Prizes and awards 2019
We are proud to announce the 2019 winners of our prizes and awards, celebrating inspiration, innovation, and collaboration across the chemical sciences community.
Our annual prizes and awards recognise achievements by individuals, teams and organisations in advancing the chemical sciences and supporting chemical scientists.
We recognise not only academic achievement, but contributions to the chemical sciences industry and to education, while our volunteer recognition awards recognise those who give their time to support the work of the Royal Society of Chemistry – on our committees and through outreach and organising events.
Specific awards also recognise apprentices, those working in technical roles, and those who have formed successful collaborations.
Our chief executive Robert Parker says: “Over the years, our lives have been significantly improved by the chemical sciences, from medicines and food to the environment itself. We are proud of the contribution the chemical sciences make to our global community, which is why it is right for us to recognise important innovations and expertise such as these.
“Our Prizes and Awards recognise people from a range of different specialisms, backgrounds and locations. Every winner is an inspiration to the chemistry community and will play an incredibly important role in enriching people’s lives for generations to come.”
Online article collection
In celebration of our 2019 prizes and awards, we have collected together some of the exciting research recently published by the winners in our journals.
The collection is free to access for a limited period.
Inclusion and diversity
Across all areas of the Royal Society of Chemistry we are committed to supporting and improving diversity and inclusion. Our statistics relating to gender diversity in our prizes and awards programme are published below.
2019 Prizes and Awards diversity dataOur 2019 Prize Winners
Professor Laura Kiessling
Centenary Prize 2019
Professor David MacMillan
Centenary Prize 2019
Professor Roberta Sessoli
Centenary Prize 2019
Professor Roel Dullens
Corday-Morgan Prize 2019
Professor Igor Larrosa
Corday-Morgan Prize 2019
Professor Aron Walsh
Corday-Morgan Prize 2019
Dr John Casci
Creativity in Industry Prize 2019
Professor Eugenia Kumacheva
de Gennes Prize 2019
Professor Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
Environment Prize 2019
Dr Rebecca Melen
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize 2019
Dr Robert Phipps
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize 2019
Dr Matthew Powner
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize 2019
Dr Jane Essex
Inclusion and Diversity Prize 2019
Professor Mark Bradley
Interdisciplinary Prize 2019
Professor Christopher Schofield
Interdisciplinary Prize 2019
Professor Nigel Scrutton
Interdisciplinary Prize 2019
Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff
Longstaff Prize 2019
Professor Marcy Towns
Nyholm Prize for Education 2019
Professor Sarah O'Connor
Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry2019
Professor Eric McInnes
Tilden Prize 2019
Professor Russell Morris
Tilden Prize 2019
Professor Jim Naismith
Tilden Prize 2019
Our 2019 Award Winners
Professor Anna Kohler
Alexander Todd-Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
Professor Claire Carmalt
Applied Inorganic Chemistry Award
Professor Jason Micklefield
Bader Award
Professor R. David Britt
Bioinorganic Chemistry Award
Professor David Beratan
Bourke Award
Dr Matthew Beard
Chemical Dynamics Award
Mr William Ashworth
Chemical Sciences Apprentice of the Year
Dr Claudia Bonfio
Dalton Emerging Researcher Award
Dr Federico Bella
ESED Early Career Award
Dr Allan Watson
Hickinbottom Award
Dr Barry Ryan
Higher Education Teaching Award
Dublin City University School of Chemical Sciences Technical Team
Higher Education Technical Excellence Award
Professor Xile Hu
Homogeneous Catalysis Award
SCG-Oxford Centre of Excellence for Chemistry
Industry-Academia Collaboration Award
Professor Alison Butler
Inorganic Mechanisms Award
Pfizer Science in a Box Team
Inspiration and Industry Award
Professor Benjamin Cravatt
Jeremy Knowles Award
Professor Clare Grey
John B Goodenough Award
Dr Philippe Wilson
Joseph Black Award
Professor Majed Chergui
Liversidge Award
Professor Stuart Macgregor
Ludwig Mond Award
Dr Sam Stranks
Marlow Award
Professor Andrew Mills
Materials for Industry-Derek Birchall Award
Professor Nicolai Cramer
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award
Professor Justin Benesch
Norman Heatley Award
Dr Martin Eastgate
Organic Industrial Chemistry Award
Professor Véronique Gouverneur
Organic Stereochemistry Award
Professor Cristina Nevado
Organometallic Chemistry Award
Professor Armido Studer
Pedler Award
Professor Derek Sinclair
Peter Day Award
Professor Peter Schreiner
Physical Organic Chemistry Award
Dr Alex Reip
Rising Star in Industry Award
Co-Directors of the Cambridge Centre for Misfolding Diseases
Rita and John Cornforth Award
Professor Bernard Golding
Robert Robinson Award
Professor Gregory Voth
S F Boys-A Rahman Award
Dr Niki Kaiser
Schools Education Award
Dr Alison Parkin
Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship
Professor Tuan Vo-Dinh
Sir George Stokes Award
Professor Michael Rubinstein
Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award
Professor Matthias Beller
Spiers Memorial Award
Professor Naomi Halas
Spiers Memorial Award
Professor Molly Stevens
Surfaces and Interfaces Award
Professor Yang Yang
Sustainable Energy Award
Professor Matthew Gaunt
Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award
Professor Perdita Barran
Theophilus Redwood Award
Professor Frank Kelly
Toxicology Award
Our 2019 Volunteer Recognition Award Winners
Mrs Gill Berkeley
Award for Service
Dr Stephen Byard
Award for Service
Dr Dermot Hanna
Award for Service
Dr Hilary Jeffreys
Award for Service
Dr D. Neville Jones
Award for Service
Mr Alan Middleton
Award for Service
Aberdeen and North Scotland Local Section committee
Inspirational Committee Award
Cumbria Local Section Committee
Inspirational Committee Award
Toxicology Group Committee
Inspirational Committee Award
Dr Robin Attrill
Inspirational Member Award
Professor Jayathirtha Rao Vaidya
Inspirational Member Award
Dr Jonathan Rourke
Inspirational Member Award
Dr Michael Seery
Inspirational Member Award