The faculty of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry have received recognition through the award of local, national, and international awards presented by professional associations, foundations, and academic institutions.
Faculty honors and awards include:
• A National Medal of Science winner
• A member of the National Academy of Science
• Two members of the National Academy of Engineering (adjunct)
• Eleven Alfred P. Sloan Fellows
• Eight fellows of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
• Seventeen NSF CAREER awardees
• Eight fellows of the American Chemical Society
• Eight fellows of the American Physical Society
• Two Beckman Foundation Awardees
• Two PECASE Awardees
• Two Research Corporation Cottrell Fellows
• Fourteen fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2022
Pete La Pierre – Sloan Research Fellow
2021
Charles Liotta – PMSE Cooperative Research Award
Loren Williams – GT Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development
Vinayak Agarwal – Cottrell Scholar Award
Nasrin Hooshmand – GT Research Faculty Teaching Fellows Fall 2021/Spring 2022
Thomas Orlando – AVS Theodore E. Madey Award
Amit Reddi – Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Class of 1934 Award
Carrie Shepler – Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Class of 1934 Award
Ronghu Wu – Vasser Woolley Professorship
Pamela Pollet – Vasser Woolley Faculty Development Professorship
Stefan France – GT Outstanding Achievement in Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Research
Michael Evans and Carrie Shepler – CTL Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Pamela Pollet – Class of 1940 W. Roane Beard Outstanding Teacher Award
Amit Reddi – Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellowship
2020
Vinayak Agarwal – Chemistry and Biochemistry Blanchard Faculty Fellowship
Jean-Luc Bredas – MRS Materials Theory Award
Christine Conwell – GT EVPR Outstanding Achievment in Research Enterprise Enhancement Award
Stefan France – CoS Leddy Family Faculty Teaching Fellowship
Pete La Pierre – NSF CAREER Award
Raquel Lieberman – CoS Ralph and Jewel Gretzinger Moving the School Forward Award
Thomas Orlando – Chemistry and Biochemistry Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellowship
Pamela Pollet – CTL Geoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award
Pamela Pollet – ANAK Faculty Award
John Reynolds – ACS Cope Scholar
David Sherrill – CoS Faculty Mentor Award
2019
Vinayak Agarwal – Kavli Fellow
Jean-Luc Bredas – Humboldt Research Award
Will Gutekunst – Blanchard Assistant Professor Award
Nicholas Hud – American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Wilbur Lam – Sigma Xi Research Award, Best Faculty Paper
Raquel Lieberman – Vasser Woolley faculty fellowship
Amit Reddi – GT CTL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence
John Reynolds – Florida Award, ACS Florida Section
David Sherrill – ACS ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Community Involvement in National Chemistry Week
Loren Williams – Vasser Woolley Award for Excellence in Instruction
Ronghu Wu – CoS Cullen-Peck Faculty Scholar Award
Younan Xia – Sigma Xi Research Award, Sustained Research
2018
Vinayak Agarwal – Sloan Research Fellow
Mostafa El-Sayed – Charles Hatchett Award
Henry La Pierre – Chemistry and Biochemistry Blanchard Award
Raquel Lieberman – Faculty Award for Academic Outreach
Seth Marder – GT Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor
Adegboyega Oyelere – GT Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor - Senior Faculty
Amit Reddi – Bergmann Memorial Award
Joseph Sadighi – Chemistry and Biochemistry Vasser Woolley Award
Kimberly Schurmeier – GT Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advising Award
Jeff Skolnick – Sigma Xia Sustained Research
Matt Torres – CTL/BP Faculty Teaching Excellence
2017
William Baron – GT CETL Facuty Teaching Award
Kenneth Brown – Chemistry and Biochemistry Vasser Woolley Award
Raquel Lieberman – GT Sigma Xi Best Paper Award
Raquel Lieberman – CoS Faculty Mentor Award
Rigoberto Hernandez – CCR Diversity Award
Elsa Reichmanis – ACS Chemistry of Materials Award
John Reynolds – MRS Fellow
Gary Schuster – ACS Fellow
Gary Schuster – GT Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award
Amanda Stockton – Chemistry and Biochemistry Blanchard Award
Mary Peek – GT CETL Undergraduate Educator Award
Pamela Pollet – Vasser Woolley Award for Excellence in Instruction
Younan Xia – MRS Medal
