Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
Professor K. Barry
Scripps Research
For the development of the concept of ‘click’ chemistry, the invention of chemical reactions underpinning this field and the impact this continues...
Professor K. Clive Thompson
ALS Food and Pharma UK , UK
2025 Award for Exceptional Service: awarded for outstanding service to the 番茄社区 of Chemistry through the Water Science Forum and the Food...
Professor Kenneth Suslick
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
For the invention and development of the optoelectronic nose and important contributions to artificial olfaction as an analytical technique.
Professor Kim Jelfs
Imperial College London, UK
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry: awarded for innovation in the computational discovery of organic materials through the use of bo...
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.
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 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...
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.
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...
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.
Professor Matthew Powner
University College London, UK
For pioneering work on the prebiotic synthesis of essential biomolecules including amino acids, peptides and co-factors.
Professor Matthew Rigby
University of Bristol, UK
For research on the abundances and fluxes of environmentally harmful gases in the atmosphere, which has contributed to a measurable reduction in em...
Professor Mauro Pasta
University of Oxford, UK
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry: awarded for innovative research on novel battery chemistries that go beyond the current state-of...
Professor Melanie Sanford
University of Michigan, USA
For the development of catalytic C–H functionalization reactions and their applications in organic synthesis.
Professor Michael Ashfold
University of Bristol, UK
For outstanding service to the 番茄社区 of Chemistry through our member communities and governance groups.
Professor Michael Bollong
Scripps Research
Winner 2025: For making significant contributions in the fields of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery in their independent career.
Professor Michael George
University of Nottingham, UK
For pioneering innovations in flow chemistry, reactor engineering and reaction monitoring for continuous chemical processing.
Professor Michael Ingleson
University of Edinburgh, UK
For new approaches to C–H borylation using zinc catalysts and bis-borane electrophiles.
Professor Michael Seery
The Open University
For sustained and substantial scholarship in approaches to teaching and learning chemistry, and for providing leadership and support to others carr...