Advancing the fields of spectrochemical analysis and optical spectrometry in one or more of the following:
Conceptualization and development of unique instrumentation that has made a significant impact on the field.
Development of novel and important instrumentation.
Elucidation of fundamental events or processes important to the field.
Authorship of important research papers and/or books that have had an influential role in the development of the field. role in the use of chemical instrumentation.
This Award consists of a plaque and $2500. The latter may be used to help defray travel expenses associated with the recipient’s participation in the Division’s award ceremony (typically held at the ACS Fall National Meeting each year) which are not covered separately by the Division.
Previous Award Winners (Spectrochemical Analysis)
1987: James D. Winefordner | 1997: Paul Bohn | 2007: Robert Corn | 2017: Zhong-Qun Tian |
1988: Velmer A. Fassel | 1998: David L. Allara | 2008: Isiah M. Warner | 2018: Weihong Tan |
1989: Gary M. Hieftje | 1999: D. Bruce Chase | 2009: John W. Olesik | 2019: Joel Harris |
1990: P. W. J. Boumans | 2000: Joseph A. Caruso | 2010: Stephen Cramer | |
1991: John C. Wright | 2001: M. Bonner Denton | 2011: Tuan Vo-Dinh | |
1992: Jean Michel Mermet | 2002: Geri Richmond | 2012: R. Samuel Houk | |
1993: Richard Keller | 2003: Norman J. Dovichi | 2013: David Walt | |
1994: Sanford Asher | 2004: (no award given) | 2014: Tim Harris | |
1995: Michael Morris | 2005: Raoul Kopelman | 2015: Frank V. Bright | |
1996: Gary Horlick | 2006: Mary Wirth | 2016: Richard Russo |