Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
Alessandro Troisi
University of Liverpool, UK
For the development of theoretical methods to explain and predict the electronic and optical properties of organic materials.
Charlotte Williams
University of Oxford, UK
For contributions to sustainable polymer chemistry.
Professor Christiane Timmel
University of Oxford, UK
For seminal contributions to the fields of spin chemistry and electron paramagnetic resonance.
Professor Christopher Hardacre
University of Manchester, UK
For outstanding contributions to the areas of liquid and gas phase heterogeneous catalysis.
Claire Carmalt
University College London, UK
For contributions to the development of functional thin films as transparent conducting oxides, photocatalysts and heterojunction photoanodes for p...
Craig Banks
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
For outstanding contributions to electrochemistry through pioneering additive manufacturing.
Professor Darren Dixon
University of Oxford, UK
For the discovery, development and applications of iridium-catalysed reductive functionalisation of amides and lactams.
Professor Dave Adams
University of Glasgow, UK
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry: awarded for the chemical control of reactivity and functionality in soft materials.
Professor David K
University of York, UK
For pioneering an understanding of molecular materials based on supramolecular gels.
Erwin Reisner
University of Cambridge, UK
For pioneering work on solar chemistry, developing devices that capture sunlight and produce sustainable fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide, b...
Professor Jianliang Xiao
University of Liverpool, UK
For outstanding contributions to catalysis, both in fundamental studies and commercial application.
Professor Jonathan Reid
University of Bristol, UK
For pioneering studies of the chemical and physical properties of micron-scale aerosol particles, and their impact in atmospheric, health, analytic...
Jonathan Steed
Durham University, UK
For work in the understanding, control and application of the assembly of molecular materials in the crystal and gel state.
Professor Julie Macpherson
University of Warwick, UK
For pioneering instrumental methods and applications in electrochemistry, electroanalysis and catalysis, sensor and imaging systems, material chara...
Professor Perdita Barran
University of Manchester, UK
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry: awarded for the application of ion mobility mass spectrometry to complex biological systems, and breakthroughs in...
Professor Rachel O'Reilly
University of Birmingham, UK
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry: awarded for precision polymer chemistry, self-assembly and materials synthesis that demonstrates both fundamental...
Professor Stephen Liddle
University of Manchester, UK
For extensive contributions to understanding the inorganic and organometallic chemistry of the f elements.
Professor Timothy Donohoe
University of Oxford, UK
For innovative development of catalytic methods that activate organic molecules by redox processes.