2023 Awardees Announced

We celebrate your achievements and thank you for advancing the chemical enterprise and making a positive impact in your organizations, communities, and society.

2023 E. Bright Wilson Award
2023 E. Bright Wilson AwardDavid Jonas - University of Colorado-Boulder
2023 ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry
2023 ACS Award in Theoretical ChemistryNancy Makri, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2023 Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology
2023 Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and TechnologyMarcos Dantus, Michigan State University
2023 Nakanishi Prize
2023 Nakanishi PrizeGilad Haran, Weizman Institute of Science, with I. Riven
2023 ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution
2023 ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate InstitutionMaria A. Gomez, Mount Holyoke
2023 Marsha I. Lester Award for Extraordinary Impact in Physical Chemistry
GEORGE SCHATZ, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY –
“For broad-ranging contributions to leadership in physical chemistry, and to advances in reaction dynamics, plasmonics, self-assembly of soft materials, and other fields.”

2023 Jack Simons Award in Theoretical Chemistry
ANNE MCCOY, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON –
“For her development and application of theoretical methods for analyzing the vibrational spectra & dynamics of floppy molecules and clusters.”
2023 Early Career Award in Theoretical Chemistry
SURI VAIKUNTANATHAN, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO –
“For the development of powerful non-equilibrium statistical mechanical theories to understand the behavior of complex matter ranging from driven systems to biological self-assembly.”
2023 Senior Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry
STEPHEN BRADFORTH, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-
“For applying femtosecond and photoelectron spectroscopies to elucidate electronic interactions that guide chemical reaction dynamics in the condensed phase.”
2023 The Richard Van Duyne Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry
JOSH VURA-WEIS, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN-
“For development of the experimental and theoretical foundation of tabletop femtosecond extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy of photocatalysis.”