NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
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The National Academy of Sciences
Award in Chemical Sciences is awarded for innovative research in the chemical sciences that in the broadest sense contributes to a better understanding of the natural sciences and to the benefit of humanity.
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
Award in Chemical Sciences is awarded for innovative research in the chemical sciences that in the broadest sense contributes to a better understanding of the natural sciences and to the benefit of humanity.
Recipients
- Linus PaulingLinus PaulingLinus Carl Pauling was an American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator. He was one of the most influential chemists in history and ranks among the most important scientists of the 20th century...
(1979) - Frank H. Westheimer (1980)
- Bruno H. ZimmBruno H. ZimmBruno Hasbrouck Zimm was an American chemist. He was a professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry from University of California, San Diego, and a leading polymer chemist and DNA researcher.-Early life:...
(1981) - Gilbert StorkGilbert StorkGilbert Stork is a U.S. organic chemist. He is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Columbia University. The Stork enamine synthesis is named in his honor.-Education:...
(1982) - Henry TaubeHenry TaubeHenry Taube, Ph.D, M.Sc, B.Sc, FRSC was a Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes." He was the first Canadian-born chemist to win the Nobel Prize...
(1983) - Richard B. BernsteinRichard B. BernsteinRichard B. Bernstein is a constitutional historian, and a distinguished adjunct professor of law at New York Law School.-Life:...
(1985) - Roald HoffmannRoald HoffmannRoald Hoffmann is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He currently teaches at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.-Escape from the Holocaust:...
(1986) - Herbert C. BrownHerbert C. BrownHerbert Charles Brown was a chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate for his work with organoboranes....
(1987) - Harden M. McConnellHarden M. McConnellHarden M. McConnell is an American physical chemist at Stanford University.-Birth and education:Harden M. McConnell was born on July 18, 1927 in Richmond, Virginia. He completed his Bachelor of Science from George Washington University in 1947 and his PhD from the California Institute of...
(1988) - Ronald BreslowRonald BreslowRonald C. D. Breslow is an American chemist from Rahway, New Jersey. He is currently University Professor at Columbia University, where he is based in the Department of Chemistry and affiliated with the Departments of Biological Sciences and Pharmacology; he has also been on the faculty of its...
(1989) - F. Albert CottonF. Albert CottonFrank Albert Cotton was the W.T. Doherty-Welch Foundation Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. He authored over 1700 scientific articles. Cotton was recognized for his research on the chemistry of the transition metals.-Education:Frank Albert Cotton was born on...
(1990) - Richard N. Zare (1991)
- Donald J. CramDonald J. CramDonald James Cram was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J...
(1992) - Richard H. HolmRichard H. HolmRichard Hadley Holm , also known as R. H. Holm, is an American inorganic chemist.Professor Holm received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1959 under the direction of F. Albert Cotton. After the completion of his degree, he joined the chemistry faculty at Harvard University...
(1993) - Koji NakanishiKoji Nakanishia bioorganic and natural products chemist, is Centennial Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and former Chairman of the Chemistry Department, Columbia University....
(1994) - Isabella L. Karle (1995)
- Ahmed H. Zewail (1996)
- M. Frederick HawthorneM. Frederick HawthorneProfessor M. Frederick Hawthorne was born in 1928 in Fort Scott, Kansas and he received his elementary and secondary education in Kansas and Missouri. Prior to high school graduation, through examination he entered the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, Rolla, Missouri as a chemical...
(1997) - Allen J. BardAllen J. BardAllen Joseph Bard is an American chemist. He is the Hackerman-Welch Regents Chair Professor of chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. Among his awards were the Priestley Medal in 2002 and the 2008 Wolf Prize in Chemistry...
(1998) - John D. RobertsJohn D. RobertsJohn Dombrowski Roberts is an American chemist. He has made contributions to the integration of physical chemistry, spectroscopy and organic chemistry for the understanding of chemical reaction rates....
(1999) - K. Barry SharplessK. Barry SharplessKarl Barry Sharpless is an American chemist known for his work on stereoselective reactions.-Early years:Sharpless was born in Philadelphia. He graduated from Friends' Central School in 1959. He continued his studies at Dartmouth College and earned his Ph.D from Stanford University in 1968...
(2000) - John I. Brauman (2001)
- Elias J. Corey (2002)
- Harry B. GrayHarry B. GrayHarry Barkus Gray is the Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology. He won the Priestley Medal in 1991, Harvey Prize in 2000, The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry in 2004, and the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 2004.-Career:Gray received his B.S...
(2003) - Robert G. Parr (2004)
- Thomas C. Bruice (2005)
- Samuel J. DanishefskySamuel J. DanishefskySamuel J. Danishefsky is an American chemist working as a professor at both Columbia University and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.- Birth and education :...
(2006) - Robert G. Bergman (2007)
- JoAnne StubbeJoAnne StubbeJoAnne Stubbe is an American chemist. She is currently the Novartis Professor of Chemistry & Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.-Career:...
(2008) - Joanna S. FowlerJoanna S. FowlerJoanna S. Fowler, a senior chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the Director of Brookhaven’s Center for Translational Neuroimaging, has been named the 2005 recipient of the Distinguished Basic Scientist of the Year Award from the Academy of Molecular...
(2009) - Louis E. BrusLouis E. BrusLouis E. Brus is a professor of chemistry at Columbia University. He is the discoverer of the colloidal semi-conductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots. He is co-recipient of the 2006 R. W. Wood prize of the Optical Society of America and of the inaugural Kavli Prize for nanoscience in 2008...
(2010) - Stephen J. BenkovicStephen J. BenkovicStephen James Benkovic is an American chemist. He is Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry at Penn State University. His research has focused on mechanistic enzymology and the discovery of enzyme inhibitors. He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in...
(2011)