Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
2026 winners announcement Yearly celebrations
Celebrating our 2026 Prize winners
Thank you to everybody who took the time to make a nomination this year, and to all of our volunteers on our judging panels. Explore our prize winners to find profiles, see photo galleries, get insights into their work, and read a question and answer session with the prize winner.
Research & Innovation Prize winners
Celebrating exceptional people advancing the chemical sciences across industry and academia.
Horizon Prize winners
Celebrating groups, teams and collaborations making discoveries and innovations that push the boundaries of science.
Inclusion and Diversity Prize winner
Recognising individuals or teams that have improved the accessibility, inclusivity and diversity of the chemical science community.
Volunteer Recognition Prize winners
Celebrating our members who support and inspire others within the community.
Explore all winners
Filter in a variety of ways including year to find our latest winners along with those from previous years.
Dr Andrew Wilson
University of Bath, UK
For the development of uniquely nucleophilic hydrido- and organocalcium reagents.
2020 Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize
Dr Jiangnan Li
University of Manchester, UK
For the development of stable porous materials for the capture and conversion of NOx and SOx.
2021 Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize
Dr Josef Boronski
University of Oxford, UK
For groundbreaking investigations into actinide-cyclobutadienyl chemistry, leading to the preparation of a σ-aromatic cluster featuring direct acti...
2023 Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize
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...
2026 Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize
Dr Nathan Davison
University of Birmingham, UK
For significant advances in organolithium and organosodium chemistry, including the first solvent-free Birch reduction, and the isolation of monome...
2025 Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize
Dr Richard Kong
Cornell University, USA
For the development of and mechanistic insight into novel bond breaking and bond making methods using main-group reagents.
2022 Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize
Dr Selena Lockyer
University of Manchester, UK
For synthetic and spectroscopic studies of molecular magnets, particularly supramolecular assemblies that could be used in quantum information proc...
2024 Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize
Yearly celebrations
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