Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
Professor Klaus M眉llen
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
For developing novel nanomaterials for single-molecule applications, organic electronics, sensing, catalysis, bio-labelling and energy conversion.
Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
University of Sydney, Australia
For the development of commercialised ingestible sensors for gut disorders, gas sensors for pollutants and point-of-care biosensors.
Laura Gagliardi
University of Minnesota, USA
For contributions to the development of multireference quantum chemical approaches to describe catalysis and excited state phenomena.
Laura Herz
University of Oxford, UK
For pioneering work advancing the development of solar cells through fundamental understanding of electronic, structural and chemical properties of...
Professor Leigh Canham
University of Birmingham, UK
For pioneering work in silicon quantum dots and contributions to practical applications of silicon nanostructures in the electronics, photonics and...
Professor Liam Ball
University of Nottingham, UK
For the development and mechanistic study of new organic synthesis methods based on pnictogen elements.
Professor Ludmilla Steier
University of Oxford, UK
For seminal contributions to the understanding of defect chemistry in semiconducting materials and interfacial energetics in photocatalytic and pho...
Luisa De Cola
University of Strasbourg, France
For innovative studies on how photophysically active materials and nanostructures may be fabricated for deployment within active biological systems...
Professor Madhavi Krishnan
University of Oxford, UK
For the invention of a ‘field free’ trap for confining and manipulating a single colloidal particle or molecule, enabling accurate and precise meas...
Manfred Scheer
University of Regensburg, Germany
For pioneering research on main group and organometallic chemistry.
Professor Marc Vendrell
University of Edinburgh, UK
For the design and synthesis of activatable fluorophores, and their application in high-resolution biological imaging and translational medicine.
Marina Kuimova
Imperial College London, UK
For the development of unique probes and methodologies in fluorescence imaging leading to an understanding of dynamic biological processes in livin...
Professor Mark Grinstaff
Boston University, USA
For pioneering advances and translational research using innovative polymer platforms for new drug delivery systems and medical applications, and f...
Mark Thompson
University of Southern California, USA
For the discovery and development of inorganic molecular materials for flat panel displays and lighting, combining insights into the photophysical...
Martin Heeney
KAUST, Saudi Arabia
For pioneering contributions to solution processed organic semiconductors, particularly heavy main group containing polymers, and their device appl...
Professor Martin Schr枚der
University of Manchester, UK
For seminal work on the design, synthesis and characterization of porous metal-organic framework materials for substrate binding and selectivity.
Martina Letizia Contente
University of Milan, Italy
For her internationally groundbreaking contributions to chemical biotechnology with a particular focus on biocatalysis for the sustainable producti...
Matthew Fuchter
University of Oxford, UK
For the development of chemistry-led approaches to interrogate function in chemistry, materials and medicine.
Matthew Gibson
University of Manchester, UK
For transformative contributions in polymer and biomaterials science, particularly for the development of materials to stabilise biologics.
Professor Matthew Powner
University College London, UK
For pioneering work on the prebiotic synthesis of essential biomolecules including amino acids, peptides and co-factors.