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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Professor Andrew Jamieson
University of Glasgow, UK
Winner 2023 CBBG Lectureship Award: for his outstanding contribution to the chemical biology community and his exceptional research achievements on...
2023 CBBG Lectureship
Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing
University of Bristol, UK
For pioneering mechanistic studies of chemical and photochemical reactions with direct application in photocatalysis and atmospheric chemistry.
2026 Faraday open prize: Faraday Lectureship Prize
Professor Angela Russell
University of Oxford, UK
For innovation in medicinal chemistry leading to the identification of first in class utrophin modulators for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dy...
2024 Chemistry Biology Interface mid-career prize: Jeremy Knowles Award
Professor Angelos Michaelides
University College London, UK
For outstanding contributions towards the understanding of complex aqueous interfaces and the formation of ice at such interfaces.
2020 Surfaces and Interfaces Award
Professor Angelos Michaelides
University College London
For pioneering contributions to theoretical chemistry, including computational methods that provide mechanistic insight and predictive tools widely...
2026 Tilden Prizes for Chemistry
Professor Anita Maguire
University College Cork, Ireland
For the development of a diverse range of synthetic organic methodologies and protocols, and their applications to medicinal chemistry.
2025 Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry
Professor Anna Peacock
Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
Winner 2025 CBBG Lectureship Award: for her outstanding contributions to the chemical biology and bioinorganic chemistry communities, as well as he...
2025 CBBG Lectureship
Professor Ashley Ross
University of Cincinnati, USA
For a significant contribution to analytical chemistry in their independent academic career.
2024 Analyst Emerging Investigator Lectureship
Professor Barry Trost
Stanford University, USA
For continued wide ranging contributions to the development of new synthetic methods employing transition metal catalysts, and the application of t...
2020 Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal
Professor Basile Curchod
University of Bristol, UK
For the development of theoretical and computational methods to unravel new mechanisms in photochemistry.
2022 Faraday early career Prize: Marlow Prize
Professor Bhavik Patel
University of Brighton
For the development of innovative electrochemical sensors for advancing the understanding of biological signalling processes.
2023 Analytical Science mid-career Prize
Professor Bhavik Patel
University of Brighton
For the design of innovative and effective analytical chemistry curriculums.
2021 Excellence in Higher Education Prize
Professor Bonnie Ann Wallace
Birkbeck, University of London
For the pioneering development of biophysical methods and bioinformatics tools to enable the characterisation of ion channel-drug molecule complexes.
2020 Chemistry Biology Interface open prize: Khorana Prize
Professor Bruce Turnbull
University of Leeds, UK
For the development and application of bioorthogonal approaches in engineering functional protein and carbohydrate based systems.
2024 Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry
Professor Cameron Alexander
University of Nottingham, UK
For interdisciplinary research at the boundaries of chemistry, bio-responsive materials, and medicine.
2025 Interdisciplinary Prizes
Professor Chris Abell
University of Cambridge, UK
For pioneering work on fragment-based drug discovery and microfluidic microdroplets.
2020 Interdisciplinary Prizes
Professor Chris Willis
University of Bristol, UK
For outstanding contributions across the broad spectrum of natural product chemistry.
2020 Natural Product Chemistry Award
Professor Christiane Timmel
University of Oxford, UK
For seminal contributions to the fields of spin chemistry and electron paramagnetic resonance.
2020 Tilden Prizes for Chemistry
Professor Christopher Hardacre
The University of Manchester, UK
For outstanding contributions to the areas of liquid and gas phase heterogeneous catalysis.
2022 Tilden Prizes for Chemistry
Professor Christopher Hunter
University of Cambridge
For pioneering a quantitative description of non-covalent interactions and establishing key principles in supramolecular design to create duplex-fo...
2020 Supramolecular Chemistry Award
Yearly celebrations
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07 June 2022
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