Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.


Professor Norberto Lopes
University of São Paulo, Brazil
For pioneering analytical and polyomic studies that inform chemical ecology and natural product modes of action.

Professor Omar Yaghi
University of California Berkeley, USA
For the impactful development of water harvesting from desert air using metal–organic frameworks.

Paolo Samor矛
Université de Strasbourg, France
For pioneering work on the use of supramolecular and nano-chemistry to manufacture multifunctional nanomaterials and devices.

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...

Professor Sabine Flitsch
University of Manchester, UK
For innovative contributions to the development of new tools for the enzymatic synthesis, modification and analysis of bioactive molecules, in part...

Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Yale University, USA
For the development and applications of analytical theories and computational methods for describing proton-coupled electron-transfer reactions and...

Professor Stephen Liddle
University of Manchester, UK
For extensive contributions to understanding the inorganic and organometallic chemistry of the f elements.

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...

Dr Anthony Green
University of Manchester, UK
For the design and evolution of enzymes using an expanded genetic code.

Dr Glenn Hurst
University of York, UK
For impactful work in green chemistry teaching resulting in national and international renown, and particularly for innovative use of social media...

Dr Jordi Bures
University of Manchester, UK
For the development of novel kinetic analyses to streamline the elucidation of reaction mechanisms.

Sihai Yang
University of Manchester, UK
For pioneering applications of X-ray and neutron scattering techniques to porous materials science and catalysis.

Katie Bell
Sellafield Ltd
For validating complex methods for the analysis of special nuclear materials.

欧美AV Food Group Committee
For developing the food chemistry periodic table in addition to addressing global challenges through events and publications.

Gideon Davies and Paul Walton
For the team's ground-breaking synergistic studies of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase enzymes and insights into the copper histidine brace activ...

欧美AV Chilterns and Middlesex Local Section Committee
For developing the Chemistry Communicators' Challenge to promote science communication across their diverse member community.

Technical Support Team in the Department of Chemistry at...
For the team's pivotal role in operating the laboratory courses, supporting research and developing a highly successful and creative outreach progr...

The DISTINCTIVE Consortium
For the delivery of research that addressed challenges associated with the continuing safe storage and disposal of radioactive legacy nuclear waste.

Dr Ruchi Gupta
University of Birmingham, UK
For contributions to leaky waveguides for chemical and biological sensing.

Karen Faulds
University of Strathclyde, UK
For contributions to the field of surface enhanced spatially offset Raman scattering (SESORRS).