Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
Professor David Evans
John Innes Centre, Norwich and 欧美AV Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group
For outstanding service to the 欧美AV through the activities of our inorganic and biochemical member-led communities.
Professor David K
University of York, UK
For pioneering an understanding of molecular materials based on supramolecular gels.
Professor David Procter
University of Manchester, UK
For the development of new methods in the synthesis and use of heterocycles in the areas of radical and organosulfur chemistry.
David Scanlon
University of Birmingham, UK
For contributions to materials modelling of conducting oxides.
Professor Dermot O'Hare
University of Oxford, UK
For pioneering new concepts in materials chemistry, catalysis, and nanomaterials and promoting their application and commercialisation in sustainab...
Professor Donna Blackmond
Scripps Research
2025 Centenary Prize for Chemistry and Communication: awarded for pioneering work in kinetic methods of organic catalysis, elegant descriptions of...
Professor Doug Stephan
University of Toronto, USA
For the discovery of “Frustrated Lewis Pairs” and their wide applicability in bond-forming and catalysis, and for excellence in communication.
Professor Duncan Graham
University of Strathclyde, UK
2025 Interdisciplinary Prize: awarded for forging interdisciplinary collaborations that demonstrate the power of Raman spectroscopy as an enabling...
Professor Eduardo Peris
Universitat Jaume I
For the application of creative thinking in approaching fundamental challenges in organometallic chemistry and catalysis.
Professor Edward Anderson
University of Oxford, UK
For creative contributions to organic synthesis and synthetic methodology.
Professor Edward Tate
Imperial College London and the Francis Crick Institute
For contributions to discovery of novel chemical probes, and their application in opening up new understanding of protein modification in living sy...
Professor Eleanor Schofield
Mary Rose Trust
For contributions to understanding degradation processes in archaeological materials, cultural heritage science and conservation.
Emma Kendrick
University of Birmingham, UK
For discoveries and innovation in materials, manufacturing and recycling of lithium- and sodium-ion batteries.
Professor Emma Raven
University of Bristol, UK
For seminal contributions to understanding the roles of heme in biology.
Professor Enrique Iglesia
University of California Berkeley, USA
For outstanding contributions to the mechanistic understanding of catalysis, leading scientific innovation for environmental protection and the pro...
Professor Eric Anslyn
University of Texas at Austin, USA
For exploiting supramolecular interactions and dynamic covalent bonding to generate assays of practical utility, and for communicating the exciteme...
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...
Professor Euan Brechin
University of Edinburgh, UK
For outstanding contributions to synthetic coordination chemistry and molecular magnetism.
Professor Fernanda Duarte
University of Oxford, UK
For introducing multidisciplinary approaches to rationalise complex (bio)chemical reaction mechanisms, guiding rational molecular design.
Professor Frank Vanhaecke
Ghent University, South Korea
For the development of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) based methodologies for elemental, isotopic and single-event analysis.