Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.


Gonçalo Bernardes
University of Cambridge, UK
For the design, development and application of targeted therapeutics including small molecule-based RNA degradation and conditional activation of c...

Matthew Gibson
University of Manchester, UK
For transformative contributions in polymer and biomaterials science, particularly for the development of materials to stabilise biologics.

Marina Kuimova
Imperial College London, UK
For the development of unique probes and methodologies in fluorescence imaging leading to an understanding of dynamic biological processes in livin...

Graeme Day
University of Southampton, UK
For pioneering the development of computational methods for guiding the discovery of functional molecular crystals.

Carmen Domene
University of Bath, UK
For the use of computational techniques to enhance understanding of fundamental biological processes at the molecular level.

Professor Rachel O'Reilly
University of Birmingham, UK
For creative and comprehensive syntheses of functional, self-assembling polymeric materials.

Professor Edward Tate
Imperial College London and the Francis Crick Institute
For contributions to discovery of novel chemical probes, and their application in opening up new understanding of protein modification in living sy...

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 Mauro Pasta
University of Oxford, UK
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry: awarded for innovative research on novel battery chemistries that go beyond the current state-of...

Professor Kim Jelfs
Imperial College London, UK
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry: awarded for innovation in the computational discovery of organic materials through the use of bo...

Professor Stephen Goldup
University of Birmingham, UK
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry: awarded for delineating stereochemical theory of the mechanical bond, the discovery of new mecha...