FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2026 — The American Chemical Society (ACS) has named 59 members as ACS Fellows for 2026.
The fellows program began in 2009 to recognize and honor ACS members for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and ACS.
Nominations for the 2027 class of ACS Fellows will open in the first quarter of next year. Additional information about the program is available, including a list of fellows named in prior years.
The following are the names and affiliations of the 2026 ACS Fellows:
Amy Balija
Loyola University Chicago
James Batteas
Texas A&M University
Michael Betenbaugh
Johns Hopkins University
Rachelle Bienstock
RJB Computational Modeling
LC Campeau
Merck & Co.
Anne Co
The Ohio State University
Jarrod Cohen
Merck & Co.
Thomas Colacot
Hindustan Platinum
Thomas Connelly
American Chemical Society (retired)
Laetitia Delmau
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sheila Dewitt
DeuteRx
Jennifer A. Doudna
University of California, Berkeley
Jetty Duffy-Matzner
Augustana University
David Finster
Wittenberg University
Leonardo Fraceto
São Paulo State University (UNESP)
Fun Man Fung
University College Dublin
John Gavenonis
West Pharmaceutical Services
Enrique Gomez
Pennsylvania State University
Navneet Goyal
Xavier University of Louisiana
Mark Hayes
Arizona State University
Thomas Hoye
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Krishna Kallury
Analytical Services
Michael Kopach
Eli Lilly and Company
Bindu Krishnan
Dow
Kelvin Lee
University of Delaware
Pamela Leggett-Robinson
PLR Consulting
Abraham Lenhoff
University of Delaware
Peter Licence
University of Nottingham
Preston MacDougall
Middle Tennessee State University
Mark Marten
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Cecilia Marzabadi
Seton Hall University
Ashley Ringer McDonald
California Polytechnic State University
Amanda Morris
Virginia Tech
World Nieh
US Forest Service (retired)
Satomi Niwayama
Muroran Institute of Technology
William Nugent
The Ohio State University
Michelle O’Malley
University of California, Santa Barbara
Kevin O’Shea
Florida International University
Lokendra Pal
North Carolina State University
Emily Pentzer
Texas A&M University
Ettigounder Ponnusamy
MilliporeSigma
Raj Rajur
CreaGen
Peter Reinhardt
Yale University (retired)
Jason Ritchie
University of Mississippi
Abhishek Roy
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sara Skrabalak
Indiana University Bloomington
Thomas Sparks
Agrilucent
Richard Spontak
North Carolina State University
Shana Sturla
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich
Bala Subramaniam
University of Kansas
Yuanzhi Tang
Georgia Institute of Technology
Oliver Thiel
Amgen
Joseph Ward
University of Michigan
Charles Weidner
Arkema (retired)
Tyrslai Williams
Louisiana State University
X. Nancy Xu
Old Dominion University
Robert Yokley
Syngenta (retired)
Yunlong Zhang
Saudi Aramco
Edward Zovinka
Saint Francis University
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