Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
Dr Jenny Zhang
University of Cambridge, UK
For her advancement of bio-photoelectrochemistry.
Zhen Gu
University of California Los Angeles, USA
For pioneering “programmed medications” that apply physiological signals-responsive materials/systems for precisely delivering therapeutics, especi...
Dr Tatiana Besset
Université Rouen Normandie, France
For her use of metal catalysed C-H activation and the development of new strategies for the synthesis of fluorinated building blocks.
Neslihan Tas
Hacettepe University, Turkey
For her research into the Maillard reaction and the novel approaches to understanding the chemistry of this complex reaction.
Professor Alan Mackie
University of Leeds, UK
For the impact his research and scientific contributions have had in the field of food chemistry.
ChemBAM
For inspiring the next generation of chemists through activities that link classroom teaching to real world chemistry research.
Dr Carin Seechurn
Johnson Matthey
For diligent and passionate work to develop and commercialize precious metal complexes to promote homogeneous catalysis for real world industrial a...
Professor John Dean
Northumbria University and RSC Analytical Division North East Region
For dedication to the planning, coordination and ongoing development of the Schools Analyst Competition.
Christopher Chang
Princeton University, USA
For making significant contributions to the chemical sciences community and beyond.
Martina Letizia Contente
University of Milan, Italy
For her internationally groundbreaking contributions to chemical biotechnology with a particular focus on biocatalysis for the sustainable producti...
Christina Dumitriu Jackson
AstraZeneca, UK
2025 RSC Apprentice Prize: awarded for excellence in peptide chemistry, and championing sustainability and STEM advocacy.
Dr Chun Ann Huang
Imperial College London, UK
2025 Marlow Prize: awarded for pioneering the combination of imaging with X-ray Compton scattering and computed tomography (XCS-CT), and novel proc...
Dr Clare Bakewell
King's College London, UK
2025 Sir Edward Frankland Prize: awarded for advances in the chemistry of organo-Al(III) and Mg(II) compounds, and their applications in small-mole...
Professor Donna Blackmond
Scripps Research
2025 Centenary Prize for Chemistry and Communication: awarded for pioneering work in kinetic methods of organic catalysis, elegant descriptions of...
Dr Emrys Evans
Swansea University, UK
2025 Materials Chemistry Early Career Prize: awarded for pioneering contributions in the development, characterisation and exploitation of luminesc...
Dr Florence Huynh
Polymateria Ltd, UK
2025 Rising Star in Industry Prize: awarded for delivering solutions to global plastic pollution, progressing technical understanding of plastic bi...
Professor Franziska Schoenebeck
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2025 RSC/GDCh Alexander Todd-Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences: awarded for highly innovative advances to metal-catalysed coupling reacti...
Professor Valeria Nicolosi
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
2025 Peter Day Prize: awarded for groundbreaking work in the development of two-dimensional materials and nanomaterials, advancing energy storage,...
Dr Jack Woolley
University of Warwick, UK
2025 Technical Excellence Prize: awarded for providing outstanding technical and scientific support to users of the Warwick Centre for Ultrafast Sp...
Dr Jennifer Kingston
AstraZeneca, UK
2025 Technical Excellence Prize: awarded for leading the delivery of a cutting-edge purification laboratory, championing sustainable automated puri...