Prize winners

Professor Karen Faulds

For contributions to the field of surface enhanced spatially offset Raman scattering (SESORRS).

Professor Kenneth Suslick

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

For the invention and development of the optoelectronic nose and important contributions to artificial olfaction as an analytical technique.

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...

Professor Klaus Müllen

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

For developing novel nanomaterials for single-molecule applications, organic electronics, sensing, catalysis, bio-labelling and energy conversion.

Professor Leigh Canham

University of Birmingham, UK

For pioneering work in silicon quantum dots and contributions to practical applications of silicon nanostructures in the electronics, photonics and...

Professor Liam Ball

University of Nottingham, UK

For the development and mechanistic study of new organic synthesis methods based on pnictogen elements.

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...

Professor Marc Vendrell

University of Edinburgh, UK

For the design and synthesis of activatable fluorophores, and their application in high-resolution biological imaging and translational medicine.

Professor Marinella Mazzanti

EPFL

For pioneering molecular f-element chemistry in unusual oxidation states and multimetallic systems for nitrogen activation.

Professor Mark Grinstaff

Boston University, USA

For pioneering advances and translational research using innovative polymer platforms for new drug delivery systems and medical applications, and f...

Professor Martin Schröder

The University of Manchester, UK

For seminal work on the design, synthesis and characterization of porous metal-organic framework materials for substrate binding and selectivity.

Professor Mathew Horrocks

University of Edinburgh, UK

For the development and application of single-molecule and super-resolution microscopy approaches to understand how proteins aggregate in neurodege...

Professor Mathew Horrocks

University of Edinburgh, UK

For the generation of single-molecule fluorescence microscopy approaches for visualising protein aggregates in neurodegenerative disease and protei...

Professor Matthew Powner

University College London, UK

For pioneering work on the prebiotic synthesis of essential biomolecules including amino acids, peptides and co-factors.

Professor Matthew Rigby

University of Bristol, UK

For research on the abundances and fluxes of environmentally harmful gases in the atmosphere, which has contributed to a measurable reduction in em...

Professor Matthias Driess

Technical University Berlin, Germany

For creativity in organometallic and materials chemistry, particularly the synthesis of new classes of silicon-based catalysts and advanced energy...

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.

Professor Melanie Sanford

University of Michigan, USA

For the development of catalytic C–H functionalization reactions and their applications in organic synthesis.

Professor Michael Ashfold

University of Bristol, UK

For outstanding service to the Royal Society of Chemistry through our member communities and governance groups.

Professor Michael Bollong

Scripps Research

For making significant contributions in the fields of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery in their independent career.