Awardees

2016

Kenneth A. Jacobson

Kenneth A. Jacobson

For his discoveries to advance cancer, autoimmune, and pain therapies, with widely used GPCR-targeting probes.

2018

Barry Potter

Barry Potter

For his groundbreaking work in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery, and advancing natural products research in medicine.

2020

Mauro Maccarrone

Mauro Maccarrone

For advancing lipid neurochemistry, pioneering endocannabinoid research with major translational potential for treating various diseases.

2022

Xiaoguang Lei

Xiaoguang Lei

For pioneering chemistry-biology research, advancing drug discovery and molecular medicine through natural product synthesis and chemical biology.

2024

Richard DiMarchi

Richard DiMarchi

For advancing peptide medicinal chemistry as applied to metabolic diseases and the transformative treatment of obesity.
Rolf Müller

Rolf Müller

For advancing microbial natural products’ isolation and biosynthesis, industrial microbiology, and biotechnology.