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


Dr Stephen Wallace
The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
For the development of chemical tools and microbial biocatalysts for sustainable synthesis.

Professor Alison Hulme
University of Edinburgh, UK
For outstanding service to the Royal Society of Chemistry and the organic chemistry community through our member communities and governance groups.

Dr Mathew Horrocks
The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
For the development and application of single-molecule and super-resolution microscopy approaches to understand how proteins aggregate in neurodege...

Professor Marc Vendrell
University of Edinburgh, UK
For the design and synthesis of activatable fluorophores, and their application in high-resolution biological imaging and translational medicine.

Professor J. Paul
University of Edinburgh, UK
For transformative discoveries of new materials from high pressure synthesis and of novel electronic phenomena in solids.

Dr Camille Petit
Imperial College London, UK
For innovative work on porous nanostructures for applications in the energy and sustainability sectors.

Professor Jason Hallett
Imperial College London, UK
For pioneering work on the development of ionic liquids as commercially relevant solvents in biorefining and the circular economy.

Dr Maxie Roessler
Imperial College London, England
For the development of advanced electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy to investigate, structurally define and exploit catalysis by che...

Dr James Wilton-Ely
Imperial College London, England
For contributions to the application of metals in biological sensing and medical imaging.

Dr Nicola Gasparini
Imperial College London, England
For understanding charge recombination processes in organic and perovskite semiconductors for high performance photovoltaic and photodetector devices.

Dr Yuval Elani
Imperial College London, England
For innovative contributions in synthetic cell engineering and biohybrid systems.

Dr Ceri Hammond
Imperial College London, UK
For the development of traditional and sustainable catalytic processes using heterogeneous catalysts.

Professor Geoffrey Maitland
Imperial College London, UK
For outstanding service to the Royal Society of Chemistry through our publishing activities and governance groups.

Dr Felice Torrisi
Imperial College London, England
For innovative contributions to the understanding of charge transport in networks of two-dimensional materials for the development of printed elect...

Dr Mark Crimmin
Imperial College London, England
For the discovery of an unprecedented transition metal complex with a hexagonal planar geometry.

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...

Keele Team-Based Learning Group
For pioneering the integration of the active learning strategy Team-Based Learning in the curriculum of UK higher education chemistry programmes, t...

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

Matthew Fuchter
University of Oxford, UK
For the development of chemistry-led approaches to interrogate function in chemistry, materials and medicine.

Professor Nicholas Long
Imperial College London, UK
For innovative synthetic chemistry applied to the fields of functional materials and biomedical imaging.