Younan Xia – GT EVPR Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award
2016
William Baron – Vasser Woolley Award for Excellence in Instruction
Mostafa El-Sayed – ACS Priestley Medal
M. G. Finn – Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society
Rigoberto Hernandez – RSCA TREE Award
Yomi Oyelere – Chemistry and Biochemistry Vasser Woolley Award
Amit Reddi – Chemistry and Biochemistry Blanchard Award
2015
Pamela Peralta-Yahya – Chemistry and Biochemistry Blanchard Award
Wendy Kelly – Chemistry and Biochemistry Vasser Woolley Award
Stefan France – GT Senior Faculty Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor
Wendy Kelly – CoS Faculty Mentor Award
Amit Reddi – NSF CAREER Award
Rigoberto Hernandez – CCR Diversity Award
Facundo Fernandez – GT-CETL/Hesburgh Teaching Fellow Award
Ronghu Wu – NSF CAREER Award
Younan Xia – Innovation in Materials Chemistry Award
2014
Ronghu Wu – Chemistry and Biochemistry Blanchard Award
Christine Payne – Chemistry and Biochemistry Vasser Woolley Award
Stefan France – GT CETL Academic Outreach Award
Seth Marder – MRS Mid-Career Researcher Award
Rigoberto Hernandez – ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
2013
Angelo Bongiorno – Chemistry and Biochemistry Blanchard Award
Jean-Luc Bredas – David Adler Award of the American Physical Society in Materials Physics
Jean-Luc Bredas – Outstanding Faculty Leadership for the Development of Graduate Research Assistants
Stefan France – GT Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award
Nick Hud – GT Outstanding Achievement in Research Innovation
Raquel Lieberman – GT Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Mentor
Elsa Reichmanis – IUPAC Distinguished Woman in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award
Carrie Shepler – Class of 1934 Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award
Jake Soper – Chemistry and Biochemistry Vasser Woolley Award
Loren Williams – Georgia Tech Faculty Award for Academic Outreach
Loren Williams – Georgia Tech College of Science Faculty Mentor Award
Younan Xia – Nano Today Award
Younan Xia – ACS National Award in the Chemistry of Materials,
Younan Xia – MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience
2012
Bridgette Barry – GT, College of Sciences, Faculty Mentoring Award.
Jean-Luc Bredas – International Jean-Luc Bredas - Chair in Chemistry, International Solvay Institutes, Belgium.
Jean-Luc Bredas – Member the Georgia Research Alliance Board of Trustees.
Facundo Fernandez – Chemistry and Biochemistry Vasser Woolley Award
Stefan France – Chemistry and Biochemistry Blanchard Awardon
Julia Kubanek – Silverstein-Simeone Award of the International Society of Chemical Ecology
Julia Kubanek – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Paul Houston – Fellow, American Chemical Society
John Reynolds – ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science
Carrie Shepler – Class of 1934 Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award
Loren Williams – Petit Institute "Above and Beyond" Award
Loren Williams – SAIC Student Advisement Award
2011
Jean-Luc Bredas – Member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
Jean-Luc Bredas – Thomson-Reuters, top 100 Materials Scientists of the Decade
David Collard–- Georgia Tech Outstanding Professional Education Award
Robert Dickson – Georgia Tech Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award
Mostafa El-Sayed – Thomson-Reuters, #17 in listing of top Chemists of the Decade
Stefan France – NSF CAREER Award
Rigoberto Hernandez – Fellow, American Physical Society
Rigoberto Hernandez – Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellowship
Wendy Kelly – Chemistry and Biochemistry Blanchard Award
Carrie Shepler – Georgia Tech Class of 1940 W. Roane Beard Outstanding Teacher Award
Carrie Shepler – Freshman Advisory Board Freshman Professor of the Year
David Sherrill – Fellow, American Chemical Society
Seth Marder – Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society
Christine Payne – DARPA Young Faculty Award
Joseph Perry – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Younan Xia – Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
2010
William Baron – Georgia Tech College of Science Faculty Mentor Award
Bridgette Barry – Fellow, American Chemical Society
Facundo Fernandez – Ron A. Hites Award, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Rigoberto Hernandez – Fellow, American Chemical Society
Nicholas Hud – Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellowship
