Faculty
Awards
One measure of the quality of our faculty is the large number of competitive awards and honors they have earned. Seven are members of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1998, Professor John A. Pople was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Numerous other awards and positions are detailed in the faculty's biographical data. Northwestern consistently ranks among the top 10 U.S. institutions for Chemistry publication citations.
Franz Geiger, Associate Professor
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow 2007-2009
Dow Chemical Company Professorship 2006-2008
2004 CAREER Award (National Science Foundation)
Joseph Hupp, Morrison Professor and Chair
IAPS Award of the Inter-American Photochemical Society 2007
David C. Grahame Award, Electrochemical Society, 2007
Brian M. Hoffman, Professor
2006 Elected to National Academy of Sciences Member, NAS-NRC Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
Career Development Award, National Institutes of Health
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Chair, NIH-BMT Study Section
Chair, Bioinorganic Subdivision, American Chemical Society
Bruker Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry
James A. Ibers, Professor
Member National Academy of Sciences
American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry, 1979
Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 1981-1982
Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1984
Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1991
ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry, 1992
Linus Pauling Medal, sponsored by the Puget Sound, Oregon, and Portland Sections of the American Chemical Society, 1994
California Institute of Technology Distinguished Alumni Award, 1997
Luigi Sacconi Medal, Italian Chemical Society, 1999
Bailar Medal, University of Illinois, 1999
Martin J. Buerger Award, American Crystallographic Association, 2002
Mercouri Kanatzidis, Professor
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor, Northwestern University 2006
Morley Medal, American Chemical Society, Cleveland Section, 2003
Alexander von Humboldt Prize, 2003
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow 2002
University Distinguished Professor MSU 2001
Sigma Xi 2000 Senior Meritorious Faculty Award
Michigan State University Distinguished Faculty Award 1998
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar 1993-1998
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow 1991-1993
Beckman Young Investigator, 1992-1994
ACS Inorganic Chemistry Division Award: EXXON Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry, 1990
Presidential Young Investigator Award. National Science Foundation, 1989-1994
Joseph B. Lambert, Professor
Sidney M. Edelstein Award for Outstanding Achievements in the History of Chemistry (History of Chemistry Section, American Chemical Society) - 2004
Carol and Harry Mosher Award (Santa Clara Valley Section, American Chemical Society) - 2003
Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, 1999-2002
Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry (American Chemical Society), 1998
National Catalyst Award (Chemical Manufacturers Association), 1993
Fryxell Award in Scientific Archaeology (Society for American Archaeology), 1989
James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry (American Chemical Society), 1987
President, Society for Archaeological Sciences, 1986-1987
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1981
National Fresenius Award (Phi Lambda Upsilon), 1976
Guggenheim Fellow, 1973
Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1968-1970
Frederick D. Lewis, Professor
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar
AAAS Fellow
2003 Award in Photochemistry from the Inter-American Photochemical Society
2004 Northwestern Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award
2005 Cope Senior Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society
Tobin J. Marks, Ipatieff Professor
2005 National Medal of Science, National Academy of Science Member
Member, AAAS
Guggenheim Fellow Member
2002 American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal
2002 Bigeleisen Lecturer, SUNY Stony Brook
2003 Sir Edward Frankland Medal (Royal Society of Chemistry)
2003 A.D. Little Lecturer, MIT
2003 H.B. Jonassen Lecturer, Tulane
2003 Walton Lecturer, Purdue
2003 Milkovich Lecturer, U. of Akron
2003 Evans Medal of the Ohio State University
2003 Karl Ziegler Medal of the German Chemical Society
2001 Willard Gibbs Medal, ACS Chicago Section
2001 Linus Pauling Medal, Pacific Northwest ACS Sections
2000 Cotton Medal, ACS Texas A&M Section
Thomas J. Meade, Eileen M. Foell Professor
2002 Neuroscience Award Lecture, Society for Neuro-Oncology
2003 Elkin Distinguished Investigators Cancer Lecturer, Emory University
2004 FMC Award - Princeton University
2005 Chair Committee- Imaging in 2020 IV
2005 Elected President – Society of Molecular Imaging - Membership > 1,000
2005 Eileen Foell Chair in Cancer Research, Northwestern University
Chad Mirkin, Rathmann Professor
