The Maryland Chemist Award was established in 1962 to recognize and to honor, each year, a member of the Maryland Section for outstanding achievement in the field of chemistry. The achievement, as originally stated, may be in pure or applied chemistry, chemical engineering, or chemical education.
As stated in the Maryland Section’s Bylaw VIII:
“Recipients of the Maryland Chemist Award must have been members of the section for a minimum of five years and have made outstanding contributions to chemistry as defined in the Constitution of the Society (chemistry is defined in broad terms). The work on which the award is based should have been performed in Maryland.”
Nominations Solicited:
The Maryland Chemist Award Committee is inviting nominations for the Maryland Chemist of the Year Award. Please submit the following nomination materials:
Letter including a short statement describing the outstanding contributions of the nominee to scientific research, education, industry, technology, etc. The letter should be signed by the nominator(s) and preferably written on the institution letter head.
Resume of the nominee including list of his/her publications. Send all the documents to the Award Committee Chair at beatricesalazar1@gmail.com.
Deadline: September 30th of current year.
Opportunity: If you are interested in becoming part of this committee, please contact the Committee Chair at 443-801-0582 or beatricesalazar1@gmail.com.
Previous Recipients of the Maryland Chemist Award:
2025 Dr. John P. Toscano, Johns Hopkins University
2024 Dean Sarah L. J. Michel, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
2023 Dr. David P. Goldberg, Johns Hopkins University
2022 Dr. Cheng Gong, University of Maryland
2021 Takashi Tsukamoto, Johns Hopkins University
2020 David R. Yarkony, Johns Hopkins University
2019 Andrew Coop, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
2018 Jared DeCoste, US Army Research Development and Engineering
Command, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
2017 Thomas Lectka, Johns Hopkins University
2016 Katherine Seley-Radtke, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2015 Jason Dworkin, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2014 Angela Wilkes, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
2013 Paul Mahaffy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2012 Shirish Shah (Service Award for his contribution to the MD ACS Section)
2011 Kenneth Karlin, Johns Hopkins University
2010 Gerald M. Rosen, University of Maryland
2005 Kit Hansell Bowen, Jr., Johns Hopkins University
2004 Michael Summers, University of Maryland Baltimore County
2001 Raymond A. Mackay, Johns Hopkins University
2000 Haleem J. Issaq
1999 Marc D. Donohue
1998 Joel F. Liebman
1997 WuCheng Cheng
1996 Shekar Munavalli
1995 Richard H. Smith, Jr.
1994 Yale H. Caplan
1993 Ernest F. Silversmith
1992 Craig A. Townsend
1991 Cecil H. Robinson
1990 Alex Nickon
1989 Catherine Clarke Fenselau
1988 Edward J. Poziomek
1987 Gary H. Posner
1986 David F. Roswell
1985 John Lambooy
1984 Nicolas Zenker
1983 Shih-Yi Wang
1982 Joseph L. Katz
1981 Paul O. P. Ts’o
1980 M. Gali Sanchez
1979 Emil H. White
1978 Gunther L. Eichhorn
1977 Henry C. Freimuth
1976 Richard L. Hall
1975 Benjamin Witten