK
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry: awarded for the application of ion mobility mass spectrometry to complex biological systems, and breakthroughs in...
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Professor Rachel O'Reilly
University of Birmingham, UK
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry: awarded for precision polymer chemistry, self-assembly and materials synthesis that demonstrates both fundamental...
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Professor Stephen Liddle
University of Manchester, UK
For extensive contributions to understanding the inorganic and organometallic chemistry of the f elements.
2020 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Professor Timothy Donohoe
University of Oxford, UK
For innovative development of catalytic methods that activate organic molecules by redox processes.
2022 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.
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