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


Martin Heeney
KAUST, Saudi Arabia
For pioneering contributions to solution processed organic semiconductors, particularly heavy main group containing polymers, and their device appl...

Leeds Lab Educators
For the creation of experiments and activities that improve students’ preparation for research in organic synthesis

Dr Aisling Ní
Keele University, UK
For dedication to the Carbohydrate Group through revitalising the committee and leading successful international early career webinars.

Technical Support Team in the Department of Chemistry at...
For the team's pivotal role in operating the laboratory courses, supporting research and developing a highly successful and creative outreach progr...

Pizza Model Approach for Raising the Employability of Che...
For the collaborative design and implementation of regional, national and international activities which embed transferable skills and employabilit...

Professor Bruce Turnbull
University of Leeds, UK
For the development and application of bioorthogonal approaches in engineering functional protein and carbohydrate based systems.

Marina Freitag
Newcastle University, UK
For outstanding work to develop, elaborate, and understand novel energy materials.

Professor Steven Bell
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
For pioneering work in developing Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for quantitative chemical analysis.

Professor Nora de
University of Leeds, UK
For the development and application of computational chemistry to enable atomic-level insights into biomedical materials for in vivo and nature-ins...

Professor John Dean
Northumbria University and RSC Analytical Division North East Region
For outstanding service to the Royal Society of Chemistry through the development and support for the analytical science community and the School's...

Dr James Dawson
Newcastle University, England
For outstanding contributions to the understanding and modelling of ion transport and interfaces in energy materials.

George Burton
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
For the development of outstanding glass-blowing expertise supporting research and teaching nationally and internationally, over nearly four decades.

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.

University of Surrey Chemical Pilot Plant Education and T...
For the development of an integrated training facility for chemists and chemical engineers in large-scale chemical processes, through a combination...

Rebecca Goss
University of St Andrews, UK
For pioneering the use of enzymatic halogenation/cross-coupling in C‒H activation.

Karen Faulds
University of Strathclyde, UK
For contributions to the field of surface enhanced spatially offset Raman scattering (SESORRS).

Professor Sharon Ashbrook
University of St Andrews, Scotland
For exploiting multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, combined with first-principles calculations, to probe local structure and chemical reactivity in inor...

Graeme Day
University of Southampton, UK
For pioneering the development of computational methods for guiding the discovery of functional molecular crystals.

Professor Richard Layfield
University of Sussex, UK
For pioneering work in lanthanide and uranium chemistry including single-molecule magnetism.

Professor Zoë Waller
University College London, UK
For her outstanding contribution to the chemical biology community and her exceptional research achievements on the stability and function of DNA i...