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Deadlines

• This prize will next open for nominations in October 2025. 

Eligibility

Individuals named in any of 乐天堂app下载 following roles during 乐天堂app下载 nomination and judging period are not eligible to nominate or be nominated:

• Organic Chemistry Prize Committee members
• RSC Subject Community Presidents
• RSC Prize Committee members
• Trustees of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry
• Royal Society of Chemistry staff

Nominators:

• Only RSC members can nominate for this prize.
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Nominees:

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Guidelines for nominators

General information

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Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal Sub-Committee

• Pat Guiry, University College Dublin (Chair)
• Anthony Barrett, Imperial College London
• Sue Gibson, Imperial College London
• Veronique Gouverneur, University of Oxford
• John Moses, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• David O'Hagan, University of St Andrews
• Sarah Reisman, California Institute of Technology
• John Su乐天堂app下载rland, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Organic Chemistry Prize Committee

• David O'Hagan, University of St Andrews (Chair)
• Vijay Chudasama, University College London
• Dorcas O. Moronkola, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
• Angela J. Russell, University of Oxford
• Eoin Scanlan, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
• Robert Stockman, University of Nottingham
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