2024 Analytical Science open Prize: Theophilus Redwood Prize Winner
Professor Steven Bell, Queen's University Belfast
Awarded for pioneering work in developing Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for quantitative chemical analysis.
Professor Bell’s work involves determining the chemical composition of samples by focusing lasers on them and measuring the energy of the scattered light. Because this is a rapid, non-contact method of analysis, it has multiple applications ranging from identifying drugs of abuse to matching paint from crime scenes with evidence from suspects. To boost the sensitivity of the method, his team adds gold or silver particles, which allows them to identify bacteria or determine the concentration of therapeutic drugs.
| Year | Name | Institution | Citation |
| 2023 | Professor Frank Vanhaecke | Ghent University | Awarded for the development of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) based methodologies for elemental, isotopic and single-event analysis. |
| 2022 | Professor Helen Cooper FRSC | University of Birmingham | Awarded for or the development of native ambient mass spectrometry as an analytical technique to enable direct analysis and imaging of intact proteins and protein assemblies from tissue. |
| 2021 | Professor Kenneth Suslick | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Awarded for the invention and development of the optoelectronic nose and important contributions to artificial olfaction as an analytical technique. |
| 2020 | Professor Richard Brown | National Physical Laboratory | Awarded for excellence in theoretical and practical aspects of chemical measurement leading to the recent redefinition of the mole, and communication of these changes. |
| 2019 |
Professor Perdita Barran | The University of Manchester | Awarded for excellence in the fundamental and applied development of biological mass spectrometry and communication of this work in both print and video media. |
| 2018 | Professor Christy Haynes | University of Minnesota | Awarded for interdisciplinary work at the interface of analytical, biological, and materials chemistry and skills for passionately and effectively communicating science to broad audiences. |
| 2017 | Professor Christopher Elliott | Queen's University Belfast | Awarded for the development, application and promotion of analytical chemistry in protecting the global food supply |
| 2016 | Professor Duncan Graham | University of Strathclyde | Awarded for innovation and leadership in exploiting surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy in the analytical community. |
| 2015 | Professor Richard Van Duyne | Northwestern University | Awarded for communication of his research in surface-enhanced and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. |
| 2014 | Professor Evan Williams | University of California, Berkeley | Awarded for his pioneering work on the development of new methods for molecular structural analysis and the application and teaching of such methods to enhance the understanding of structures and structural changes. |
| 2013 |
Professor Joseph A. Caruso | University of Cincinnati | Awarded for his pioneering work in the development of elemental speciation and in bringing plasma spectroscopy methodologies into the worlds of environmental, biological and health sciences. |
| 2012 |
Professor Scott McLuckey | Purdue University | Awarded for his conception and development of ion-ion reactions in mass spectrometry and his contributions to oligonucleotide and top-down protein sequencing. |
| 2011 |
Anthony Turner | Linköping University | Awarded for his outstanding work in biosensors. In particular, his pioneering work which has led to the development of home blood glucose monitoring technology. |
| 2010 |
Paul Bohn | University of Notre Dame | Awarded for the breadth and impact of his contribution to analytical science in the areas of microfluidics and nanoscale chemical sensing. |
| 2009 |
John Vickerman | University of Manchester | Awarded for his outstanding contribution to the development and application of secondary ion mass spectrometry techniques for surface analysis and 3D chemical imaging of organic and biological systems. |
| 2008 |
Frank Marken | University of Bath | Awarded for his research on both fundamental and applied aspects of electrochemistry, particularly involving liquid-liquid and energy modified electrochemical processes. |
| 2008 |
J K Nicholson | Imperial College London | |
| 2007 |
Professor Jonathan V Sweedler | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Awarded for his research into novel spectroscopic and separatio methods for characterising the microenvironments of living cells. |
| 2006 |
Professor Richard G Brereton | University of Bristol | Awarded for numerous contributions to chemometrics over an extended period, and work towards the recognition, dissemination and advancement of the subject in many fields of application. |
| 2005 |
Professor Renato Zenobi | ETH Zurich | Awarded for significant contributions to the understanding of the mechanism of ion formation in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry, using MALDI to solve problems in many areas of chemistry including, most recently, atmospheric analysis. |
| 2004 |
Professor Medona Bonner Denton | University of Arizona | Awareded for his outstanding contributions to pure and applied spectrochemistry by the employment of the latest technological advances in electronics, physics, optics, acoustics, mechanical engineering and computer science. |
| 2003 |
Professor Saul J B Tendler | University of Nottingham | Awarded for his significant contributions to the study of molecular systems and their interactions through the application of advanced analytical techniques. |
| 2002 |
Professor Richard P Evershed | University of Bristol | Awarded for his application of state-of-the-art techniques of chromatography and mass spectrometry to the provision of information on the stable isotopic and molecular composition of complex natural mixtures of organic compounds and for using this information to enhance the understanding of modern and ancient environments and of chemical or archaeology. |
| 2001 |
Professor David Littlejohn | University of Strathclyde | Awarded for his sustained contribution to research and teaching in analytical science, related in particular to atomic spectroscopy, process analysis, chromatography, environmental analytical chemistry and conservation science. |
| 2000 |
P J Worsfold | ||
| 1999 |
U A Th Brinkman | ||
| 1998 |
A Manz | ||
| 1997 |
J M Mermet | ||
| 1996 |
M V Novotny | ||
| 1995 |
M Thompson | ||
| 1994 |
J G Graselli | ||
| 1993 |
G Eglinton | ||
| 1992 |
A Hulanicki | ||
| 1991 |
J N Miller | ||
| 1990 |
J H Purnell | ||
| 1989 |
B R Kowalski | ||
| 1988 |
A Townshend | ||
| 1987 |
A M Ure | ||
| 1986 |
G M Hieftje | ||
| 1985 |
A Grasserbauer | ||
| 1984 |
R L Williams | ||
| 1983 |
G Nickless | ||
| 1982 |
D T Burns | ||
| 1981 |
J D Winefordner | ||
| 1980 |
L S Bark | ||
| 1979 |
E Pungor | ||
| 1978 |
T B Pierce | ||
| 1977 |
D R Deans | ||
| 1976 |
R Belcher | ||
| 1975 |
P Zuman | ||
| 1974 |
T S West | ||
| 1973 |
C T J Alkemade | ||
| 1972 |
S Siggia |
Re-thinking recognition: Science prizes for the modern world
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