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Sponsor: Endowed fund established by Tobin J. Marks
Citation: For revealing the electrocatalytic activity of oxides in unprecedented detail and for relating this activity to electronic structure and competitive adsorption through in situ spectroscopic techniques
2025 ACS National Award winners: Part V
Current position: Professor of chemical engineering and materials science, University of Minnesota
Education: BS, materials science and engineering, Northwestern University; MPhil, physics, University of Cambridge; PhD, materials science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stoerzinger on her favorite part of her job: “I love being able to see the aha moment of students in the classroom and in research. It is even better to be a part of that process in a palpable way as an educator. There have been numerous faculty that inspired my pursuit of science, engineering, and research, and it’s exceptionally rewarding to play a small part in training the next generation every day.”
What Stoerzinger’s colleagues say: “Kelsey is a star risen in surface science, materials chemistry, and electrochemistry, particularly in the context of renewable energy. She possesses exceptional creativity, an outstanding publication record, and a strong leadership presence in the research community.”—Yang Shao-Horn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sponsor: Endowed fund established by M. Frederick Hawthorne; Diane Hawthorne; the University of California, Los Angeles; and others
Citation: For advances in the synthetic chemistries of Group 13–18 elements that encompass strong oxidizers; hypervalent, high-oxidation-state species; and ring, cage, and cluster polyatomic anions
Current position: Professor emeritus of chemistry, McMaster University
Education: BS, chemistry, Loras College; MS, inorganic chemistry, Brock University; PhD, inorganic chemistry, McMaster University
Schrobilgen on his scientific heroes: “I have many colleagues whom I admire for their outstanding creativity and stimulating scientific exchanges. Among the earliest and most enduring interactions I have had were with Karl O. Christe at the University of Southern California and the late Neil Bartlett at University of California, Berkeley. I admire them both for their curiosity, scientific integrity, insights, and their passion for very challenging synthetic and structural inorganic fluorine chemistry that is meticulously thorough, fundamental, and significant.”
What Schrobilgen’s colleagues say: “Gary is internationally known for his many outstanding contributions to the experimentally challenging fields of inorganic main-group fluorine chemistry, main-group polyanion (Zintl anion) chemistry, and noble gas chemistry. In addition to doing very demanding and innovative synthetic work, he is a top-notch specialist in multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance and Raman spectroscopies and X-ray crystallography.”—G. K. Surya Prakash, University of Southern California
Sponsor: Endowed fund established by Koji Nakanishi and others
Citation: For the development of Stark spectroscopy, particularly vibrational Stark spectroscopy, for studying functionally important electric fields in enzymes and in noncovalent interactions
Current position: Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
Education: BS, chemistry, Tufts University; PhD, physical and physical organic chemistry, University of Chicago
Boxer on his research: “The projects in my lab are interrelated—all have their origins in energy and electron transfer processes in photosynthetic reaction centers. This led to cloning of myoglobin and incorporation of chlorophyll, the development of electronic and vibrational Stark spectroscopy and their application to enzyme catalysis, aspects of excited-state dynamics in green fluorescent protein, and the development of lipid bilayer assemblies on solid supports.”
What Boxer’s colleagues say: “Steve’s work on the vibrational Stark effect has had a revolutionary impact on molecular spectroscopy, enabling understanding of molecular interactions at the fundamental level relevant to all of chemistry. His subsequent application to enzyme catalysis is brilliant and groundbreaking, as it solves the century-old question of how enzymes work.”—Wei Min, Columbia University
Sponsor: Phi Lambda Upsilon
Citation: For groundbreaking work toward the fundamental understanding and applications of electrochemistry in confined environments, including single-entity measurements
Current position: Richard B. Wetherill Associate Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University
Education: BS, chemistry, Ball State University; PhD, chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
Dick on who inspired him to become a scientist: “My grandpa, a metallurgist, spent countless hours with me on the phone, discussing everything from fuel cells to the cosmos. My dad, a journalist, instilled in me a love of the written word and storytelling. Luckily, in academic positions, one can pursue new knowledge and orchestrate a means of communicating those results. I find it thrilling to have a set of data and brainstorm with students how to tell the story.”
