The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry and ACS Publications are proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Organic Letters, Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organometallics, and Organic Process Research & Development lectureship awards. See the ACS Axial article for more information.
- The Journal of Organic Chemistry Award: Jun Xiao and colleagues at Pfizer, USA, are recognized for their article “C(sp2)–C(sp3) Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Using gem-Bis(boronates)“. More information on the 2026 award can be found at ACS Axial. Dr. Xiao will be honored during an Award Symposium at the ACS Fall National Meeting in Chicago, IL, August 23-27.
- The Organic Letters Award: Marvin Parasram and colleagues at New York University, USA, are recognized for their article “Merging Photoexcited Nitroarenes with Lewis Acid Catalysis for the Anti-Markovnikov Oxidation of Alkenes“. More information on the 2026 award can be found at ACS Axial. Prof. Parasram will be honored during an Award Symposium at the ACS Fall National Meeting in Chicago, IL, August 23-27.
- The Organometallics Award: Courtney C. Roberts, University of Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA is recognized for her work on using metal coordination to stabilize otherwise inaccessible aryne complexes. More information on the 2026 award can be found at ACS Axial. This lectureship is awarded in partnership with Organometallics, the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry, and the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry.
- The Organic Process Research & Development Award: Richard Loach and Colleagues from Pfizer, USA are recognized for their article “Building Efficient Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthetic Routes to trans-Cyclopropyl Esters for Rapid Lead Scale-Up“. More information on the 2026 award can be found at ACS Axial. Richard Loach will be honored during an upcoming Award Symposium at the ACS Fall National Meeting in Chicago, IL, August 23-27.
In addition, the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry, the ACS Division of Catalysis Science and Technology, and ACS Publications are proud to announce the winners of the 2026 ACS Catalysis lectureship awards. See the ACS Axial article for more information.
- Biocatalysis: Stephen G. Bell from Adelaide University, Australia for his article “Engineering Pereoxygenase Activity into Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases through Modification of the Oxygen Binding Region“. More information can be found at ACS Axial. Dr. Bell will be honored at an Award Symposium at ACS Fall National Meeting in Chicago, IL, August 23-27
- Heterogeneous Catalysis: Ayman M. Karim from University of Virginia and Hongliang Xin Virginia Tech University for their article “CO Oxidation on Ir1/TiO2: Resolving Ligand Dynamics and Elementary Reaction Steps“. More information can be found at ACS Axial. Prof. Karim and Prof. Xin will be honored at an Award Symposium in ACS Fall National Meeting in Chicago, IL, August 23-27.
- Homogeneous Catalysis: Richard Liu, Harvard University for his article Pd-Catalyzed Azidation of Aryl (Pseudo)Halides“. More information can be found at ACS Axial. Prof. Liu will be honored at an Award Symposium at ACS Fall National Meeting in Chicago, IL, August 23-27.