2017
Shane Ardo 2017 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Shane Ardo 2017 Cottrell Scholar (Research Corporation)
Kieron Burke Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
Kieron Burke 2017 RSC Bourke Award
Robert Corn 2017 ACS Divsion of Analytical Chemistry Chemical Instrumentation Award
William Evans 2017 RSC Centenary Prize
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts 2017 ACS Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts 2016-2017 UCI Distinguished Faculty Award for Research
John Hemminger DOE Secretary's Appreciation Award
Elizabeth Jarvo UCI Chancellor's Fellow
Matt Law UC Multicampus-National Lab Collaborative Research & Training Grant
Renee Link UCI Professor of the Year
Harold Moore 2017 UCI Daniel G. Aldrich Jr. Distinguished University Service Award
Shaul Mukamel 2017 OSA William F. Meggers Award
Markus Ribbe 2016-2017 UCI Distinguished Mid-Career Award for Research
Kenneth Shea Inaugural POP Grant from UCI Innovation
Manabu Shiraiwa NSF Career Proposal Award
Doug Tobias 2017 RSC Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award
Chris Vanderwal 2017 ACS Arthur C. Cope Mid-Career Scholar Award
Chris Vanderwal A.R. Katritsky Junior Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry
Jenny Yang 2017 DOE Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE)
2016
Shane Ardo Moore Inaugural Inventor Fellow Award
Shane Ardo Beall Innovation Award
Kieron Burke Chancellor's Professor of Chemistry
Vy Dong 2016 Iota Sigma Pi Agnes Fay Morgan Award
Aaron Esser-Kahn 2016 ICTS Junior Investigator of the Year Award
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts 2016 Iota Sigma Pi National Honorary Member
Benny Gerber Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Alon Gorodetsky 2016 NSF Presidential Early Career Award
Zhibin Guan 2016 JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan
John Hemminger Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Amanda Holton 2016 UCI Lecturer of the Year (Celebration of Teaching)
Amanda Holton 2016 Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education
Shaul Mukamel 2016 ABB Bomem-Michelson Award
Sergey Nizkorodov 2016 Fulbright Scholar Award (U East Finland)
James Nowick 2016 ACS Fellow
Reginald Penner 2016 ACS Analytical Chemistry Award in Electrochemistry
Reginald Penner 2016 C.N. Reilley Award (Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry)
Jennifer Prescher 2016 ACS Rising Star Award (WCC)
Jennifer Prescher 2016 Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry
Jennifer Prescher 2016 Distinguished Assistant Professor for Research Award
Ken Shea Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Sheryl Tsai 2016 Fellow, American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science
Jenny Yang NSF Career Award  
2015
Don Blake 2015 CARB Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award
Aaron Esser-Kahn 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship
Aaron Esser-Kahn 2015 Cottrell Scholar
Aaron Esser-Kahn 2015 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
William Evans 2015 ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry
William Evans 2015 SCALACS Tolman Medal
William Evans Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Elizabeth Jarvo 2015 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship
Chang Liu 2015 DuPont Young Professor
Chang Liu 2015 Beckman Young Investigator
Matt Law UCI Chancellor's Fellow
Shaul Mukamel Elected, Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Shaul Mukamel 2015 ACS Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science & Technology
Sergey Nizkorodov 2015 Fellow, American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science
Larry Overman 2015 Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry
Larry Overman 2015 Ryoji Noyori Prize
Jennifer Prescher 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship
Jennifer Prescher 2015 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Ken Shea 2015 ACS Polymer Chemistry Division Fellow
Chris Vanderwal 2015 Journal of Organic Chemistry Outstanding Author of the Year.
Gregory Weiss Ig Nobel for unboiling egg
2014
Ara Apkarian 2014 ACS Physical Chemistry Division Senior Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry
Filipp Furche 2014 ACS Physical Chemistry Division Early Career Award in Theoretical Physical Chemistry
Susan King National Society of Leadership & Success Teaching Award
Shaul Mukamel 2014 Mulliken Medal and Lecture (University of Chicago)
Larry Overman Journal of Organic Chemistry Outstanding Author of the Year Lectureship Award
Jennifer Prescher NSF CAREER Award
Jennifer Prescher 2014 Cottrell Scholar Award
Jennifer Prescher 2014 PS Dean's Honoree for the Celebration in Teaching
Jennifer Prescher 2014 Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education in Chemistry
Doug Tobias 2014 ACS Physical Chemistry Division Senior Award in Theoretical Physical Chemistry
Jenny Yang 2014 DOE Early Career Research Award
   
