Prize winners

Birmingham Plastics Network and Stan's Cafe Theatre Company

For creating a partnership to elevate the public profile of sustainable polymer chemistry and demonstrate how storytelling can be a powerful tool i...

Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry Tec...

For the development of complex, low-carbon research infrastructure and experimental platforms to enable sustainable globally impactful research.

Cory Desforges-Sharp

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For method development and analytical research supporting strategic work on low carbon fuels and bio-feedstock use.

Dr Alex Ganose

Imperial College London, UK

For the development and application of innovative computational methods to predict the properties of semiconductors for applications in energy tech...

Dr Aneika Leney

University of Birmingham, UK

For the application of mass spectrometry to the understanding and manipulation of molecular processes mediated by self-assembly and post-translatio...

Dr Briony Yorke

University of Leeds, UK

For the development of time-resolved crystallography methods that have reshaped how molecular processes and protein dynamics can be observed.

Dr Claudia Bonfio

University of Cambridge, UK

For developing biophysical and supramolecular approaches to understand the origins and evolution of primitive cells.

Dr Conrad Goodwin

The University of Manchester, UK

For the development of innovative methods in synthetic rare earth and actinide chemistry, including low oxidation state arene compounds and transur...

Dr Greg Mutch

Newcastle University, UK

For the development of novel CO2-capture membranes and sorbents that advance low-energy carbon removal.

Dr Gwilherm Kerherve

Imperial College London, UK

For the creation and development of transformative, open-source scientific software for X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis.

Dr Joseph Parr

Monash University, Australia

For advances in alkaline-earth metal chemistry, including the synthesis of unprecedented metal-alkane and metal-formyl complexes, and C–F and C–C b...

Dr Josh Abbenseth

The University of Manchester, UK

For advancing the chemistry of geometrically constrained heavy pnictogen pincer compounds to access exotic radical states and unique transition met...

Dr Lucia Burgio

Victoria and Albert Museum, UK

For the application of analytical chemistry to cultural heritage research, including the discovery of new historic pigments and the development of...

Dr Muthiah Manoharan

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, United States

For pioneering discoveries in nucleic acid chemistry and for contributions to human health through the discoveries of RNA-based medicines.

Dr Mélanie Roffet-Salque

University of Bristol, UK

For the development and application of biomolecular and isotope techniques to organic residues preserved in archaeological and historical artefacts.

Dr Nuria Tapia-Ruiz

Imperial College London, UK

For new earth-abundant materials chemistry and mechanistic insight, providing design rules for sustainable sodium-ion batteries with higher energy...

Dr Rebecca Greenaway

Imperial College London, UK

For the development of streamlined high-throughput automated workflows for the accelerated discovery of supramolecular and porous materials, and fo...

Dr Reshma Rao

Imperial College London, UK

For the application of operando spectroscopy to heterogeneous interfaces, and for advancing mechanistic understanding of polarised solid-liquid int...

Dr Robert Crapnell

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

For internationally recognised innovation in additive manufacturing protocols, and demonstrating leadership across faculty initiatives.

Dr Roly Armstrong

Newcastle University, UK

For work on stereochemistry in multi-component reactions and organo-alkali metal chemistry.