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 Jon Major
University of Liverpool, UK
For pioneering work into the development, characterisation, and optimisation of inorganic thin-film solar cells and developing antimony selenide ph...
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy mid-career Prize
Dr Nuria Tapia-Ruiz
Imperial College London, UK
For new earth-abundant materials chemistry and mechanistic insight, providing design rules for sustainable sodium-ion batteries with higher energy...
2026 Environment, Sustainability and Energy mid-career Prize
Emma Kendrick
University of Birmingham, UK
For discoveries and innovation in materials, manufacturing and recycling of lithium- and sodium-ion batteries.
2021 Environment, Sustainability and Energy mid-career Prize
Laura Herz
University of Oxford, UK
For pioneering work advancing the development of solar cells through fundamental understanding of electronic, structural and chemical properties of...
2022 Environment, Sustainability and Energy mid-career Prize
Professor Claire Corkhill
University of Sheffield, UK
For advances in ceramic and glass materials for the safe immobilisation of radioactive waste through fundamental understanding of surface degradati...
2023 Environment, Sustainability and Energy mid-career Prize
Professor Matthew Rigby
University of Bristol, UK
For research on the abundances and fluxes of environmentally harmful gases in the atmosphere, which has contributed to a measurable reduction in em...
2024 Environment, Sustainability and Energy mid-career Prize
Yearly celebrations
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