Awards – MIT Department of Chemistry

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Fifteen Chemistry Students Receive NSF Fellowships

Honorees chosen from close to 12,000 applicants represent a diverse group of scientific disciplines from all U.S. states, commonwealths, and territories.

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Four Chemistry Seniors Elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society.

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Kiessling Awarded 2019 Centenary Prize

The Centenary Prize is awarded annually by the Royal Society of Chemistry to outstanding chemists who are also exceptional communicators.

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School of Science announces 2019 Infinite Mile Awards

Ten staff members in the School of Science are recognized for going above and beyond their job descriptions to support a better Institute.

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Carly Ziegler wins Koch Institute Image Award

The Koch Institute Image Awards seek to recognize the extraordinary visuals that are produced through life sciences and biomedical research at MIT.

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Bose grants for 2018 fund research at the frontier of discovery

The prestigious awards are supporting five innovative projects that challenge established norms and have the potential to be world-changing.

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Buchwald awarded 2019 Wolf Prize for Chemistry

Professor Stephen L. Buchwald shares this significant honor with Professor John Hartwig of University of California, Berkeley.

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School of Science honors postdocs and research staff with 2018 Infinite Kilometer Awards

Five winners, including Chemistry Postdoc Matthew Golder, are recognized for their outstanding contributions to colleagues, the school, and the Institute.

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Buchwald named the recipient of the 2018 Karl Wamsler Innovation Award

This award, presented by the Technical University of Munich and Clariant Specialty Chemicals, is given in recognition of excellence in the field of catalysis.

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Seventeen Graduate Students honored at the 2017-2018 Teaching Assistant Awards Ceremony

These awards are given annually in recognition of students' outstanding contributions to teaching.

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Stephen L. Buchwald wins Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry

This prestigious prize is awarded annually for creativity in organic chemistry or bioorganic and medicinal chemistry.

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3 MIT Chemistry Faculty ACS National Awards

Three Chemistry Faculty Receive ACS National Awards

Professors Stephen L. Buchwald, Jeremiah A. Johnson, and Timothy M. Swager have been named recipients of awards given by the American Chemical Society for 2019.

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Surendranath named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar

Professor Yogesh Surendranath is one of 12 early career researchers to receive a prestigious two‐year term with $100,000 in research support.

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