ACS Award in Separations Science and Technology
Sponsor: Waters Corporation
Purpose: To recognize the development of novel implementations of modern advancements in the field of separation science and technology with particular emphasis on industrial applications.
Nature: The award consists of $5,000 and a certificate. Up to $2,500 for travel expenses to the meeting at which the award will be presented will be reimbursed. The recipient will deliver a lecture at the annual Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Separations Science and Technology Symposium.
Eligibility: The scope of the award is to be as broad as possible, covering all fields where separation science and technology is practiced, including but not limited to biology, chemistry, engineering, geology, and medicine. The award will be granted regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of disabilities, and educational background.
Deadline: November 1 (annual review).
Establishment & Support: ACS will sponsor the award in 2021. Waters Corporation sponsored the award from 2008 to 2020. The ACS sponsored the award in 2004. No award was presented from 2005 to 2007. In 2003, IBC Advanced Technologies assumed sole sponsorship of the award. In 1996, IBC Advanced Technologies, Inc. and the Millipore Corp. assumed sponsorship. The award was established in 1982 by the Rohm and Haas Co. to recognize contributions of scientists and engineers working in separations science and technology.
Contact Information
Awards Office
American Chemical Society
1155 16th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20036-4801
Phone: 202-872-4575
Fax: 202-776-8008
awards@acs.org
Recipient
2020 Andrew L. Zydney
2019 Sheng Dai
2018: Massimo Morbidelli
2017: Rakesh Agrawal
2016: Steven M. Cramer
2015: Richard D. Noble
2014: Daniel W. Armstrong
2013: Fred E. Regnier
2012: Milton L. Lee
2011: Robin D. Rogers
2010: Janusz Pawliszyn
2009: Abraham M. Lenhoff
2008: Allan S. Myerson
2007: No award given
2006: No award given
2005: No award given
2004: William H. Pirkle
2003: Ralph T. Yang
2002: Edward L. Cussler
2001: Csaba G. HorvĂth
2000: E. Philip Horwitz
1999: Charles W. Gehrke
1998: Barry L. Karger
1997: C. Judson King
1996: Reed M. Izatt and Jerald S. Bradshaw
1995: Georges Belfort
1994: Phillip C. Wankat
1993: James R. Fair
1992: Milos V. Novotny
1991: Georges Guiochon
1990: Henry Freiser
1989: Jay M. S. Henis
1988: Norman N. Li
1987: Friedrich G. Helfferich
1986: J. Calvin Giddings
1985: Alan S. Michaels
1984: D. B. Broughton