Charles Rees Award Explained

Charles Rees Award
Awarded For:	To reward excellence in the field of heterocyclic chemistry
Sponsor:	Royal Society of Chemistry
Reward:	£2000

The Charles Rees Award is granted by the Royal Society of Chemistry to "reward excellence in the field of heterocyclic chemistry". It was established in 2008 and is awarded biennially. The winner receives £2000, a medal and a certificate, and delivers a lecture at the Lakeland Symposium, Grasmere, UK. Winners are chosen by the Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group, overseen by the Organic Division Awards Committee.^[1]

Previous winners

Source: Royal Society of Chemistry

• 2020 - David Procter^[2]
• 2018 – Andrew Smith, University of St Andrews, " for the development of organocatalysis methodology to synthesise new heterocyclic ring systems"
• 2016 –, University of Strathclyde, "for his highly innovative studies on the preparation, properties and applications of very reactive heterocycles" ^[3]
• 2014 –, University of Oxford, "for his multiple contributions to modern heterocyclic chemistry".^{[4] [5]}
• 2012 –, University of Nottingham, "in recognition of his numerous outstanding contributions to heterocyclic chemistry, including the synthesis of a variety of heterocycles of biological interest, over a period of many years".^{[6] [7]}
• 2010 – Anthony Barrett, Imperial College London, "in recognition of his outstanding contributions to synthetic and heterocyclic chemistry ranging from the total synthesis of complex natural products to the synthesis of multimetallic porphyrazine arrays."^[8]

See also

• List of chemistry awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charles Rees Award. Royal Society of Chemistry. 10 June 2015.
2. Web site: Charles Rees Award .
3. Web site: Charles Rees Award 2016 Winner. Royal Society of Chemistry. 19 May 2018.
4. Web site: Charles Rees Award 2014 Winner. Royal Society of Chemistry.
5. Web site: Professor T. J. Donohoe. Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford. 2015-06-10. 2010-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20101115051253/http://research.chem.ox.ac.uk/timothy-donohoe.aspx. dead.
6. Web site: Charles Rees Award 2012 Winner. Royal Society of Chemistry.
7. Web site: Biography of Professor Christopher J. Moody. University of Nottingham.
8. Web site: Charles Rees Award 2010 Winner. Royal Society of Chemistry.