Prizes and awards 2018

Rewarding excellence, gaining recognition
We are proud to announce the 2018 winners of our prizes and awards, celebrating the outstanding work happening in every corner of the scientific community.
Our annual prizes and awards recognise achievements by individuals, teams and organisations in advancing the chemical sciences. Each year’s winners follow in the footsteps of some of the most influential and inspiring scientists in the world.
Our 2018 Prize winners

Dr Gregg Beckham
Beilby Medal and Prize 2018

Professor Jacqueline Barton
Centenary Prize 2018

Professor John Hartwig
Centenary Prize 2018

Professor Richard Kaner
Centenary Prize 2018

Professor Erwin Reisner
Corday-Morgan Prize 2018

Professor Oren Scherman
Corday-Morgan Prize 2018

Professor Magdalena Titirici
Corday-Morgan Prize 2018

Professor Graham Hutchings
Faraday Lectureship Prize 2018

Dr Kim Jelfs
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize 2018

Dr Daniele Leonori
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize 2018

Dr David Mills
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize 2018

Professor Leroy Cronin
Interdisciplinary Prize 2018

Dr Judy Hirst
Interdisciplinary Prize 2018

Professor Barrie Wilkinson
Interdisciplinary Prize 2018

Professor Craig Crews
Khorana Prize 2018

Professor Luis Oro
Lord Lewis Prize 2018

Professor Stephen Mann
Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry 2018

Professor Richard Compton
Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science 2018

Professor Euan Brechin
Tilden Prize 2018

Professor Jonathan Clayden
Tilden Prize 2018

Professor Simon Duckett
Tilden Prize 2018
Our 2018 Award winners

Professor Duncan Burns
Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service 2018

Professor Ying Zheng
Applied Catalysis Award 2018

Professor Joseph Harrity
Bader Award 2018

Professor Floyd Romesberg
Bioorganic Chemistry Award 2018

Professor Daniel Neumark
Bourke Award 2018

Professor Dean Toste
Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award 2018

Professor Andrew Smith
Charles Rees Award 2018

Professor Klaas Wynne
Chemical Dynamics Award 2018

Miss Holly Carter
Chemical Sciences Apprentice of the Year 2018

Dr Deborah Kays
Chemistry of Transition Metals Award 2018

Dr Clementine Chambon
Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year 2018

Dr Conrad Goodwin
Dalton Emerging Researcher Award 2018

Dr Andrew Dicks
Education Award 2018

Professor Simon Aldridge
Frankland Award 2018

Professor Margaret Brimble
George & Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy 2018

Dr Silvia Vignolini
Gibson-Fawcett Award 2018

Professor James Clark
Green Chemistry Award 2018

Dr William Unsworth
Hickinbottom Award 2018

Dr Dylan Williams
Higher Education Teaching Award 2018

Dr Trevor Carey
Higher Education Technical Excellence Award 2018

Dr Paul Brewer
Industrial Analytical Science Award 2018

Pelican
Industry-Academia Collaboration of the Year 2018

Mr Neil Sainty
Industry Technician of the Year 2018

Project M
Inspiration and Industry Award 2018

Professor Christopher Chang
Jeremy Knowles Award 2018

Professor Martyn Chipperfield
John Jeyes Award 2018

Professor Nicolas Le Brun
Joseph Chatt Award 2018

Professor Warren Piers
Ludwig Mond Award 2018

Professor Jose Goicoechea
Main Group Chemistry Award 2018

Dr Artem Bakulin
Marlow Award 2018

Professor Frank Glorius
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award 2018

Professor Bradley Moore
Natural Product Chemistry Award 2018

Professor Andrew Dove
Norman Heatley Award 2018

Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones
Pedler Award 2018

Professor Peter Skabara
Peter Day Award 2018

Dr Andrew Pollard
Rising Star in Industry Award 2018

Professor Tom Simpson
Robert Robinson Award 2018

Ms Kamonwad Ngamchuea
Ronald Belcher Award 2018

Professor Laurent Maron
RSC/SCF Joint Lectureship in Chemical Sciences 2018

Mrs Naomi Hennah
Schools Education Award 2018

Professor Samuel Danishefsky
Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal

Professor Polly Arnold
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award 2018

Professor Nicholas Kotov
Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award 2018

Professor Ilme Schlichting
Spiers Memorial Award 2018

Professor Sir David Clary
Spiers Memorial Award 2018

Professor Jeffrey Moore
Stephanie L Kwolek Award 2018

Professor Sijbren Otto
Supramolecular Chemistry Award 2018

Professor Paolo Samorì
Surfaces and Interfaces Award 2018

Professor Dionysios Dionysiou
Sustainable Water Award 2018

Professor Christy Haynes
Theophilus Redwood Award 2018