Article originally published by Northwestern Now
Michael R. Wasielewski and Richard Van Duyne of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences have received honors from the Royal Society of Chemistry in the U.K. Each year the society presents prizes and awards to individuals, teams and organizations from around the world for outstanding achievements advancing the chemical sciences.
Wasielewski, the Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry and executive director of the Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN), is the recipient of the Physical Organic Chemistry Award. This award recognizes his pioneering contributions to understanding electron transfer reactions and their dependence on molecular structure and spin dynamics in organic molecules.
Van Duyne, the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry and affiliated faculty at ISEN's Center for Catalysis and Surface Science (CCSS), is the recipient of the Spiers Memorial Award. This award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of a Faraday Discussion, the RSC’s unique international discussion meetings, which focus on rapidly developing areas of chemistry.
The Royal Society of Chemistry is the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences.