Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
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 Saiful Islam
University of Oxford, UK
2025 Environment Prize: awarded for deepening the understanding of atomistic processes underpinning the properties of complex materials for lithium...
Professor Samson Jenekhe
University of Washington, USA
2025 de Gennes Prize: awarded for outstanding contributions to synthetic chemistry, physics, and applications of conjugated polymers.
Professor Sarah Haigh
University of Manchester, UK
For the development of transmission electron microscopy methods for advancing understanding of the dynamic behaviour of 2D- and nanomaterials.
Professor Sarbajit Banerjee
ETH Zürich and the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
2025 Centenary Prize for Chemistry and Communication: awarded for original insights into structure and chemical bonding far from equilibrium, and f...
Professor Savita Ladage
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
For enthusiastically advocating the importance of chemical education, through mentoring chemistry educators and initiating teacher and student prog...
Professor Scott Habershon
University of Warwick, UK
For the development of innovative computational simulation methods to predict molecular dynamics across the timescales of chemistry.
Professor Seth Cohen
University of California, USA
2025 Centenary Prize for Chemistry and Communication: awarded for accomplishments in the translational development of metalloenzyme inhibitors and...
Professor Sharon Ashbrook
University of St Andrews, UK
For exploiting multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, combined with first-principles calculations, to probe local structure and chemical reactivity in inor...
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 Sir Shankar Balasubramanian
University of Cambridge, UK
2025 Khorana Prize: awarded for groundbreaking and highly influential work on the chemistry and chemical biology of nucleic acids, which has transf...
Professor Sjoerd Harder
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
For pioneering contributions in the field of s-block metal chemistry, particularly in the area of alkaline earth metal catalysis.
Professor Sohini Kar-Narayan
University of Cambridge, UK
For advancing research in functional polymers and nanocomposites, and their application in energy, sensing and biomedicine using microscale additiv...
Professor Stefanie Dehnen
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
For pioneering research on molecular multinary cluster nanoarchitectures for innovative applications in catalysts, white-light emitters, and batter...
Professor Stephen Fletcher
University of Oxford, UK
For the development of asymmetric Suzuki-Miyaura-type and other catalytic cross-coupling reactions with racemic starting materials.
Professor Stephen Goldup
University of Birmingham, UK
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry: awarded for delineating stereochemical theory of the mechanical bond, the discovery of new mecha...
Professor Stephen Liddle
University of Manchester, UK
For extensive contributions to understanding the inorganic and organometallic chemistry of the f elements.
Professor Stephen Thomas
University of Edinburgh, UK
For the development and creative applications of novel methods to enable catalysis, using organometallic-free activation of first-row transition me...
Professor Steven Bell
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
For pioneering work in developing Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for quantitative chemical analysis.
Professor Stuart Taylor
Cardiff University, UK
For pioneering work on the discovery of catalysts that have been commercialised for environmental protection, including carbon monoxide oxidation c...