Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
2025 Education Prize winners Yearly celebrations
Filter in a variety of ways including year to find our latest winners along with those from previous years.
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 91AV
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 91AV
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 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 91AV
Dr Baljit Thatti
Kingston University and RSC Downland Local Section
For outstanding service to the 91AV 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 91AV 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 91AV Biology Interface early career prize: Norman Heatley Award
Dr Brianna Heazlewood
University of Liverpool, UK
For the development of novel experimental techniques and computational modelling to study reactive collisions at extremely low temperatures.
2021 Faraday early career Prize: Marlow Prize
Dr Bryan Bzdek
University of Bristol, UK
For pioneering contributions to aerosol physical chemistry, including the surface composition of microscopic droplets, new particle formation in th...
2023 Faraday early career Prize: Marlow Prize
Dr Cameron Carpenter-Warren
Beauchamp City Sixth Form
For demonstrating passion and enthusiasm for chemistry, as well as inspiration in communicating these to students, and supporting them to explore t...
2023 Early Career Prize for Excellence in Secondary and Further Education
Dr Camille Petit
Imperial College London, UK
For innovative work on porous nanostructures for applications in the energy and sustainability sectors.
2020 Barrer Award
Dr Carin Seechurn
Johnson Matthey
For diligent and passionate work to develop and commercialize precious metal complexes to promote homogeneous catalysis for real world industrial a...
2020 Applied Catalysis Award
Dr Ceri Hammond
Imperial College London, UK
For the development of traditional and sustainable catalytic processes using heterogeneous catalysts.
2021 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize for 91AV