E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy
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The E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy is awarded annually by the American Chemical Society
to recognize outstanding accomplishments in fundamental or applied spectroscopy in chemistry. It was first awarded in 1997 and was named in honor of the American Physical Chemist and Spectroscopy pioneer, E. Bright Wilson.
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 161,000 members at all degree-levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical...
to recognize outstanding accomplishments in fundamental or applied spectroscopy in chemistry. It was first awarded in 1997 and was named in honor of the American Physical Chemist and Spectroscopy pioneer, E. Bright Wilson.
Past Recipients
- 2011 Veronica Vaida
- 2010 George W. Flynn
- 2009 Paul F. BarbaraPaul BarbaraPaul Frank Barbara was an American chemist. His research interests focused on the understanding of the molecular structure and dynamics of complex chemical systems, including organic semi-conductors for photovoltaic applications, proton and electron transfer reactions, the hydrated electron and...
- 2008 Jack H. Freed
- 2007 Michael D. Fayer
- 2006 Donald H. Levy
- 2005 Eizi Hirota
- 2004 James K.G. Watson
- 2003 Marilyn E. Jacox
- 2002 Takeshi Oka
- 2001 William A. Klemperer
- 2000 Ad BaxAd BaxAdriaan "Ad" Bax is a molecular Biophysicist. He was born in Holland and is currently a US Citizen. He is the Chief of the Section on Biophysical NMR Spectroscopy at the National Institutes of Health....
- 1999 Richard N. Zare
- 1998 Robin M. Hochstrasser
- 1997 Ahmed ZewailAhmed ZewailAhmed Hassan Zewail is an Egyptian-American scientist who won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry. He is the Linus Pauling Chair Professor Chemistry and Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology.- Birth and education :Ahmed Zewail was born on...