Julia Kubanek – Waernska Guest Professorship, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Raquel Lieberman – Pew Charitable Trusts Scholar Award
Raquel Lieberman – Blanchard Assistant Professor Fellowship
Carrie Shepler – Georgia Tech Best Freshman Professor Award
Carrie Shepler – Georgia Tech Outstanding Faculty Undergraduate Academic Advisor Award
David Sherrill – Fellow, American Physical Society
Robert Whetten – The Finland Distinguished Professor Award (FiDiPro)
Paul Wine – Fellow, American Chemical Society
2009
Jean-Luc Brédas – Inaugural Fellow, American Chemical Society
Jean-Luc Brédas – Charles H. Stone Award, American Chemical Society
Kenneth Brown – Blanchard Assistant Professor Fellowship
Mostafa El-Sayed – Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences
Mostafa El-Sayed – Glenn T. Seaborg Medal
Mostafa El-Sayed – Honorary Fellow, Chinese Chemical Society
Mostafa El-Sayed – Medal of the Egyptian Republic, First Class
Mostafa El-Sayed – Inaugural Fellow, American Chemical Society
Facundo Fernandez – CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
Christoph Fahrni – Chemistry and Biochemistry Vasser Woolley Award
Wendy Kelly – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award
Nils Kröger – NSF CAREER Award
Raquel Lieberman – Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert/American Federation for Aging Research, New Investigator Award in Alzheimer Disease
Raquel Lieberman – NSF CAREER Award
Seth Marder – Georgia Tech Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development
Christine Payne – NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Joseph Perry – Fellow, American Physical Society
Jake Soper – NSF CAREER Award
Jake Soper – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award
Younan Xia – Fellow, Materials Research Society (MRS)
2008
Bridgette Barry – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Jean-Luc Brédas – Fellow, Materials Research Society
Jean-Luc Brédas – Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
Facundo Fernandez – 3M Non Tenured Faculty Award
Nils Kröger – Cottrell Scholar Award
Raquel Lieberman – Glaucoma Research Foundation Shaffer Award for Innovative Glaucoma Research
Seth Marder – Selected Member, Department of Commerce Emerging Technologies and Research Advisory Committee
Seth Marder – Fellow, American Physical Society
Christine Payne - ACS PROGRESS/Dreyfus Lectureship
Arthur J. Ragauskas – Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Alternative Energy
David Sherrill – Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellow (2008-2010)
Robert Whetten – ADVANCE Distinguished Lecturer (Kansas State)
Yomi Oyelere – Blanchard Assistant Professor Fellowship
2007
Robert Dickson – Georgia Tech Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award
Mostafa El-Sayed – United States National Medal of Science in Chemistry
Mostafa El-Sayed – Georgia Tech Class of 1943 Distinguished Professor
Facundo Fernandez – NSF CAREER Award
Stefan France – FACES Career Initiation Grant
Jiri Janata – Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
Nils Kröger – Blanchard Assistant Professorship
Seth Marder – Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
Seth Marder – Fellow, SPIE
Christine Payne – NIH Research Scholar Development Award
Joseph Sadighi – EverettMoore Baker Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching (MIT)
Joseph Sadighi – Outstanding UROP Mentor Award (MIT)
2006
Gary Schuster - ACS Georgia Section Herty Medal
Facundo Fernandez – Blanchard Assistant Professorship
Facundo Fernandez – Professor Doctor Federico Luis Leloir Award, Special Mention, Buenos Aires University
Rigoberto Hernandez – Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship
Wendy Kelly – 2006 Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award
Raquel Lieberman – American Chemical Society Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry
Andrew Lyon – 2006 National Fresenius Award of Phi Lambda Upsilon
Andrew Lyon – Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellow
Joseph Perry – Fellow, Optical Society of America
David Sherrill – Class of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher
Laren Tolbert – Regents’ Professor
Marcus Weck – Camille & Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award
Marcus Weck – Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award
Marcus Weck – CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
Younan Xia – NIH Director's Pioneer Award, the National Institutes of Health.
