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


Professor Enrique Iglesia
University of California Berkeley, USA
For outstanding contributions to the mechanistic understanding of catalysis, leading scientific innovation for environmental protection and the pro...

Jenny Nelson
Imperial College London, UK
For contributions to the understanding and development of novel electronic materials for solar energy conversion.

Professor John Plane
University of Leeds, UK
2025 Faraday Lectureship Prize: awarded for the development of experimental and theoretical physical chemistry, as applied to the investigation of...

Laura Gagliardi
University of Minnesota, USA
For contributions to the development of multireference quantum chemical approaches to describe catalysis and excited state phenomena.

Michael Wasielewski
Northwestern University, USA
For contributions toward understanding electron spin dynamics in molecular systems for applications in quantum information science.

Professor Richard Catlow
University College London and Cardiff University
For the development and application of computational methods in conjunction with experiment as powerful and predictive tools in the physical chemis...