What Dick’s colleagues say: “Jeffrey has had a broad and significant impact across almost all subdisciplines in chemistry. He is the rare type of chemist who can tenaciously cross fields of study and happen on an interesting observation. He has also created a rich atmosphere for learning and outreach that benefits the broader chemistry community.”—Phil S. Baran, Scripps Research
Sponsor: Avantor
Citation: For groundbreaking work in developing new approaches to protein design and directed evolution
What Bhattacharya’s colleagues say: “Sagar was one of the most motivated students in the department and one of the most productive. His research accomplishments stem from his diverse skill set, efficiency, and ability to focus on several projects at the same time.”—Olga V. Makhlynets, Baylor University
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, San Francisco
Education: BS, chemistry, and MS, chemistry, University of Calcutta; PhD, chemistry, Syracuse University
Bhattacharya on his hopes for the future: “Despite the great success of protein design and engineering methods during the past several decades, the practical utility of the existing strategies is still limited. With the progress of machine learning and artificial intelligence, I anticipate that we will successfully refine our understanding of enzyme function and expand the repertoire of this field beyond small-molecule binding and catalysis to a broad range of biomedical applications to improve human health.”
Current position: Professor and James R. Schofield Endowed Chair in Biochemistry, Baylor University
Education: BS, chemistry, and MS, chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; PhD, chemistry, Tufts University
Korendovych on the most rewarding part of his job: “To see students do amazing research, grow as scientists, become independent, and surpass me.”
Sponsor: Endowed fund established by the ACS Division of Physical Chemistry and others
Citation: For groundbreaking contributions to the theory, modeling, and simulation of colloidal particles for self-assembly, which predicted an unprecedented diversity of nanoparticle structures and colloidal crystals
Current position: Anthony C. Lembke Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, John W. Cahn Distinguished University Professor of Engineering, and Stuart W. Churchill Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
Education: BS, physics, University of California, Los Angeles; PhD, physics, Boston University
Glotzer on the most rewarding part of her job: “Working with brilliant students, postdocs, and colleagues to understand the origins and implications of order and disorder in matter is incredibly rewarding. I feel so lucky and grateful for the freedom to pursue scientific knowledge in such a fun and exciting way. Not a day goes by where I haven’t learned something new. And seeing my peeps going on to their own successful scientific careers is the cherry on top.”
What Glotzer’s colleagues say: “Glotzer’s trailblazing merger of high-performance computing with soft-matter physics has launched exciting research directions for 3 decades. Her work has exceptional impact across many scientific communities, and her example inspired and shaped the research trajectories of innumerable young scientists.”—Valeria Molinero, University of Utah
Sponsor: Organic Reactions and Organic Syntheses
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the conceptualization, application, and mechanistic understanding of catalyst design for asymmetric synthesis
Current position: Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University
Education: BS, chemistry, New York University; PhD, chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Jacobsen on the most rewarding part of his job: “Working with highly motivated and curious young individuals and watching them grow to become independent scientists is by far the most rewarding part of my job. I remind myself constantly how incredibly fortunate I am to work with people who are as excited about organic chemistry as I am.”
What Jacobsen’s colleagues say: “Eric’s career is a textbook on how rigorous physical organic studies can inform rational catalyst design in organic synthesis, and he has taught the entire field how cooperativity and noncovalent interactions can be harnessed in exquisite, designed catalysts.”—Abigail Doyle, University of California, Los Angeles
Sponsor: Endowed fund established by Ronald Breslow and others
Citation: For the application of self-assembly and the principles of molecular recognition to enable the first de novo design of proteins
Current position: Professor of chemistry, University of California, San Francisco
Education: BS, chemistry, Kalamazoo College; PhD, organic chemistry, University of Chicago
2025 ACS National Award winners: Part V
DeGrado on the most rewarding part of his job:“I enjoy working with students and postdocs, who bring their energy and unique perspectives to our group’s science.”
What DeGrado’s colleagues say: “The rapidly growing field of de novo protein design was named and pioneered by Bill. He introduced a new biomimetic approach in which proteins were considered through the lens of molecular recognition, enabling the first successful design of proteins.”—Hang Hubert Yin, Tsinghua University
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