Reticular Science Prize

Chair of the Selection Committee

Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor
Department of Chemistry, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering,
James Franck Institute, University of Chicago.

Prof. Laura Gagliardi is the Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor at the University of Chicago. She is known for her work on the development of electronic structure methods and their use for understanding complex chemical systems. Her numerous honors include the Pauling Medal, Peter Debye Award, Humboldt Research Award, and fellowships in the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She also serves as editor in chief of the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation.

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Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professorship in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego.

Prof. Seth Cohen is a Distinguished Professor and Chancellor’s Distinguished Chair in Chemistry & Chemical Biology at UC San Diego, and a former Program Manager at DARPA.
Among his honors are the NSF CAREER Award, ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, the Hillebrand Award, and the Cottrell, TREE, and IMPACT Awards from the RCSA.  He is also a named fellow of the ACS, RSC, and AAAS. His research spans both bioinorganic and materials chemistry, including metal‑organic frameworks.

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Professor of Materials Chemistry, Associate Head of Department (Research), Oxford University.

Prof. Andrew Goodwin is Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of Oxford, where he leads a creative research group focused on structural disorder and flexibility in functional materials. His work has earned major honors including the RSC’s Harrison-Meldola, Marlow, Corday-Morgan, and Peter Day prizes, as well as the inaugural UK Blavatnik Award in Chemistry. His group pioneers advanced scattering techniques and designs novel disordered materials with applications in energy, sensing, and data storage. 

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Full Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

Prof. Lars Öhrström is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg and Director of Graduate Studies in Chemistry. His work centers on the synthesis and mechanistic understanding of Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs). He has played key roles in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and serves on Sweden’s National Committee for Chemistry. Lars is also a prolific author of major books on MOFs and received the Gunnar Starck medal from the Swedish Chemical Society. 

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Professor of Chemistry, Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and Energy, University of Hong Kong.

Prof. Vivian Wing-Wah Yam is the Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and Energy at The University of Hong Kong, recognized internationally as a leader in chemistry and energy research. She is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, and a Foreign Member of Academia Europaea. Yam’s work spans molecular functional materials and photochemistry. She has been honored with the Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Medal among many other accolades. 

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