2013
Suzanne Blum Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Fellow
Suzanne Blum Humboldt Research Fellow
Vy Dong 2013 Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, Lectureship Award
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts 2013 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award
Filipp Furche 2013 Dirac Medal (WATOC)
Benny Gerber Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
Wilson Ho National Academy of Sciences, Elected Member
Elizabeth Jarvo ACS WCC Rising Star Award
Matt Law 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Renee Link Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education (PS)
Shaul Mukamel American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Elected Member
Sergey Nizkorodov AGU Atmospheric Science Ascent Award
Eric Potma Physical Sciences Honoree for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (Celebration of Excellence)
Ken Shea Fellow of the Polymer Materials Science & Engineering (PMSE) Section of the ACS
Douglas Tobias Fellow, American Chemical Society
Douglas Tobias Fellow, American Physical Society
2012
Donald Blake ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology
Donald Blake Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
A.S. (Andy) Borovik Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Robert Corn Fellow, Society for Applied Spectroscopy
Aaron Esser-Kahn AFOSR Young Investigator
Aaron Esser-Kahn 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award

Stephen Hanessian

ACS 2012 Ernst Guenther Award in Natural Products Chemistry
Stephen Hanessian Richter Medicinal Chemistry Prize
John Hemminger 2012 Lauds and Laurels Distinguished Alumnus for Physical Sciences
Wilson Ho APS Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics
Matt Law UCI Academic Senate Award, Distinguished Assistant Professor for Research
Shaul Mukamel Hamburg Prize in Theoretical Physics
Shaul Mukamel Lamb Medal (for 2013)
Sergey Nizkorodov Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research (UCI)
James Nowick Educational Series Award at 2012 IMA Conference (on-line Chem 51 course)
Scott Rychnovsky 2012 RSC Pedler Award
Kenneth Shea U. Toledo, Ohio, Outstanding Alumnus, 2012-2013
Christopher Vanderwal Novartis Chemistry Lectureship for 2013-2014
Gregory Weiss Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2011
A.S (Andy) Borovik
School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education Award
Stephen Hanessian FQRNT Prize for Scientific Excellence
Wilson Ho
2011 Medard W. Welch Award of the American Vacuum Society
Elizabeth Jarvo
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2011
Shaul Mukamel
2011 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy (American Physical Society)
Larry Overman
2011 UCI Medal
Reginald Penner
UCI Chancellor's Professor
Scott Rychnovsky Fellow, American Chemical Society
Christopher Vanderwal
UCI Chancellor's Fellow
 
2010
Richard Chamberlin
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
William Evans
Terrae Rarae Prize 2010 (of the German Conference Tage der Seltenen Erden)
R. Benny Gerber
Finland Distinguished Professor of the Finnish Academy of Science and the University of Helsinki
Alan Heyduk
Scialog Award from The Research Corporation
Matthew Law
DOE Early Career Research Program Award
Larry Overman
2010 Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods
Eric Potma
DOE Early Career Research Program Award
Sheryl Tsai
2009-2010 Outstanding Professor from UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences, selected by the graduating seniors
Christopher Vanderwal
2010 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Christopher Vanderwal
Lilly Grantee for 2010
 
2009
Ara Apkarian
Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Don Blake
American Geophysical Union Fellowship
Don Blake
UCI Lauds and Laurels award for Faculty Achievement
Suzanne Blum
Thieme Synlett-Synthesis Journal Award
William Evans
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
Carl Moyer Award for Scientific Leadership and Technical Excellence from the Coalition for Clean Air
John Hemminger
Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Alan Heyduk
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
Liz Jarvo
NSF CAREER Award
Rachel Martin
NSF CAREER Award
Hal Moore
Outstanding Emeritus Award
James Nowick
NOGLSTP Scientist of the Year Award
Reginald Penner
The Faraday Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry of the UK.
Eric Potma
NSF CAREER Award
Sheryl Tsai
2009 School of Biological Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, the Division of Undergraduate Education
Chris Vanderwal
NSF CAREER Award
Christopher Vanderwal
Amgen 2009 Young Investigator Award
 
2008
Ara Apkarian
ACS Charles R. Bennett Service Through Chemistry Award
Ramesh Arasasingham
UCI Instructional Technology Innovation Award
Don Blake
UCI Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
Suzanne Blum
NSF CAREER Award
William Evans
Spedding Award of the Rare Earth Research Society
William Evans
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
Richard C. Tolman Award and Medal
Filipp Furche
Outstanding Young German Scientist Award
Filipp Furche
Lecturers Scholarship (Dozentenstipendium), German Chemical Industry Fund
Zhibin Guan
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Stephen Hanessian
Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Alan Heyduk
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
Rachel Martin
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Larry Overman
Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry
Greg Weiss
School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Professor, selected by the senior class
 
