Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
2026 winners announcement Yearly celebrations
Celebrating our 2026 Prize winners
Thank you to everybody who took the time to make a nomination this year, and to all of our volunteers on our judging panels. Explore our prize winners to find profiles, see photo galleries, get insights into their work, and read a question and answer session with the prize winner.
Research & Innovation Prize winners
Celebrating exceptional people advancing the chemical sciences across industry and academia.
Horizon Prize winners
Celebrating groups, teams and collaborations making discoveries and innovations that push the boundaries of science.
Inclusion and Diversity Prize winner
Recognising individuals or teams that have improved the accessibility, inclusivity and diversity of the chemical science community.
Volunteer Recognition Prize winners
Celebrating our members who support and inspire others within the community.
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Andrew Dove
University of Birmingham, UK
For seminal contributions to controlling and understanding stereochemistry and degradation in polymeric materials.
2022 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Carmen Domene
University of Bath, UK
For the use of computational techniques to enhance understanding of fundamental biological processes at the molecular level.
2023 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Gon莽alo Bernardes
University of Cambridge
For the design, development and application of targeted therapeutics including small molecule-based RNA degradation and conditional activation of c...
2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Graeme Day
University of Southampton, UK
For pioneering the development of computational methods for guiding the discovery of functional molecular crystals.
2023 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Hugo Bronstein
University of Cambridge, UK
For the design, synthesis and understanding of functional organic materials with precisely controlled excited states.
2026 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Junwang Tang
Tsinghua University
For the discovery of efficient photocatalysts for clean and renewable fuel synthesis.
2021 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
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...
2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Matthew Gibson
University of Manchester, UK
For transformative contributions in polymer and biomaterials science, particularly for the development of materials to stabilise biologics.
2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Professor Edward Tate
Imperial College London and the Francis Crick Institute
For contributions to discovery of novel chemical probes, and their application in opening up new understanding of protein modification in living sy...
2020 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Professor Ifan Stephens
Imperial College London, UK
For pioneering contributions to non-aqueous electrochemistry, including the discovery of efficient systems for nitrogen reduction, and new characte...
2026 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Professor Kim Jelfs
Imperial College London, UK
For innovation in the computational discovery of organic materials through the use of both molecular simulations and artificial intelligence techni...
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
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...
2020 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Professor Mauro Pasta
University of Oxford, UK
For innovative research on novel battery chemistries that go beyond the current state-of-the-art in lithium-ion systems.
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Professor Rachel O'Reilly
University of Birmingham, UK
For creative and comprehensive syntheses of functional, self-assembling polymeric materials.
2020 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Professor Richard Layfield
University of Sussex, UK
For pioneering work in lanthanide and uranium chemistry including single-molecule magnetism.
2023 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Professor Yimon Aye
University of Oxford, UK
For pioneering contributions in the development of live-cell-based tools able to elucidate, reprogramme, and chemically manipulate biological signa...
2026 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Rebecca Goss
University of St Andrews, UK
For pioneering the use of enzymatic halogenation/cross-coupling in C‒H activation.
2022 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Stephen Goldup
University of Birmingham, UK
For delineating stereochemical theory of the mechanical bond, the discovery of new mechanical stereogenic units, and developing flexible methodolog...
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
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...
2023 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
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