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.
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Filter in a variety of ways including year to find our latest winners along with those from previous years.
Professor Jan Verlet
Durham University, UK
For pioneering contributions to the spectroscopy and dynamics of anions in the gas-phase and at aqueous interfaces.
2023 Faraday mid-career Prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize
Professor Scott Habershon
University of Warwick, UK
For the development of innovative computational simulation methods to predict molecular dynamics across the timescales of chemistry.
2024 Faraday mid-career Prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize
Professor Sharon Ashbrook
University of St Andrews, UK
For exploiting multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, combined with first-principles calculations, to probe local structure and chemical reactivity in inor...
2021 Faraday mid-career Prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize
Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Yale University, USA
For the development and applications of analytical theories and computational methods for describing proton-coupled electron-transfer reactions and...
2020 Faraday mid-career Prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize
Professor Thomas Penfold
Newcastle University, UK
For contributions to the theory of the excited state dynamics and time-resolved spectroscopy of functional organic and metal-organic systems.
2025 Faraday mid-career Prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize
Professor Vasilios Stavros
University of Warwick, UK
For contributions to gas, solution, and condensed-phase spectroscopy spanning both fundamental and applied aspects.
2022 Faraday mid-career Prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize
Rachel Crespo-Otero
University College London, UK
For the development and application of computational methods for understanding excited-state processes in molecular crystals within complex environ...
2026 Faraday mid-career Prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize
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