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


House of Science New Zealand
For the development of a vast library of hands-on, bilingual science resource kits that enable thousands of primary school teachers across New Zeal...

Professor Robert Weatherup
University of Oxford, UK
For the development and application of interface-sensitive X-ray spectroscopies for observing reactions in atmospheric pressure and liquid environm...

Professor Bhavik Patel
University of Brighton
For the development of innovative electrochemical sensors for advancing the understanding of biological signalling processes.

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.

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.

Dr Andrea Laybourn
University of Nottingham, UK
For outstanding contributions towards developing the sustainable synthesis of porous materials, with a particular emphasis on microwave and continu...

Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
For the development and photophysical understanding of precision macromolecular photochemistry, and for excellence in communication.

Mercouri Kanatzidis
Northwestern University, USA
For pioneering contributions to the synthesis and development of novel semiconducting halide perovskites for application in solar energy conversion...

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...

Emily Rose
Pfizer, USA
For outstanding contributions towards the development of synthetic routes and processes for emerging medicines via autonomous high-throughput exper...

Dr Stephen Wallace
University of Edinburgh, UK
For the development of chemical tools and microbial biocatalysts for sustainable synthesis.

Professor Tom Brown
University of Oxford, UK
For major contributions in the nucleic acid field, including the synthesis of biocompatible artificial DNA, and molecular tools for genetic analysi...

Dr Harry Destecroix
Science Creates
For co-founding Ziylo and Carbometrics, and building the Science Creates ecosystem which provides facilities and funding for multiple chemistry-bas...

Graeme Day
University of Southampton, UK
For pioneering the development of computational methods for guiding the discovery of functional molecular crystals.

Carmen Domene
University of Bath, UK
For the use of computational techniques to enhance understanding of fundamental biological processes at the molecular level.

Tomislav Fri拧膷i膰
University of Birmingham, UK
For transformative contributions to the design, fundamental understanding and applications of solid-state materials, and of their mechanochemical a...

Professor Richard Layfield
University of Sussex, UK
For pioneering work in lanthanide and uranium chemistry including single-molecule magnetism.

Dr James Paterson
bp
For contributions in developing a new catalyst and reactor system for bp’s Fischer-Tropsch technology and low carbon fuels platform.

Dr Sebastian Pike
University of Warwick, UK
For studies on the synthesis and photochemistry of metal-oxo cluster molecules and for their use as precursors to functional materials.

Dr Adrian Chaplin
University of Warwick, UK
For contributions to organometallic chemistry involving the imaginative use of pincer ligands.