2018 Recipients

George M. Bodner, Purdue University

Award Citation: For his contributions to the development of discipline-based educational research on the teaching and learning of chemistry in both introductory and advanced-level courses.

Barbara J. Turpin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Award Citation: For revealing the importance of aqueous-phase chemistry in the formation of atmospheric secondary organic aerosol.

Robert S. Kania, Pfizer

Award Citation: For work leading to the invention of Axitinib (Inlyta), a novel VEGFR kinase inhibitor as a treatment for renal cell carcinoma.  

Erhard Kemnitz, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

Award Citation: For his studies on nanoscopic fluorinated materials that provided the foundation for a novel research field, which exhibits a high impact for fundamental and applied research.

Brian M. Stoltz, California Institute of Technology

Award Citation: For the development of efficient methods, particularly cascade reactions, that allow for the efficient synthesis of complex organic molecules.

Thomas B. Rauchfuss, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Award Citation: For leadership crucial to maintaining high standards and advancing inorganic chemistry and for sustained and creative contributions to synthetic inorganic chemistry.

Jani C. Ingram, Northern Arizona University

Award Citation: For her outstanding accomplishments in recruiting and mentoring students from underrepresented groups, especially American Indians and Alaskan Natives, into professional careers in chemistry.

Rebecca T. Ruck, Merck

Award Citation: For her outstanding accomplishments aimed at enhancing and encouraging women into careers in the chemical sciences.

Joseph J. Pesek, San Jose State University

Award Citation: For his research on the synthesis and characterization of chromatographic separation materials and the development of analysis methods and protocols.

Michael Lawrence Gross, Washington University in St Louis

Award Citation: For development of mass-spectrometry methods that provide insight into physical-organic chemistry, enable environmental protection, offer new approaches in biochemistry and biophysics, and give understanding of human disease.

Paula T. Hammond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Award Citation: For her work in polymeric electrostatic thin film assembly, and its translational application to the fields of electrochemical energy and controlled drug delivery.  

Janusz Boleslaw Pawliszyn, University of Waterloo, Canada

Award Citation: For the invention, development and commercialization of universal, UV, and fluorescence modes of whole-column imaging detection technology.

Håkan Wennerström, Lund University, Sweden

Award Citation: For his outstanding contributions to our understanding and applications of the fundamental molecular interactions and forces in complex colloidal, soft matter, and self-assembling systems.

George P. Lahm, DuPont

Award Citation: For his outstanding accomplishments in the discovery of the anthranilamide class of insecticides and the commercialization of Rynaxypyr and Cyazypyr.

James M. Mayer, Yale University

Award Citation: For explaining and applying the principles of proton-coupled electron transfer reactions in catalysis and bioinorganic chemistry.

Clifford P. Kubiak, University of California, San Diego

Award Citation: For his ground-breaking and detailed studies of the reduction of carbon dioxide by transition metal catalysts.

Carlton G. Willson, The University of Texas at Austin

Award Citation: For fundamental advances in synthetic polymer chemistry.

Mircea Dinca, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Award Citation: For innovative developments in chemical synthesis enabling permanently porous materials to be endowed with desirable properties such as electrical conductivity.

Massimo Morbidelli, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Award Citation: For outstanding sustained contributions in fundamental understanding of preparative chromatography and development of innovative processes for the application of continuous countercurrent chromatography in biomanufacturing.

Stacey F. Bent, Stanford University

Award Citations: For seminal work on organic functionalization of semiconductors surfaces, and for harnessing surface chemistry to gain control over atomic layer deposition processes.  

Elsa Reichmanis, Georgia Institute of Technology

Award Citation: For pioneering research in design and development of polymer/organic materials and processes for advanced electronics and photonics and service to chemistry society.

Emily Ann Carter, Princeton University

Award Citation: For pioneering development of orbital-free density functional, embedded correlation wavefunction, and efficient multireference wavefunction theories, applied to diverse sustainable energy phenomena and materials design.

Carol A. Duane, D&D Consultants of Mentor

Award Citation: For her passion and work in ACS volunteer efforts to empower members with the skills to lead within ACS, their workplace, and their community.

Alison Butler, University of California, Santa Barbara

Award Citation: For elucidating the bioinorganic chemistry of the marine environment, including the chemistry of siderophores and vanadum haloperoxidases.

Margaret M. Faul, Amgen Inc.

Award Citation: For focusing on the career development of scientists to deliver practical solutions to synthesize new chemical entities to treat patients with grievous illnesses.

David R. Liu, Harvard University

Award Citation: For the development and application of powerful methods that integrate biomimetic chemistry and biological evolution to solve major problems in chemistry, biology, and medicine.

Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology

Award Citation: For the development of nickel- and copper-catalyzed cross-coupling methods and of nucleophile-catalyzed enantioselective reactions.

Dennis C. Liotta, Emory University

Award Citation: For inventing antiviral drugs that more than 90% of HIV-infected persons on therapy in the U.S. take or have taken.

Brian John Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia

Award Citation: For leadership in promoting student research at the high school level for his students and other students.

Steven V. Ley, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Award Citation: For his exceptional and creative contributions to the art of organic synthesis.

Seth B. Herzon, Yale University

Award Citation: For bold and creative contributions to the scalable total synthesis of complex natural products and organic methodology.  

A. S. Borovik, University of California, Irvine

Award Citation: For demonstrating that synthetic inorganic chemistry can harness the power of non-covalent interactions to regulate local environments around metal ions to control their function.

Paras Nath Prasad, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Award Citation: For pioneering contributions in nonlinear optics and multiphoton processes in molecular, polymeric, nanoscale, and biological materials with profound impact in nanophotonics, biophotonics, and metaphotonics.

Carol Vivien Robinson, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Award Citation:  For developing fundamental processes that allow membrane and soluble protein complexes to retain biologically significant states during mass spectrometry, prompting new fields of research.

Valerie J. Kuck, Bell Laboratories (Lucent Technologies) Retired

Award Citation: For pioneering research on coatings for optical fibers and copper wire and for transformative achievements leading to a more diverse and inclusive chemical profession.

Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Award Citation: For celebrating the joy of chemistry with kids of all ages and sparking appreciation of science in an extraordinary number of public engagements and media.

Dwight Seferos, University of Toronto, Canada

Award Citation: For the development and implementation of tellurophene and selenophene polymers and photoactive compounds.

David Ransom Williams, Indiana University

Award Citation: For his insightful and creative strategies for the synthesis of biologically active natural products.  

Javier Garcia Martinez, University of Alicante, Spain and Rive Technology

Award Citation: For his visionary leadership creating a successful, dynamic company bringing mesostructured zeolites to the refining industry.

Lawrence R. Pratt, Tulane University

Award Citation: For outstanding contributions to the theory of hydrophobic interactions, polar and ionic solutions, and the statistical mechanical treatment of solvation-free energies.

Lila M. Gierasch, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Award Citation: For her seminal contributions to peptide structure and function, peptide models for protein folding and function, and roles of peptide and protein aggregation in disease.

Tamejiro Hiyama, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan

Award Citation: For the invention of silicon-based cross-coupling reaction and related synthetic reactions.

George W. Flynn, Columbia University

Award Citation: For contributions to our fundamental understanding of the structural and chemical behavior of graphene interfaces.

Jack Saltiel, Florida State University

Award Citation: For ground-breaking studies of photochemical reaction mechanisms, particularly cis-trans photoisomerization.

Linda J. Broadbelt, Northwestern University

Award Citation: For distinguished contributions to the field of complex kinetic modeling, particularly the development of automated mechanism generation and mechanistic models applied to industrially important problems.

Cynthia J. Burrows, University of Utah

Award Citation: For seminal studies to elucidate the mechanistic pathways of oxidation of guanine and its derivatives to further our understanding of DNA damage and repair.

Oliver C. Mullins, Schlumberger-Doll Research

Award Citation: For fundamental contributions codified in the Yen-Mullins model of asphaltenes, in asphaltene thermodynamics, in pioneering downhole fluid analysis, and in leading reservoir fluid geodynamics.

Pratibha Varma-Nelson, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Award Citation: For work on face-to-face and cyber versions of Peer-Led Team Learning, which has facilitated understanding of small-group chemistry learning in the two environments.

Suresh C. Srivastava, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Award Citation: For his outstanding accomplishments in the production and development of many radioisotopes and radio-pharmaceuticals that have and continue to provide medical benefit to patients worldwide.

David W. C. MacMillan, Princeton University

Award Citation: For his pioneering work in the development of organocatalysis, including fundamentally new methods based on radical intermediates, SOMO catalysis, and photoredox catalysis.

Paul J. Hergenrother, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Award Citation: For his many achievements in new compounds, targets, and translational pathways for cancer therapy, including the treatment of canine/feline patients with spontaneous cancer.

Richard J. Saykally, University of California, Berkeley

Award Citation: For the development of powerful new laser spectroscopy technology and its application for pioneering studies of molecular ions, water, and aqueous solutions and their surfaces.

Xiaoyang Zhu, Columbia University

Award Citation: For his creative study and deep understanding of ultrafast dynamics in nano, molecular, and hybrid materials and interfaces.

Thomas J. Maimone, University of California, Berkeley

Award Citation: For accomplishments in the field of synthetic organic chemistry, especially in the development of streamlined synthetic routes to complex natural products.