Past Award Recipients

For pioneering work to uncover the general principles of catalyst design for organic synthesis that has led to widespread impact in the chemical industry and academia.

For ground-breaking work on the use of inorganic coordination complexes to target local DNA structures and to study charge transport through DNA.

For pioneering contributions to bioorganic chemistry and the development of bioorthogonal chemistry.

For contributions to the synthesis of complex carbohydrates using enzymatic catalysis and applications in glycobiology.

For original contributions that identified the regulatory regions of eukaryotic genes, the transcription factors in oxygen sensing, and the role of low complexity sequences in proteins that form functional and reversible aggregates in phase-separated hydrogels.

For fundamental contributions to nanochemistry, in particular, the synthesis and application of colloidal inorganic nanocrystals.

For pioneering contributions to nanochemistry, in particular, the synthesis and application of nanoscale wires.

For contributions to transforming NMR spectroscopy for the study of the structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules.

For innovative contributions to materials science and technology, in particular developing the cathode material for the lithium-ion rechargeable battery.

For pioneering contributions to the role of metal ions in biology, especially the synthesis of Fe-S clusters and the establishment of the biomimetic approach in bioinorganic chemistry.

For pioneering contributions to the role of metal ions in biology, especially the cisplatin mechanism of action, diiron methane monooxygenase, and zinc signaling in the brain.

For outstanding contributions to the x-ray crystallography of viruses and protein nucleic aid complexes.

For pioneering work in alkane activation and mechanisms of organometallic reactions.

For creating the field of colloidal quantum dots (semiconductor nanocrystals).

For his contributions to organic reaction design, in particular stereocontrol in carbon-carbon bond formation, which advanced the field of complex molecule synthesis.

For ground-breaking research in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

For fundamental research in biochemistry and enzymology.

For pioneering work in biological chemistry.

For definitive contributions to the field of inorganic chemistry.

For outstanding contributions to the understanding of the chemical and biochemical mechanisms in maintaining a living cell.

For fundamental work on the theory of homogeneous and heterogeneous electron transfer and contributions in the area of molecular electronics.

For pioneering development of the modern theory of chemical reaction dynamics and rates.

For his consistent and highly effective use of basic chemical principles to bring to greater clarity chemical processes in complex biological systems.

For the breadth and depth of his insight into chemical processes and his astute use of this understanding in approaching and solving many difficult problems in organic chemistry, biochemistry, biology, material science and surface science.

For his major accomplishments in the field of electrochemistry and the effect of these on the discipline of chemistry itself.

For his pioneering contributions to the field of biomimetic chemistry and catalysis by design.

For his thorough understanding of magnetic resonance and its use in achieving greater insight into chemical systems including reaction dynamics, magnetic resonance imaging and membrane phenomenon.

For his seminal contributions in biological and structural chemistry: (1) the discovery, basic structure and function of nucleosome; (2) the discovery of the multiprotein Mediator of transcriptional regulation; and (3) the structures of the giant RNA polymerase II transcription initiation and elongation complexes.

For his work which is well described as the biosynthesis of the pigments of life. It represents one of the major and most significant enterprises in contemporary chemistry and has transformed knowledge of the biosynthesis of such vital substances as vitamin B12.

For his great contributions to organic chemistry and biochemistry, especially the elegant use of every physical and biological tool available to solve complex structural and mechanistic problems in natural product chemistry and biosynthesis, e.g., vitamin B12. He has provided concepts and methodologies which have been fruitful to many others.

For his seminal contributions in the area of chemical reaction dynamics and in the general field of molecular spectroscopy.

For his achievements in the field of nuclear receptors which have paved the way to a molecular understanding of vertebrate fundamental processes as well as their pathological disorders.

For his leadership and pioneering contribution to all phases of femtosecond chemistry.

For his major contribution to our greater understanding of and our capacity to use many of the bioactive compounds found in nature.

For his contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms of catalysis by enzymes and to the rational development of compounds that inactivate enzymes.

For his important contributions to mechanistic enzymology.

For his work leading to our current understanding of multiple bonds of metal-metal bonding of transition metal chemistry and for his major impact in the field of inorganic and structural chemistry by virtue of his own work and the numerous individuals who worked in his laboratory as students or postdoctoral fellows.

For his contributions to understanding reaction mechanisms not only of inorganic chemicals but of complex organometallic reactions systems as well; also for his contributions to understanding the field of homogeneous catalysis in solution.

For his work in developing new methods in organic synthesis and as a mentor to leading synthetic chemists all over the world. He has profoundly influenced the way scientists think about natural product synthesis in general and stereochemical control in particular.

For his career contributions to physical chemistry, including his development and use of supersonic molecular beam techniques for the study of clusters, ions, and molecules.

For his part in showing that interconversion of phosphorylase between its active and inactive forms involved phosphorylation/ dephosphorylation, a process fundamental to the regulation of nearly every vital biological function.

For his work in demonstrating that covalent interconvertible enzyme cascades provide the cell with a finely-tuned regulatory mechanism capable of integrating a vast amount of metabolic information, and that they have a remarkable potential for amplification signals and rates.

For his critical contribution into fundamental aspects of physical organic chemistry. Among his many other important contributions, his work on the carbenes was a pioneering effort which opened a broad field.

For his integration of molecular spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, kinetics and other aspects of physical chemistry with his talent for organic synthesis. In the application of these intertwined disciplines to the study of structure activities of organic molecules.

For his pioneering research contributions to the understanding of the structure and function of genetic materials, especially for his novel techniques which had a powerful influence in this field.

For his pioneering research in chemical dynamics thereby providing a new understanding of how chemical reactions occur.

For his research on the effects of pressure on optical, electrical magnetic and chemical properties of matter.

For his contribution to the field of hydrogen bonding, matrix isolation, and chemical lasers.

For his contributions of founding the field of bio-organic stereochemistry, which involves interaction of organic chemicals and enzymes.

For his theory for the internal rotation of groups within molecules.

For his contributions to the field of chemistry, particularly in inorganics.

For his significant achievements in the field of bioorganic chemistry.

For his original investigations of the mechanisms of organic reactions.

For his pioneering studies of the prostaglandins.

For his pioneering theoretical and experimental contributions to molecular structure.

For his synthesis of chemical compounds of noble gases and the consequent opening of broad new fields of research in inorganic chemistry.

For his profound and highly creative contributions to synthetic chemistry.

For his basic research in the area of life sciences.