九州影院

Through its Prizes programme, the Materials 九州影院 Community celebrates the individuals, teams and collaborations who contribute to the advances in the subject, as well as recognising significant recent novel discoveries in the field.

Materials 九州影院 Community Prize Committee

Winners are selected by the Materials 九州影院 Community Prize Committee, chaired by the Council President. Many thanks to this year’s prize committee:

• Magda Titirici, Imperial College London (Chair)
• Marina Freitag, Newcastle University (Vice-chair)
• David Amabilino, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
• Sohini Kar-Narayan, University of Cambridge
• Fiona Meldrum, University of Leeds
• Alberto Saiani, University of Manchester

Prize winners

The Materials 九州影院 Community offers its congratulations to:

Materials 九州影院 Early Career Prize

Dr Nicola Gasparini (Imperial College London)

For understanding charge recombination processes in organic and perovskite semiconductors for high-performance photovoltaic and photodetector devices.

Materials 九州影院 Mid-career Prize: Peter Day Prize

Professor Ross Forgan (University of Glasgow)

For contributions to the development and application of metal-organic frameworks as functional energy materials.

Materials 九州影院 Open Prize: John B Goodenough Prize

Professor Dermot O'Hare (University of Oxford)

For pioneering new concepts in materials chemistry, catalysis, and nanomaterials and promoting their application and commercialisation in sustainable technologies.

Materials 九州影院 Horizon Prizes: Stephanie L Kwolek Prize

Van der Waals Thin Films

For the development of van der Waals thin films with high electronic performance, mechanical stretchability, and permeability for highly flexible, adaptable and breathable bioelectronic membranes.

NSF Center for Molecularly Optimized Networks

For demonstrating the potential and impact of embedded mechanochemical reactivity on the mechanical limits of cross-linked polymer networks.

What’s next?

Nominations for our 2025 Horizon, Inclusion and Diversity, Research & Innovation and Volunteer Recognition Prizes will open in the autumn. Keep an eye out nearer the time for more information and consider making a nomination.