Gibson-Fawcett Award

The Gibson-Fawcett Award is awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry[1] every two years to recognise outstanding work in the field of materials chemistry.[2] In particular, the emphasis is on the originality and independence of the work carried out.[3] The prize was established in 2008 and is awarded by the Materials Chemistry Division Awards Committee. It can only be given to researchers under age 40.[4]

History

The award is named after Reginald Gibson and Eric Fawcett,[5] eminent chemists who worked together with Anton Michels on the study of the role of high pressure in chemical reactions. This led to the discovery of polyethylene.[5]

Winners
Year Winner Institution Reason
2010 Simon Clarke University of Oxford Chemistry of non-oxide and mixed anion solids as new functional materials[6]
2012 Andrew Fogg University of Liverpool Time resolved X-ray diffraction to study the synthesis of new materials[4]
2014 Andrew Dove University of Warwick New biodegradable materials for drug delivery and regenerative surgery[7][8]
2016 Rachel O'Reilly University of Warwick Polymer synthesis, nanostructures and enzyme mimetic constructs[9]
2018 Silvia Vignolini University of Cambridge Bio-materials and bio-mimetic photonic nanostructures[2]

See also

References
  1. Atterberry, Tara (2009). Awards, Honors & Prizes: International. Gale. ISBN 9781414438955.
  2. "Royal Society of Chemistry honours three researchers". Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  3. Holloway, Melissa. "University of Warwick chemist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Award". Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. "Success for Liverpool Chemists". Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  5. "Gibson-Fawcett Award".
  6. "Gibson_Fawcett Award 2010 Winner". www.rsc.org. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  7. Elliott, David. "Scunthorpe-born scientist wins prestigious award for his pioneering work". Scunthorpe News. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  8. Williams, Rebecca J.; Dove, Andrew P.; O'Reilly, Rachel K. (2015). "Self-assembly of cyclic polymers". Polymer Chemistry. 6 (16): 2998–3008. doi:10.1039/C5PY00081E.
  9. "RSC Gibson-Fawcett Award 2016 Winner". www.rsc.org. Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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