Peter Debye Award
Encyclopedia
The Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry is awarded annually by the American Chemical Society
to encourage and reward outstanding research in Physical Chemistry
. The award is granted without regard to age or nationality.
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 161,000 members at all degree-levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical...
to encourage and reward outstanding research in Physical Chemistry
Physical chemistry
Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical laws and concepts...
. The award is granted without regard to age or nationality.
Past recipients
- 2011 Louis E. BrusLouis E. BrusLouis E. Brus is a professor of chemistry at Columbia University. He is the discoverer of the colloidal semi-conductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots. He is co-recipient of the 2006 R. W. Wood prize of the Optical Society of America and of the inaugural Kavli Prize for nanoscience in 2008...
- 2010 George Schatz
- 2009 Richard J. SaykallyRichard J. SaykallyRichard J. Saykally is an American chemist. He is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He has received numerous awards and accolades for advanced research on the molecular characteristics of water.-Career:...
- 2008 Michael L. KleinMichael L. KleinMichael Lawrence Klein is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Science and Director of the in the College of Science and Technology at Temple University. He was previously the Hepburn Professor of Physical Science in the Center for Molecular Modeling at the University of Pennsylvania.Klein obtained a B.Sc...
- 2007 John T. Yates, Jr.John Yates (chemist)John T. Yates Jr. is one of the world’s leading investigators in the field of surface chemistry and physics, including both the structure and spectroscopy of atoms and molecules on surfaces, the dynamics of surface processes and the development of new methods for research in surface chemistry.He...
- 2006 Donald G. Truhlar
- 2005 Stephen R. Leone
- 2004 W. Carl Lineberger
- 2003 William H. Miller
- 2002 Giacinto ScolesGiacinto ScolesGiacinto Scoles is a European and North American chemist and physicist who is best-known for his pioneering development of molecular beam methods for the study of weak van der Waals forces between atoms, molecules, and surfaces...
- 2001 John RossJohn Ross (chemist)John Ross is Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Stanford University.-Education and career:B.S., 1948, Queens College; Ph.D., 1951, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Honors and awards:...
- 2000 Peter G. Wolynes
- 1999 Jesse L. BeauchampJesse L. BeauchampJesse L. Beauchamp is the Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology.- Early life and education :* 1964 B.S. California Institute of Technology* 1967 Ph.D. Harvard University- Awards :...
- 1998 Graham R. Fleming
- 1997 Robin M. Hochstrasser
- 1996 Ahmed ZewailAhmed ZewailAhmed Hassan Zewail is an Egyptian-American scientist who won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry. He is the Linus Pauling Chair Professor Chemistry and Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology.- Birth and education :Ahmed Zewail was born on...
- 1995 John C. Tully
- 1994 William A. Klemperer
- 1993 F. Sherwood Rowland
- 1992 Frank H. Stillinger
- 1991 Richard N. Zare
- 1990 Harden M. McConnellHarden M. McConnellHarden M. McConnell is an American physical chemist at Stanford University.-Birth and education:Harden M. McConnell was born on July 18, 1927 in Richmond, Virginia. He completed his Bachelor of Science from George Washington University in 1947 and his PhD from the California Institute of...
- 1989 Gabor A. SomorjaiGabor A. SomorjaiGabor A. Somorjai is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and is a leading researcher in the field of surface chemistry and catalysis...
- 1988 Rudolph A. MarcusRudolph A. MarcusRudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus is a Canadian-born chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of electron transfer. Marcus theory, named after him, provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electron outer-sphere electron transfer.He was born in...
- 1987 Harry G. Drickamer
- 1986 Yuan T. LeeYuan T. LeeYuan Tseh Lee, Ph.D. is a chemist. He was the first Taiwanese Nobel Prize laureate, who, along with the Hungarian-Canadian John C. Polanyi and American Dudley R. Herschbach won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 "for their contributions to the dynamics of chemical elementary processes"...
- 1985 Stuart A. RiceStuart A. RiceStuart Alan Rice is an American theoretical chemist and physical chemist. He is well-known as a theoretical chemist who also does experimental research, having spent much of his career working in multiple areas of physical chemistry. He is currently the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service...
- 1984 B. S. Rabinovitch
- 1983 George C. PimentelGeorge C. PimentelGeorge Claude Pimentel was the inventor of the chemical laser. He also developed the modern technique of matrix isolation in low-temperature chemistry. In theoretical chemistry, he proposed the three-centre four-electron bond which is now accepted as the best simple model of hypervalent...
- 1982 Peter M. Rentzepis
- 1981 Richard B. BernsteinRichard B. BernsteinRichard B. Bernstein is a constitutional historian, and a distinguished adjunct professor of law at New York Law School.-Life:...
- 1976 Robert W. Zwanzig
- 1975 Herbert S. GutowskyHerbert S. GutowskyHerbert S. Gutowsky was an American chemist who was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His pioneering work made nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy one of the most effective tools in chemical and medical research.- Birth and education :Herbert S...
- 1974 Walter H. StockmayerWalter H. StockmayerWalter Hugo Stockmayer was an internationally known chemist and university teacher. A former member of the National Academy of Sciences, he was recognized as one of the twentieth century pioneers of polymer science...
- 1973 William N. Lipscomb, Jr.
- 1972 Clyde A. Hutchison, Jr.
- 1971 Norman Davidson
- 1970 Oscar K. Rice
- 1969 Paul J. Flory
- 1968 George B. Kistiakowsky
- 1967 Joseph E. Mayer
- 1966 Joseph O. Hirschfelder
- 1965 Lars OnsagerLars OnsagerLars Onsager was a Norwegian-born American physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University....
- 1964 Henry EyringHenry EyringHenry Eyring was a Mexican-born American theoretical chemist whose primary contribution was in the study of chemical reaction rates and intermediates....
- 1963 Robert S. MullikenRobert S. MullikenRobert Sanderson Mulliken was an American physicist and chemist, primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital theory, i.e. the elaboration of the molecular orbital method of computing the structure of molecules. Dr. Mulliken received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1966...
- 1962 E. Bright Wilson, Jr.