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