Share price 12/14/2018 5:35 pm (CET) 89.16 € -1.2 € Contact us Country sites The group Innovation Solvay Prize Solvay Prize for the Chemistry of the Future The Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize rewards a major scientific discovery likely to help build the chemistry of tomorrow while promoting human progress. The prize, created in 2013, perpetuates the support given to scientific research by Ernest Solvay, founder of the Solvay Group. Its objective is to support fundamental research and underline the essential role of chemistry both as a scientific discipline and as an industrial activity capable of providing solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world of 'today. This prize, together with an endowment of € 300,000, is awarded every two years. The Solvay Prize for the Chemistry of the Future was awarded in 2013 to Professor Peter G. Schultz and in 2015 to Professor Ben Feringa who subsequently won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In 2017, it was awarded to Professor Susumu Kitagawa for his research on molecular architecture. SELECTION PROCEDURE It is a two step process. Independent nominators propose candidates whose work in the field of chemistry (biochemistry, materials science, soft matter, biophysics, chemical engineering) will help build the chemistry of the future. The nominators are on the one hand eminent personalities from prestigious scientific institutions such as the Advisory Committee and the Scientific Committee for Chemistry of the International Institutes of Solvay, on the other hand the former winners of the Rhodia Pierre Gilles de Gennes Prize as well as guests of the Solvay Chemistry Conferences and other distinguished personalities. Among the candidates proposed by the nominators, the jury selects the winner of the Solvay Prize for the Chemistry of the Future. THE JURY The international jury selects the winner of the Solvay Prize for the Chemistry of the Future from among the nominated candidates. It is made up of the following people: Hakan Wennerström , President of the Jury, is Professor of Theoretical and Physical Chemistry at Lund University, Sweden. He is former president of the jury for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Paul Chaikin , Professor of Physical Sciences at New York University, USA, specializes in solid state physics, especially soft matter. Christopher Dobson , Professor of Chemistry and Structural Biology "John Humphrey Plummer" at the University of Cambridge, Principal Director of St John's College, UK, is an expert in folding and abnormal folding of proteins. Gerhard Ertl, Professeur émérite au Département de chimie et physique du Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft à Berlin, Allemagne, a remporté le Prix Nobel de Chimie pour ses études sur les processus chimiques sur surfaces solides. Jean-Marie Lehn, Professeur à l'Institut d’Études Avancées de l’Université de Strasbourg et Professeur émérite au Collège de France à Paris. Jean-Marie Lehn, a reçu le Prix Nobel de chimie pour avoir joué un rôle fondateur dans le domaine de la chimie supramoléculaire. Peter G. Schultz, Professeur au Scripps Research Institute en Californie, États-Unis et directeur de l'Institut californien de recherche biomédicale. Il a été le lauréat de la première édition du Prix Solvay pour la Chimie du Futur. Paul Baekelmans , Scientific Advisor for the Solvay Group, is Professor Emeritus at Université Libre de Bruxelles. He chairs the National Chemistry Council of the Belgian Academy of Sciences. Patrick Maestro, Member of the Academy of Technologies in France, Scientific Director of Solvay, was at the origin of the creation of several joint teams between Solvay, the CNRS and universities around the world. The 2017 Laureate The Solvay Prize for the Chemistry of the Future 2017 is awarded to Professor Susumu Kitagawa for his research on metallo-organic molecular networks, a new category of materials. His work opens the way to a whole series of potential applications, in particular the capture of polluting gases. Read the press release The 2015 Laureate The 2015 Solvay Prize for the Chemistry of the Future was awarded to Dutch Professor Ben Feringa for his research on unidirectional molecular motors. His work paves the way for new applications based on nanorobots in the medical and technological field. To know more The 2013 Laureate The 2013 Solvay Prize for the Chemistry of the Future was awarded to Professor Peter G. Schultz for his work in the fields of chemistry and the life sciences. Read the press release FOLLOW US ON Cours de l'action 14/12/2018 17:35 (CET) 89.16 € -1.2 € Contacts Private life legal information Terms of Sales Sitemap © Solvay 2018 This website uses cookies to improve your user experience (optimizing the functionality of the site, sharing content on social networks and collecting statistics). By continuing to browse our site, you agree to the use of these cookies. Accept options