2010 International Izatt – Christensen Award

The International Advisory Committee invites nominations for the International Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic Chemistry. Professor Izatt and the late Professor Christensen conceived the International Symposia concept and organized the first five Symposia starting in 1977.

IBC Advanced Technologies, Inc , of American Fork, Utah, USA, is the sponsor of the award. The winner will receive a $2,000 honorarium and up to $1,000 for travel expenses.

This award is open to anyone working in the area of macrocyclic chemistry who has not received an international award of $25,000 or more.

Six copies of nomination materials, which should include curriculum vitae, a publication list, a five page nomination statement, and up to three letters of recommendation from other scientists who know of the nominee's work, should be sent by email if possible no later than 1 February 2010 to:

Jerald Bradshaw
Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
U.S.A.
Tel: (+1) - 801- 422 3667 (Secretary)

OR Send mail to:
Home: 983 Waterford Dr.
Provo, UT 84604
U.S.A.
Tel: (+1) - 801 - 377 1535
E-mail: jerald_bradshaw@byu.edu

A panel of five international macrocyclic chemists representing the sub-areas of the field will select the winner. The winner will be announced in the spring of 2010 and will receive the award and present an invited lecture at ISMSC 2010 in Nara – Japan, June 6 – 11, 2009.


You will find the Award winners dating back to 1991:

2009
Omar Yaghi, University of California, Los Angeles, California

2008
Akira Harada, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

2007
David Leigh, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2006
Roeland J.M. Nolte, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

2005
Kenneth Raymond, University of California, Berkeley, California

2004
Makoto Fujita, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

2003
Jeremy Sanders, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

2002
C. David Gutsche, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

2001
Jonathan L. Sessler, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

2000
Jerry L. Atwood, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

1999
Fritz Vögtle, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

1998
Seiji Shinkai, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

1997
Alan M. Sargeson, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

1996
George W. Gokel, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

1995
David Reinhoudt, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

1994
Daryle H. Busch, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

1993
J. Fraser Stoddart, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

1992
Eiichi Kimura, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

1991
Dr. Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Director of Research at CNRS, Strasbourg, France.

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Professor Reed Izatt and the late Professor James Christensen conceived the International Symposia concept and organized the first five Symposia starting in 1977. The award bears their names and is awarded annually to a leading macrocyclic scientist at the International Symposium on Macrocylic and Supramolecular Chemistry. The Izatt - Christensen Award is sponsored by the privately held company IBC Advanced Technologies. website of IBC Advanced Technologies Established in 1988 by the Professors Reed M. Izatt, Jerald S. Bradshaw and the late James J. Christensen