Winners of the 2025 IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists
Abstract
This prestigious award recognizes the best Ph.D. theses in the chemical sciences, as described in 1000-word essays.
Each of the five winners, representing diverse research fields and regions, will receive a cash prize of USD 1000 and travel support to the 2025 IUPAC Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—14-19 July 2025—Winners will present a poster at the Congress and submit a short critical review on their research for publication in Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Selen Ayaz (Türkiye) Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Türkiye “Development and biotechnological applications of optical and electrochemical sensors/biosensors based on bis-neocuproin copper (II) complex” https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0320-3551
Selen Ayaz
Sahel Fajal (India) – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India “Advanced functional porous materials and their hybrid composites for energy-efficient chemical separation application” https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0546-3018
Sahel Fajal
Maggie Horst (USA) – Stanford University, USA “Structure-reactivity relationships in cyclobutane-containing polymers for understanding force-induced reactivity” https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9794-5355mechanophore.github.io
Maggie Horst
Muhammad Muddasar (Pakistan) – University of Limerick, Ireland “Lignin-derived materials for energy harvesting and storage devices” https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7923-4499
Muhammad Muddasar
Jiarui Yang (China) – Tsinghua University, China “From single-atom catalysts to organo-electrocatalysts: the new alternatives for electrocatalysts” https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8238-7699
Jiarui Yang
This year’s competition received 49 applications from Ph.D. graduates across 18 countries. The award selection committee was chaired by Javier García Martínez, IUPAC Past President. The awards will be formally presented at the Opening Ceremony of the 2025 IUPAC Congress, where winners of both the 2024 and 2025 competitions will be honored.
Honorable Mentions
In recognition of the high-quality submissions, the selection committee also awarded Honorable Mentions to four outstanding candidates:
Kangjie Bian (China) – Rice University, USA
Yahao Dai (China) – University of Chicago, USA
Mark Robertson (USA) – University of Southern Mississippi, USA
Yunyan Sun (China) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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