Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
Chad Mirkin
Northwestern University, USA
For contributions to supramolecular chemistry and nanoscience, in particular the invention and development of methods for nanolithography, high-are...
Charlotte Williams
University of Oxford, UK
For contributions to sustainable polymer chemistry.
Professor Chris Abell
University of Cambridge, UK
For pioneering work on fragment-based drug discovery and microfluidic microdroplets.
Professor Chris Willis
University of Bristol, UK
For outstanding contributions across the broad spectrum of natural product chemistry.
Professor Christiane Timmel
University of Oxford, UK
For seminal contributions to the fields of spin chemistry and electron paramagnetic resonance.
Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
For the development and photophysical understanding of precision macromolecular photochemistry, and for excellence in communication.
Christopher Chang
Princeton University, USA
For making significant contributions to the chemical sciences community and beyond.
Professor Christopher Hardacre
University of Manchester, UK
For outstanding contributions to the areas of liquid and gas phase heterogeneous catalysis.
Professor Christopher Hunter
University of Cambridge, UK
For pioneering a quantitative description of non-covalent interactions and establishing key principles in supramolecular design to create duplex-fo...
Chunying Chen
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), China
For pioneering contributions in exploration of the nano–bio interface, providing fundamental insights into the fate of nanomaterials in biota and t...
Cinzia Casiraghi
University of Manchester, UK
For the development of practical biocompatible inks made of 2D materials and their applications in the biomedical field and in printed electronics.
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...
Professor Claire Corkhill
University of Sheffield, UK
For advances in ceramic and glass materials for the safe immobilisation of radioactive waste through fundamental understanding of surface degradati...
Claire Eyers
University of Liverpool, UK
For the development and application of novel mass spectrometry-based analytical strategies to discover, identify and quantify dynamic biomolecular...
Craig Banks
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
For outstanding contributions to electrochemistry through pioneering additive manufacturing.
Professor Dame Margaret
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
For a large body of pioneering work spanning the fields of natural product synthesis, peptide chemistry, and medicinal chemistry.
Professor Damion Corrigan
University of Strathclyde, UK
2025 Analytical Science mid-career Prize: awarded for innovative contributions to the field of electrochemical sensors for biomedical applications.
Professor Darren Dixon
University of Oxford, UK
For the discovery, development and applications of iridium-catalysed reductive functionalisation of amides and lactams.
Professor Daryl Williams
Imperial College London and Surface Measurement Systems Limited
For the pioneering invention of the dynamic vapour sorption instrument, which has transformed research laboratory practise worldwide.
Professor Dave Adams
University of Glasgow, UK
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry: awarded for the chemical control of reactivity and functionality in soft materials.