2007
Ara Apkarian
USC Distinguished Alumnus Award
Don Blake
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Kieron Burke
APS Fellow of the Division of Condensed Matter Physics
Robert Corn
Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award
Robert Corn
ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Spectrochemical Analysis
Rob Corn
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Kim Edwards
UCI Lecturer of the Year Award
William Evans
Sir Edward Frankland Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Benny Gerber
Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Alan Heyduk
NSF CAREER Award
Sergey Nizkorodov
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
Larry Overman
Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry
James Pitts, Jr.
Coalition for Clean Air-Carl Moyer Award
Scott Rychnovsky
S.T. Li Prize for Achievements in Science and Technology
Scott Rychnovsky
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
A. J. Shaka
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Kenneth Shea
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
Sheryl Tsai
2007 School of Biological Sciences Golden Apple Award in Teaching Excellence
Dave Van Vranken
UCI Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
 
2006
Ara Apkarian
UCI Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
Ramesh Arasasingham
UCI Lecturer of the Year
Don Blake
NASA Group Achievement Award
William Evans
Distinguished Faculty Award for Research
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
Elected member of the National Academy of Sciences
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
UCI Distinguished Professor
Benny Gerber
Medal of Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Zhibin Guan
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
John Hemminger
Medard W. Welch Award from the AVS
Kenneth Janda
Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
Sergey Nizkorodov
UCI School of Physical Sciences Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
Reginald Penner
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Doug Tobias
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sheryl Tsai
Pew Scholar
 
2005
David Brant
Laurea Honoris Causa in Chemistry from the University of Trieste
William Evans
ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry
Nien-Hui Ge
NSF CAREER Award
Zhibin Guan
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
Zhibin Guan
UCI Research Innovation Award
John Hemminger
Nicholas Foundation Prize for Cross-Disciplinary Research
Wilson Ho
UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award for Research
Kenneth Janda
UCI Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
Elizabeth Jarvo
Lilly New Faculty Award
Elizabeth Jarvo
Amgen New Faculty Award
Rachel Martin
Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award
Sergey Nizkorodov
Coblentz Award for Outstanding Young Spectroscopist
Larry Overman
International Society of Heterocyclic Chemists Senior Award
Tom Poulos
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Christopher Vanderwal
Lilly New Faculty Award
Christopher Vanderwal
Amgen New Faculty Award
 
2004
Ara Apkarian
Professor Invitado, Instituto Superior de Ciencias y Technologias Nucleares de Cuba
Ara Apkarian
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Donald Blake
ACS Charles R. Bennett Service Through Chemistry Award
Ralph Cicerone
Nominated for President of the National Academy of Sciences
Ralph Cicerone
Albert Einstein World Award of Science
Patrick Farmer
American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science
R. Benny Gerber
Israel Chemical Society Prize
John Hemminger
ACS Arthur C. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Science
Susan King
Outstanding Professor, School of Physical Sciences
Larry Overman
Ta-shue Chou Lectureship Award
Irwin Rose
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
F. Sherwood Rowland
United Kingdom Royal Society Member
F. Sherwood Rowland
Gold Medal of the Academy of Athens (Greece)
F. Sherwood Rowland
Elected a founding member of the Academia Bibliotheca Alexandrinae (Egypt)
Greg Weiss
UCI Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
 
2003
Zhibin Guan
Chancellors Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
John Hemminger
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
John Hemminger
ACS Charles R. Bennett Service Through Chemistry Award
Larry Overman
ACS Cope Award
Keith Woerpel
UCI Outstanding Professor of the School of Physical Sciences
 
2002
Ralph Cicerone
Roger Revelle Medal of the American Geophysical Union
William Evans
UCI Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
Frank Feher
Council for Chemical Research, Collaboration Success Award
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
American Geophysical Union Fellowship
Zhibin Guan
NSF CAREER Award
Zhibin Guan
3M Award
Susan King
Outstanding Professor, School of Physical Sciences
Vladimir Mandelshtam
Sloan Research Fellowship
Larry Overman
UCI Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award for Research
Larry Overman
Yamada Prize
Peter Rentzepis
Richard C. Tolman Award and Medal
Greg Weiss
Beckman Young Investigator Award
Keith Woerpel
Focused Giving Grant Award from Johnson & Johnson
 
2001
Donald Blake
Chancellors Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
David Brant
UCI Outstanding Professor in Science
Zhibin Guan
Beckman Young Investigator Award
Zhibin Guan
DuPont Young Faculty Award
Vladimir Mandelshtam
UCI Faculty Career Development Award
 
2000
Ralph Cicerone
Franklin Institute Bower Award
Ralph Cicerone
Elected Member of the American Philosophical Society
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
UCI Faculty Mentor Award, by Graduate Voice
Wilson Ho
Bonn Chemistry Prize
Reginald Penner Helmut Fisher Medal of DECHEMA
David Van Vranken
UCI Excellence in Teaching in Physical Sciences
David Van Vranken
Cope Scholar Award
Keith Woerpel
Sloan Research Fellowship
 
1995
F. Sherwood Rowland
Nobel Prize in Chemistry