As the president of Phi Lambda Upsilon (The national chemistry honorary society) I am reaching out to you to ask that you consider nominating your best young research faculty for the Fresenius Award. This award highlights the excellent research of one chemist (under 35 at the time of nomination) each year at the Spring ACS meeting black tie awards dinner. For further information see the attached document or feel free to respond to this email.

If the chair has changed since this list was generated, please let me know so that I can forward this to the correct person.

Best,

Lucas

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Lucas J. Tucker, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Phi Lambda Upsilon National President

Phi Lambda Upsilon Lucas J. Tucker, Ph. D.National President Siena College515 Loudon RoadLoudonville, NY 12211Ofc:  (518) 782-6953Cell: (518) 229-5008E-Mail: ltucker@siena.edu

The National Fresenius Award

Nomination Procedure

The Award

The Fresenius Award is presented at the ACS Spring meeting alongside all of the most prestigious awards that the society presents. It is an excellent opportunity for an early career scientist to be recognized for their excellent work and highlight the excellence that they have brought to the scientific community.

Deadline: February 1

Nominations must be submitted to, theNational PresidentofPhi Lambda Upsiloneither by post or as e-mail attachments by the first day of February to be considered.

Required Qualifications:

i.    The award nominee must be under 35 years of age at the date of the nomination.

ii.   The nominee must have made substantial scientific contributions that are

       recognized nationally.

iii.  The nominee must be nominated by the Chair of a Department of

      Chemistry, Biochemistry or Chemical Engineering in U.S Universities as

      listed in the American Chemistry Society Directory of Graduate Research.

A curriculum vitae of the nominee must accompany the nomination; the following information is requested:

• Full name        
• Place and Date of Birth 
• Educational career (undergraduate and graduate).           
• Professional activities (since receipt of last degree)  
• List of publications (reprints should not be included)
• List of honors, awards, distinctions or noteworthy achievements

Three (3) letters of recommendation from former mentors and/or professional associates should also be provided.  Selection of the recipient is the responsibility of an Awards Committee composed of eminent scientists. The award consists of a plaque and a monetary award of $5,000 to be presented at the ACS Spring National Meeting following the September announcement next year.

Executive Summary.  A brief (25 words or less) description of the work that could be inscribed on an award certificate or used in reference to a candidate’s work in broadest terms.

Previous National Fresenius Award Recipients

1965	Martin Karplus	Columbia University
1966	Ronald Breslow	Columbia University
1967	Mostafa El Sayed	UC Los Angeles
1968	John Baldeschwieler	Stanford University
1969	Roald Hoffman	Cornell University
1970	Harry Gray	Caltech
1971	Willis Flygare	University of Illinois
1972	Charles Cantor	Columbia University
1973	Nicholas Turro	Columbia University
1974	Richard Zare	Columbia University
1975	Robert Vaughn	Caltech
1976	Joseph B. Lambert	Northwestern University
1977	William P. Reinhardt	University of Colorado
1978	Patrick S. Mariano	Texas A&M University
1979	Tobin J. Marks	Northwestern University
1980	John R. Shapley	University of Illinois
1981	R. P. Van Duyne	Northwestern University
1982	Michael J. Berry	Rice University
1983	George C. Schatz	Northwestern University
1984	Mark S. Wrighton	MIT
1985	Ben Freiser	Purdue University
1986	Jacqueline Barton	Columbia University
1987	Ian Rothwell	Purdue University
1988	Peter G. Wolynes	University of Illinois
1989	James L. Skinner	Columbia University
1990	Nathan S. Lewis	Stanford University
1991	Peter G. Schultz	UC Berkeley
1992	John D. Simon	UC San Diego
1993	Joseph T. Hupp	Northwestern University
1994	Scott D. Rychnovsky	University of Minnesota
1995	Robert Waymouth	Stanford University
1996	Erick M. Carreira	Caltech
1997	C. C. Cummins	MIT
1998	Chad A. Mirkin	Northwestern University
1999	Joseph DeSimone	Univ. of North Carolina
2000	David E. Clemmer	Indiana University
2001	Jillian M. Buriak	Purdue University
2002	Andrei Tokmakoff	MIT
2003	P. Wittung-Stafshede	Tulane University
2004	Jeffrey R. Long	UC Berkeley
2005	L. Andrew Lyon	Georgia Tech
2006	Phil S. Baran	Scripps Research Inst.
2007	Daniel T. Chiu	University of Washington
2008	Teri W. Odom	Northwestern University
2009	Daniel J. Mindiola	Indiana University
2010	Melanie S. Sanford	University of Michigan
2011	Raymond E. Schaak	Penn State University
2012	Theodore A. Betley	Harvard University
2013	William R. Dichtel	Cornell University
2014	Abigail G. Doyle	Princeton University
2015	Douglas A. Mitchell	University of Illinois
2016	Neal K. Devaraj	UC San Diego
2017	Thomas J. Maimone	UC Berkeley
2018	Brandi M. Cossairt	University of Washington
2019	Kyle Lancaster	Cornell University
2020	Timothy Berkelbach	Columbia University
2021	Song Lin	Cornell University
2022	Todd Hyster	Cornell University
2023	Maxwell Robb	Caltech