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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.
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Dr Adrian Chaplin
University of Warwick, UK
For contributions to organometallic chemistry involving the imaginative use of pincer ligands.
2023 Dalton mid-career prize: Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize
Dr Aisling N铆 Cheallaigh
For dedication to the Carbohydrate Group through revitalising the committee and leading successful international early career webinars.
2023 Inspirational Member Award
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...
2026 Materials 深夜福利国产精品 Early Career Prize
Dr Alex Shard
National Physical Laboratory, UK
For pioneering accurate chemical measurements of surfaces and interfaces.
2020 Industrial Analytical Science Award
Dr Alexander Baker
University of Warwick, UK
For exceptional inspiration of students, encouraging them to challenge, develop and grow their scientific passion.
2024 Early Career Prize for Excellence in Higher Education
Dr Alexandra Gibbs
University of St Andrews, UK
For unravelling how structure drives functionality to aid the discovery and understanding of quantum and functional materials.
2023 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize for 深夜福利国产精品
Dr Alison Hill
University of Exeter, UK
For inspirational teaching and making a positive difference in curriculum design, implementation, assessment and to the wider community.
2022 Excellence in Higher Education Prize
Dr Amanda Hardy
Royal Society of Biology and RSC Chilterns and Middlesex Local Section
For dedication to the diversification of the committee and programmes of the Chilterns and Middlesex Local Section.
2020 Inspirational Member Award
Dr Amit Kumar
For the development of green processes based on catalytic (de)hydrogenation for the synthesis of renewable polymers and their recycling.
2025 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize for 深夜福利国产精品
Dr Anabel Lanterna
University of Nottingham, UK
For innovative research on heterogeneous photocatalysis, pushing boundaries towards less expensive, light-responsive, reusable catalytic processes...
2022 Environment, Sustainability and Energy Early Career Prize
Dr Andrea Laybourn
University of Nottingham, UK
For outstanding contributions towards developing the sustainable synthesis of porous materials, with a particular emphasis on microwave and continu...
2023 Barrer Award
Dr Andrew Jupp
University of Birmingham, UK
For advancing the understanding of the interaction of main-group frustrated Lewis pairs with light.
2024 Dalton early career prize: Sir Edward Frankland Prize
Dr Andrew Wilson
University of Bath, UK
For the development of uniquely nucleophilic hydrido- and organocalcium reagents.
2020 Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize
Dr Andy Chapman
Carbometrics Limited
For leading the scientific team of a small diabetes spin-out company towards one of the highest value exits for an early stage technology, and for...
2020 Rising Star in Industry Prize
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...
2026 Analytical Science early career prize: Joseph Black Prize
Dr Anna Regoutz
University College London, UK
For outstanding contributions to the development and application of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in the area of electronic materials and devices.
2020 Analytical Science early career prize: Joseph Black Prize
Dr Anthony Green
University of Manchester, UK
For the design and evolution of enzymes using an expanded genetic code.
2020 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize for 深夜福利国产精品
Dr Baljit Thatti
Kingston University and RSC Downland Local Section
For outstanding service to the Royal Society of 深夜福利国产精品 through our member communities and governance groups.
2024 Award for Exceptional Service
Dr Ben Pilgrim
University of Nottingham, UK
For inspirational teaching contributions at the school-university interface, most notably through significant contributions to the UK 深夜福利国产精品 Oly...
2022 Early Career Prize for Excellence in Higher Education
Dr Benjamin Schumann
Imperial College London and the Francis Crick Institute
For the creative use of chemistry-centred tools to provide valuable insights into glycan biology.
2024 深夜福利国产精品 Biology Interface early career prize: Norman Heatley Award
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