2024 Dalton open Prize: Mond-Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry winner
Professor Euan Brechin, University of Edinburgh
Awarded for outstanding contributions to synthetic coordination chemistry and molecular magnetism.
Magnets play a vital role in our society, underpinning technologies in healthcare, energy, and information technology. Professor Brechin’s research team make molecular magnets: a bottom-up approach that paves the way for future quantum technologies like quantum computing,
| Year | Name | Institution | Citation |
| 2023 | Professor Eduardo Peris FRSC | Universitat Jaume I | Awarded for the application of creative thinking in approaching fundamental challenges in organometallic chemistry and catalysis. |
| 2022 | Professor Jonathan Sessler FRSC | The University of Texas at Austin | Awarded for pioneering work on f-element complexes of expanded porphyrins. |
| 2021 | Professor Holger Braunschweig | Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg | Awarded for contributions to the chemistry of reactive low-oxidation-state main-group molecules, including their applications in catalysis. |
Re-thinking recognition: Science prizes for the modern world
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