The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has honored the 2023 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering. The awardees have been selected based on excellence in basic or applied research, distinguished accomplishments in teaching or education, or demonstrated leadership or managerial excellence in the chemical sciences,  with a focus on nominees with a history of leadership and/or community service during their careers.

The awards program acknowledges and promotes the work of women chemists and chemical engineers worldwide. The award presentation took place during the IUPAC World Chemistry Congress in The Hague, The Netherlands, on August 20, 2023.

 

The Awardees

• Lidia Armelao, National Research Council and University of Padova, Italy
• Annette G. Beck-Sickinger, Leipzig University, Germany
• Chunying Chen, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing
• Bin Liu, National University of Singapore
• Laura McConnell, Bayer U.S., Crop Science Division, USA
• Marcia Foster Mesko, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
• Jyotirmayee Mohanty, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
• Tatjana Parac-Vogt, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
• Gill Reid, University of Southampton, UK
• Mikiko Sodeoka, RIKEN, Japan
• Nguyễn Thị Kim Thanh, University College London, UK
• Marinda Wu, Dow (retired), USA

 

Recent Publications by the Awardees

• • Heterometallic [Ln(hfac)₃Cu(acac)₂] complexes with late 4f ions,
    Luca Bellucci, Luca Giordano, Silvia Carlotto, Giordano Poneti, Marzio Rancan, Simona Samaritani, Lidia Armelao, Luca Labella,
    Inorganica Chim. Acta 2023, 556, 121665.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2023.121665
  • Development of Radiopharmaceuticals for NPY Receptor-5 (Y5) Nuclear Imaging in Tumors by Synthesis of Specific Agonists and Investigation of Their Binding Mode,
    Sacha Bodin, Lisa C. Peuker, Emmanuelle Jestin, Isabel D. Alves, Valérie Velasco, Imade Ait-Arsa, Romain Schollhammer, Frédéric Lamare, Delphine Vimont, Gaétan MacGrogan, Elif Hindié, Annette G. Beck-Sickinger, Clément Morgat,
    Bioconjug. Chem. 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00313
  • Combinational Gene Therapy toward Cancer with Nanoplatform: Strategies and Principles,
    Jinhui Lin, Xinlian Wang, Dongqi Ni, Yandong Chen, Chunying Chen, Ying Liu,
    ACS Mater. Au 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.3c00035
  • Recent Advances in Organic Photocatalysts for Solar Water Splitting,
    Kok Chan Chong, Chunfeng Li, Bin Liu,
    CCS Chem. 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.023.202302868
  • Overcoming Challenges of Incorporating Higher Tier Data in Ecological Risk Assessments and Risk Management of Pesticides in the United States: Findings and Recommendations from the 2017 Workshop on Regulation and Innovation in Agriculture,
    Steven L. Levine, Jeffrey Giddings, Theodore Valenti, George P. Cobb, Danesha Seth Carley, Laura L. McConnell,
    Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. 2019, 15, 714–725.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4173
  • Multi-Techniques for Iodine Determination and Dose Uniformity Assays in Iodized Mineral Dietary Supplements,
    Marcia Foster Mesko, Rodrigo Pereira, Natalia Bielemann, Filipe Rondan, Diogo Novo,
    Braz. J. Anal. Chem. 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.30744/brjac.2179-3425.AR-121-2022
  • Supramolecular interaction of ofloxacin drug with p-sulfonatocalix[6]arene: Metal-ion responsive fluorescence behavior and enhanced antibacterial activity,
    Anjana Siddharthan, Vivekanand Kumar, Nilotpal Barooah, Suchandra Chatterjee, Achikanath C. Bhasikuttan, Jyotirmayee Mohanty,
    J. Mol. Liq. 2023, 370, 121047.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.121047
  • Beneficial impact of lithium bis(oxalato)borate as electrolyte additive for high‐voltage nickel‐rich lithium‐battery cathodes,
    Fanglin Wu, Angelo Mullaliu, Thomas Diemant, Dominik Stepien, Tatjana N. Parac‐Vogt, Jae‐Kwang Kim, Dominic Bresser, Guk‐Tae Kim, Stefano Passerini,
    InfoMat 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.12462
  • Temperature effects on the electrodeposition of semiconductors from a weakly coordinating solvent,
    Alexander W. Black, Wenjian Zhang, Yasir J. Noori, Gillian Reid, Philip N. Bartlett,
    J. Electroanal. Chem. 2023, 944, 117638.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117638
  • Understanding and Controlling Fluorinated Diacyl Peroxides and Fluoroalkyl Radicals in Alkene Fluoroalkylations,
    Shintaro Kawamura, Mikiko Sodeoka,
    Chem. Rec. 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202300202
  • Versailles project on advanced materials and standards (VAMAS) interlaboratory study on measuring the number concentration of colloidal gold nanoparticles,
    Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, et al.,
    Nanoscale 2022, 14, 4690–4704.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr07775a
  • The Evolving Role of Professional Societies in International Collaboration: Partners for Progress and Prosperity,
    Marinda Li Wu,
    Chem. Asian J. 2019, 14, 3956–3961.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.201901046