2005
David Collard – Georgia Tech Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor
Charles Eckert – Clarence Gerhold Award in Separactions from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Facundo Fernandez – American Society of Mass Spectrometry Young Investigator Research Award
Julia Kubanek – Blanchard Assistant Professorship
Charles Liotta – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Charles Liotta – Malcolm Pruitt Award of the Council for Chemical Research
Seth Marder – Guest Professor, Shanghai Jiaotung University (2005-present)
Seth Marder – Guest Professor, Huazhang University of Science and Technology (2005-present)
Boris Mizaikoff – Pittcon Achievement Award; and GT Class of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities
Laren Tolbert – NSF Discovery Corps Fellow
Marcus Weck – DuPont Young Professor Award and Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Robert Whetten – 3éme Cyclé Lectureship (Switzerland)
Younan Xia – Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award, North Jersey Section of the ACS
2004
Facundo Fernandez – Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Award
Stefan France – National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Enginers (NOBCChE)/GlaxoSmithKline Lendon Pridgen Fellowship
Rigoberto Hernandez – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Julia Kubanek – PECASE Awardee
Charles Liotta and Charles Eckert – EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Award
Seth Marder – Fellow, Optical Society of America
Boris Mizaikoff – Outstanding Paper in Applied Spectroscopy
Arthur J. Ragauskas – TAPPI Fellow
Joseph Sadighi – NSF CAREER Award
Gary Schuster – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Marcus Weck – DuPont Young Faculty Awarduster
Marcus Weck – Blanchard Assistant Professorship
2003
Jean-Luc Brédas – Inclusion in 2003 list of the ISI Highly Cited Researchers for Chemistry;
Jean-Luc Brédas – Fellow, Optical Society of America
Jean-Luc Brédas – Honorary Professor, Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Jean-Luc Brédas – Descartes Prize of the European Commission
Paul Houston – Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Nicholas Hud – Sigma Xi Best Paper Award
Jiri Janata – SEAM (Search for Electro-active Materials) 2003 Award
Andrew Lyon – Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Andrew Lyon – Blanchard Assistant Professor
Seth Marder – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Boris Mizaikoff – Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award
Thomas Orlando – Fellow, American Associate for the Advancement of Science
Arthur Ragauskas – Fellow, International Academy of Wood Science
Laren Tolbert – Mercator Fellowship, German Research Society;
Laren Tolbert – Georgia Tech Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development
Marcus Weck – NSF CAREER Award
2002
Robert Dickson – Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
Mostafa El-Sayed – Outstanding Research Author at Georgia Tech
Rigoberto Hernandez – Goizueta Junior Faculty Rotating Chair
Paul Houston – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Jiri (Art) Janata – Honorary Foreign Member to the Learned Society of the Czech Republic
Andrew Lyon – Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship
Seth Marder – Guest Professor, Wuhan University, Wuhan China (2002-present)
Thomas Orlando – Fellow of American Physical Society
David Sherrill – Blanchard Assistant Professor
Marcus Weck – 3M Young Faculty Fellowship and ORAU Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
John Zhang – Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship
Younan Xia – Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award
2001
Ken Brown – Graduate Fellow, Kavil Institute for Theoretical Physics
Robert Dickson – Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and Blanchard Assistant Professor
Donald Doyle – Research Innovation Award from the Research Corporation
Mostafa El-Sayed – Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics;
Mostafa El-Sayed – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Paul Houston – Herbert P. Broida Prize of the American Physical Society
Nicholas Hud – Research Innovation Award from the Research Corporation
Jiri Janata – Honorary Member, Czech Learned Society
Julia Kubanek – NSF CAREER Award
Laren Tolbert – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
John Zhang – PECASE Award
John Zhang – DOE Defense Programs Early Career Scientist and Engineer Award
2000
Mostafa El-Sayed – Northeastern Section ACS Award Richards Medal
Mostafa El-Sayed – Georgia Tech Regents’ Professor
Mostafa El-Sayed – Fellow, American Physical Society
Rigoberto Hernandez – Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, and Sigma Xi Southeast Regional Young Investigator
Andrew Lyon – Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award
