Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry
2009 student recipient Laura A. Banaszynski
(center) and preceptor Thomas J. Wandless
(second to right) are presented their award by
ACS President-Elect Joseph Francisco (left),
sponsor representative John B. Covington
(second left), and ACS President Thomas Lane
(right).
(center) and preceptor Thomas J. Wandless
(second to right) are presented their award by
ACS President-Elect Joseph Francisco (left),
sponsor representative John B. Covington
(second left), and ACS President Thomas Lane
(right).
Sponsor: Mallinckrodt Baker Inc.
Purpose: To recognize an outstanding graduate student and her or his preceptor(s), in the field of chemistry, as broadly defined.
Nature: The graduate student will receive $3,000 and a plaque inscribed with the signatures of Nobel laureates. The student's preceptor(s) will receive $3,000 and a plaque for permanent display in the institution's chemistry department. Up to $2,500 for travel expenses to the meeting at which the award will be presented will be reimbursed by the sponsor.
Eligibility: The graduate student nominee must have completed a Ph.D. dissertation in chemistry within the 12-month period before the deadline for receipt of nominations. The award will recognize only work done while the nominee was a graduate student. The award will all be granted without regard to age or nationality.
Nominating Procedure: A nomination consists of (1) a nominator form including a brief biographical sketch of the graduate student nominee and the preceptor(s); (2) a synopsis of the nominee's Ph.D. dissertation no longer than 10 typewritten pages (double-spaced); and (3) one or two support forms from experts in the field of the dissertation independently appraising its significance. All documents must be in English.
Note: The Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry is sponsored by Mallinckrodt Baker Inc. Designation of the award as the Nobel Laureate Signature Award is made with the acquiescence of the Nobel Foundation.
Establishment & Support: The award was established in 1978 by Mallinckrodt Baker Inc. as the Nobel Laureate Signature Award for a Graduate Student in Chemistry. In 1980 the award was extended to recognize the student's preceptor(s) and its title was changed.
Contact Information
Awards Office
American Chemical Society
1155 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036-4801
Phone: (202) 872-4408
Fax: (202) 776-8008
awards@acs.org
Recipient
2009 Laura A. Banaszynski and Thomas J. Wandless
2008 Rebecca Anne Nelson and David Eisenberg
2007 Anirban Banerjee and Gregory L. Verdine
2006 Raquel L. Lieberman and Amy C. Rosenzweig
2005 Christy L. Haynes and Richard P. Van Duyne
2004 So-Jung Park and Chad A. Mirkin
2003 Phil S. Baran and K.C. Nicolaou
2002 F. Dean Toste and Barry M. Trost
2001 Martin T. Zanni and Daniel M. Neumark
2000 S. Alex Kandel and Richard N. Zare
1999 Justin Du Bois and Erick M. Carreira
1998 Jaqueline Kiplinger and Thomas G. Richmond
1997 Christopher B. Murray and Moungi Bawendi
1996 Stephan Stranick and Paul S. Weiss
1995 Minhaeng Cho and Graham R. Fleming
1994 Mark W. Grinstaff and Kenneth S. Suslick
1993 Andrew D. Johnson and Sylvia T. Ceyer
1992 Marcos Dantus and Ahmed Zewail
1991 Susan T. Graul and Robert R. Squires
1990 Yongqin Chen, Robert W. Field, and James L. Kinsey
1989 Nicholas J. Kirchner and Michael T. Bowers
1988 David L. Clark and Malcolm H. Chisholm
1987 Mark D. Hollingsworth and J. Michael McBride
1986 Robert L. Whetten, Gregory S. Ezra, and Edward R. Grant
1985 Peter G. Schultz and Peter B. Dervan
1984 Christopher S. Gudeman and R. Claude Woods
1983 David J. Nesbitt, James T. Hynes, and Stephen R. Leone
1982 Warren S. Warren and Alexander Pines
1981 James C. Weisshaar
1980 Wayne L. Gladfelter