Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation
The Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation recognizes creative work done by graduate students studying synthetic organic chemistry.
About the Award
Building on the legacy of Aldrich Chemical Company co-founder Alfred R. Bader, this award has since 2005 recognized the big ideas of up-and-coming chemists from around the world, whose work is expected to accelerate progress in synthetic organic chemistry.
Each applicant must submit a research summary and a personal statement. If selected as a finalist, applicants should be prepared to present their research before a panel of judges and peers at the Alfred R. Bader Student Chemistry Symposium held every autumn. In 2017, one grand prize winner was selected based on the presentations.
The award comprises four cash prizes and travel expenses for each of the four finalists.
Alfred R. Bader is one of many scientists who helped us grow into the vibrant global science and technology company we represent today. Through a series of mergers, Aldrich Chemical Company became Sigma-Aldrich, which is now part of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
The Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation competition is open to advanced graduate students in synthetic organic chemistry from around the world and recognizes young chemists whose work is expected to accelerate progress in chemistry. Applications deadline is September 6, 2021.
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Awardees
| Year | Name | University |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Isabelle Leibler | Princeton University |
| Mauro Mato | ICIQ Institute of Chemical Research at Catalonia | |
| Rachel Knapp | UCLA | |
| Rui Zhang | University of Chicago | |
| 2019 | Michael Crocker | Vanderbilt University |
| Lucas Hernandez | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | |
| Joseph Dennis | MIT | |
| Samantha Green | The Scripps Research Institute | |
| 2018 | Jake Ludwig | University of Michigan |
| Gabriel J. Lovinger | Boston College | |
| Tim Gatzenmeier | Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr | |
| Hiroki Sato | University of Texas at Austin | |
| 2017 | Thomas Andrew McTeague (grand prize) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Robynne K. Neff | University of Texas at San Antonio | |
| Jennifer Keiko Matsui | University of Pennsylvania | |
| Keita Tanaka | Scripps Research Institute | |
| 2016 | Anthony Grillo | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Xiaoshen Ma | Yale University | |
| Matthew Nielson | Princeton University | |
| Julian West | Princeton University | |
| Chi Zhang | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| Raktim Roy | Yale University | |
| 2015 | Nian Liu | University of Chicago |
| Chengliang Zhu | Georgia State University | |
| Hai Dao | Scripps Research Institute | |
| Anton Toutov | California Institute of Technology | |
| Mingshou Zeng | Yale University | |
| David Kamber | University of California - Irvine | |
| 2014 | Jian He | Scripps Research Institute |
| Han Xiao | Scripps Research Institute | |
| Sandra King | Yale University | |
| Alison Wendlandt | Univerisity of Wisconsin - Madison | |
| Rana Kashif Khan | Boston College | |
| Sandra DePorter | Colorado State University | |
| Christopher Rasik | Indiana University | |
| Eric Welin | Princeton University |