James C. Powers – ACS Georgia Section Herty Medal
David Sherrill – NSF CAREER Award
John Zhang – ExxonMobil ACS Award in Solid State Chemistry
Younan Xia – Fellow in Science and Engineering, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Younan Xia – Research Fellow, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundationia
Suzanne Shuker – Blanchard Assistant Professorship
1999
Robert Dickson – NSF CAREER Award and Research Corporation Research Innovation Award
Mostafa El-Sayed – ACS Florida Section Award
Rigoberto Hernandez – Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar, Blanchard Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Andrew Lyon – NSF CAREER Award and Research Corporation Research Innovation Award
James C. Powers – Georgia Tech Distinguished Professor
David Sherrill – Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award
John Zhang – Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award
John Zhang – Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award
Younan Xia – NSF CAREER Award
Younan Xia – Victor K. LaMer Award, the American Chemical Society
1998
Ken Brown – John and Fannie Hertz Fellow (1998-2003)
Jean-Luc Brédas – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Thomas Orlando – NIH Young Investigator Award
Will Rees – Alexander von Humboldt Prize and Fellow, American Institute of Chemists and Fellow - Royal Society of Chemistry
Gary Schuster – Chancellor's Award, University System of Georgia
Robert Whetten – Alexander von Humboldt Prize
John Zhang – NSF CAREER Award
1997
David Collard – W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teaching Award
Charles Eckert – Georgia Tech Distinguished Professor
Mostafa El-Sayed – Doctor Honoris Causa, Hebrew University
Rigoberto Hernandez – NSF CAREER Award
Seth Marder – NSF Special Creativity Award
Thomas Orlando – NATO Collaborative Research Fellowship andVisiting Professor CNR/University of Rome, La Sapienza (1997-2000)
Joseph Perry – NSF Special Creativity Award
Joseph Perry – Senior Research Scientist Award, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
John Zhang – ORAU Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
Younan Xia – New Faculty Award, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
1996
Jiri Janata – Outstanding Achievement Award, Electrochemical Society
Jiri Janata – Appointed Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Angus Wilkinson – NSF CAREER Award
Angus Wilkinson – Sigma Xi Award for Outstanding Research by a Junior Faculty Member
Paul Wine – Sigma Xi Award for Senior Faculty Best Paper
1995
Seth Marder – 3M Lecturer in Materials Science, University of British Columbia
Jean-Luc Brédas – Associate Member, Royal Academy of Belgium
Jean-Luc Brédas – Fellow, American Physical Society
Leon Zalkow - ACS Georgia Section Herty Medal
Robert Whetten – Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award
1992
Joseph Perry – NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement
1990
Mostafa El-Sayed – King Faisal International Prize in the Sciences (Chemistry)
Jiri Janata – Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
Robert Whetten – H. N. McCoy Research Award (UCLA)
Robert Whetten – Glenn T. Seaborg Research Award (UCLA)
1989
Paul Houston – Fellow, American Physical Society
Joseph Perry – Director’s Research Achievement Award, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1988
Robert Whetten – Packard Foundation Fellowship
Robert Whetten – Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship
1987
Jiri Janata – Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Prize
Robert Whetten – Presidential Young Investigator Award (NSF)
Paul Wine – GTRI Award for Outstanding Performance in Research
1986
Mostafa El-Sayed – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Paul Houston – J. Simon Guggenheim Fellow
1985
Robert Whetten – Dreyfus Distinguished New Faculty Award
Robert Whetten – Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education (ACS)
1984
Mostafa El-Sayed – Member, Third World Academy of Sciences
Eugene Ashby - ACS Georgia Section Herty Medal
1983
Laren Tolbert – Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
1982
Mostafa El-Sayed – Alexander von Humboldt Senior Fellow
1980
Mostafa El-Sayed – Member, United States National Academy of Sciences
Paul Houston – Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
1979
Paul Houston – Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
1971
Laren Tolbert – National Science Foundation Fellow
Laren Tolbert – Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fellow
1967
Mostafa El-Sayed – Fresenius National Award in Pure and Applied Chemistry
Mostafa El-Sayed – Guggenheim Foundation Fellow (1967-68)
1965
Mostafa El-Sayed – Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1965-71)
1963
Jack Hine – ACS Georgia Section Herty Medal
