Ralph N. Adams Award in Bioanalytical Chemistry
About the Award
The Ralph N. Adams Award was established in 2005 with funds raised from friends and former students of Ralph Adams. The award recognizes significant contributions to the field of bioanalytical chemistry, broadly defined. The recipient will have introduced a significant technique, theory, instrument or application important to the life sciences, and provided an exceptional environment to educate bioanalytical chemists. Ralph N. Adams (1924 - 2002) exemplified these characteristics as a distinguished professor of chemistry at the University of Kansas.
The award consists of a $2500 cash award and is celebrated with a half day symposia at Pittcon (travel costs paid by Pittcon). The recipient is selected by an anonymous committee consisting of former award winners and former students of R. N. Adams. Adams Award nomination guidelines can be found on Pittcon's website.
| Year | Award Recipient | Title | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Susan M. Lunte | Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Director of Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry, PI & Director of NIH COBRE Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways | University of Kansas |
| 2023 | Joseph Wang | SAIC Endowed Chair, Distinguished Professor of Nanoengineering, and Director of the Center for Wearable Sensors | University of California at San Diego |
| 2022 | Steven Soper | Foundation Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Mechanical Engineering | University of Kansas |
| 2021 | Andrew G. Ewing | Professor of Chemistry & Molecular Biology | University of Gothenburg |
| 2020 | Nancy L. Albritton | Professor of Bioengineering and Frank & Julie Jungers Dean, College of Engineering | University of Washington |
| 2019 | Weihong Tan | V. T. and Louise Jackson Professor of Chemistry | University of Florida |
| 2018 | Chad A. Mirkin | George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Medicine, Materials Science & Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Biological Engineering | Northwestern University |
| 2017 | Robert T. Kennedy | Hobart H. Willard Distinguished University Professor and Chair of Chemistry; Professor of Pharmacology | University of Michigan |
| 2016 | David R. Walt | University Professor of Chemistry | Tufts University |
| 2015 | John R. Yates III | Ernest W. Hahn Professor of Chemical Physiology and Molecular & Cellular Neurobiology | The Scripps Research Institute |
| 2014 | Mark E. Meyerhoff | Philip J. Elving Collegiate Professor of Chemistry | University of Michigan |
| 2013 | J. Michael Ramsey | Minnie N. Goldby Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Chair | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
| 2012 | Jonathan V. Sweedler | James R. Eiszner Family Chair in Chemistry | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2011 | James Jorgenson | W. R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
| 2010 | Catherine Fenselau | Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry | University of Maryland |
| 2009 | Graham Cooks | Henry B. Haas Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry | Purdue University |
| 2008 | Milos Novotny | Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry | Indiana University |
| 2007 | Norm Dovichi | Grace Rupley Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry | University of Notre Dame |
| 2006 | R. Mark Wightman | W. R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Chemistry | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
| 2005 | Ed Yeung | Robert Allen Wright Professor and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry | Iowa State University |