ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the
Advancement of Catalytic Science
Previous Award Winners
The annual ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science honors an individual or a collaborative team for recent and significant contributions to the field, which appeared as a publication in ACS Catalysis within the last 36 months preceding the nomination deadline.
Submit nominations for the 2026 award by December 31, 2025.
2025:
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Lifang Jiao, Nankai University
Homogeneous or Molecular catalysis
Rui Shang, University of Tokyo
Biocatalysis or enzymology
Debasis Das, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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2024:
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Christina W. Li, Purdue University
Homogeneous or Molecular catalysis
Christo S. Sevov, The Ohio State University
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Biocatalysis or enzymology
Serge Ruccolo, Merck & Co.
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2023: Molecular/homogeneous catalysis
Mary Watson, University of Delaware
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2022: Heterogeneous Catalysis
Eranda Nikolla, Wayne State University
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2021: Biocatalysis or enzymology
Thomas Ward, University of Basel
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2020: Homogeneous or Molecular catalysis
Shannon Stahl, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2019: Heterogeneous catalysis
Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos and E. Charles H. Sykes, Tufts University
2018: Biocatalysis
Nicholas Turner, The University of Manchester
2017 Paul Chirik
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2016 Matthias Beller
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2015 Morris Bullock and Daniel Dubois
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2014 Suljo Linic
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2013 John Hartwig
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2012 Alan Goldman
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