2008 ACS Inorganic Nanoscience Award
Top 10 Most Cited Chemists in the World
2007 iCON Innovator of the Year award
2007 Elected Alumni Fellow, Pennsylvania State University
2003 Small Times Magazine Best of Small Tech Researcher Award Finalist
2003 Metzger-Conway Fellowship, Dickinson College
2004 Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry
2004 Collegiate Inventors Award, National Inventors Hall of Fame
2004 NIH Director's Pioneer Award
SonBinh T. Nguyen, Professor
2005 Appointed McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence
2005 CAURS Award for Outstanding Support of Undergraduate Research
2005 ASG Faculty/Administrator Honor Roll
2004 Appointed Dow Research Professor
2004 ASG Faculty/Administrator Honor Roll
2003 Weinberg Award for Distinguished Teaching
2003 ASG Faculty/Administrator Honor Roll
Teri W. Odom, Associate Professor
2002 Research Innovation Award (Research Corporation)
2003 Victor K. LaMer Award (American Chemical Society)
2003 David and Lucille Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
2004 CAREER Award (National Science Foundation)
Kenneth Poeppelmeier, Dow Professor
Visiting appointment at the Institut Universitaire de France
John Pople, Board of Trustees Professor
Named a KBE (Knight of the British Empire) for his contributions to chemistry.
1998 Noble Prize for Chemisty
Mark A. Ratner, Dumas Professor
2007 First Dumas Professorship at Northwestern University
2003 Member National Academy of Sciences
2003 Elected to International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
2003 MDC Lecturer, Georgia Tech
2003 Vice-Chair, Chemical Physics Division, American Physical Society
2004 Williams Lecturer, Kodak Labs
2004 Matsen Lecturer, University of Texas
2004 CMI Lecturer, UCLA
2004 Director's Lecturer, NIST, Gaithersurg
2004 Koshland Lecturer, Haverford College
2004 Frost Lecturer, Queens University, Canada
2004 Michl Lecturer, University of Colorado
2004 Elected foreign member of Royal Danish Academy of Sciences
2004 Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics (American Chemical Society)
Amy Rosenzweig, Professor
2003 MacArthur Fellowship (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)
Karl Scheidt, Assistant Professor
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow 2007-2009
AstraZeneca Award for Escellence in Chemistry 2007
Novartis Chemistry Lecturer Award 2007
2003 CAREER Award (National Science Foundation)
2006 Boehringer-Ingelheim New Investigator in Organic Chemistry
Tamar Seideman, Professor
Weston Visiting Professorship
Weizmann Institute of Science 2007
2003 Fellow, American Physical Society
2003 NATO EV Award
2003 Alexander von Humboldt Award for Senior Scientists
2004 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Visiting appointment at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Richard B. Silverman, John Evans Professor
2003 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (American Chemical Society)
2004 John Evans Professor of Chemistry (effective September 1, 2004)
Peter C. Stair, Professor
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists
Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, Board of Trustees Professor
Knighthood was conferred upon Fraser Stoddart by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom for his work in nanotechnology
King Faisal International Prize, 2007
Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry
The American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Award for 2008
Richard Feynmann Prize for Nanotechnology 2007
Albert Einstein World Award in Science 2007
Samuel I. Stupp, Board of Trustees Professor
2002 Chair Paris-Sciences, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles
2002 Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology about the review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative
2003 Fellow, World Technology Network
2004 The Merck-Karl Pfister Visiting Professorship in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2004 Fellow, Biomaterials of Science and Engineering, World Biomaterials Congress
Richard P. Van Duyne, Morrison Professor
2008 Ellis R. Lippincott Award of the Optical Society America
National Science Foundation Creativity Extension Award 2007
2006 L'Oreal Art and Science of Color Prize
2003 Frontiers in Chemistry Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University
2004 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy (American Physical Society)
2004 Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2005 Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry (American Chemistry Society)
Michael R. Wasielewski, Professor
2008 Porter Medal for outstanding contributions to the understanding of photochemical processes in chemistry, biology and materials science
2004 I-APS Photochemistry Award
2006 James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry (American Chemical Society)
Eric Weitz, Professor
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
DuPont Young Faculty Fellow
Fellow, American Physical Society
