Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
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.
Arthur Ragauskas
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
For pioneering several widely used tools and approaches in biorefining, including the mechanistic understanding of lignin conversion chemistry.
2022 Environment, Sustainability and Energy open prize: Environment Prize
Chunying Chen
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), China
For pioneering contributions in exploration of the nano–bio interface, providing fundamental insights into the fate of nanomaterials in biota and t...
2021 Environment, Sustainability and Energy open prize: Environment Prize
Professor Jason Hallett
Imperial College London, UK
For pioneering work on the development of ionic liquids as commercially relevant solvents in biorefining and the circular economy.
2024 Environment, Sustainability and Energy open prize: Environment Prize
Professor Javier P茅rez-Ram铆rez
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
For connecting catalyst design, reaction engineering, and sustainability metrics to develop new catalytic technologies that enable circular carbon...
2026 Environment, Sustainability and Energy open prize: Environment Prize
Professor Saiful Islam
University of Oxford, UK
For deepening the understanding of atomistic processes underpinning the properties of complex materials for lithium batteries and hybrid photovolta...
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy open prize: Environment Prize
Professor Stuart Taylor
Cardiff University, UK
For pioneering work on the discovery of catalysts that have been commercialised for environmental protection, including carbon monoxide oxidation c...
2023 Environment, Sustainability and Energy open prize: Environment Prize
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