Congratulations to our 2024 Prize winners

Through its Prizes programme, the Faraday Community for Physical Chemistry celebrates the individuals, teams and collaborations who contribute to the advances in the subject, as well as recognising significant recent novel discoveries in the field.

Faraday Community Prize Committee

Winners are selected by the Faraday Community for Physical Chemistry Prize Committee, chaired by the Council President. Many thanks to this year’s prize committee:

• Dwayne Heard, University of Leeds (Chair)
• Vas Stavros, University of Warwick (Vice-chair)
• Carmen Domene, University of Bath
• Alexandra Gibbs, University of St Andrews
• Brianna Heazlewood, University of Liverpool
• Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, University of Manchester
• Jan Verlet, University of Durham

2024 Prize winners

The Faraday Community for Physical Chemistry offers its congratulations to:

Faraday Early Career Prize: Marlow Prize

Professor Reinhard Maurer (University of Warwick)

For contributions to the fundamental understanding of molecular structure and chemical dynamics at hybrid organic-inorganic interfaces through the development of computational simulation methods.

Faraday Mid-career Prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize

Professor Scott Habershon (University of Warwick)

For the development of innovative computational simulation methods to predict molecular dynamics across the timescales of chemistry.

Faraday Open Prize: Faraday Lectureship Prize

Professor Jenny Nelson (Imperial College London)

For pioneering new concepts in materials chemistry, catalysis, and nanomaterials and promoting their application and commercialisation in sustainable technologies.

Faraday Horizon Prizes

Electrical Transport Spectroscopy

For the development of electron transport microscopy to experimentally determine the platinum-surface hydronium pKa and its role in pH-dependent hydrogen evolution reactions.

Lighting up RNA team

For the development of two bright multi-colour fluorogenic aptamer tags, and for demystifying the fluorescence activation mechanism, enabling efficient imaging of diverse RNAs in living cells.

What’s next?

Nominations for our 2025 Horizon, Inclusion and Diversity, Research & Innovation and Volunteer Recognition Prizes will open in the autumn. Keep an eye out nearer the time for more information and consider making a nomination.