Herman Skolnik Award

Summary

The Herman Skolnik Award is awarded annually by the Division of Chemical Information of the American Chemical Society, "to recognize outstanding contributions to and achievements in the theory and practice of chemical information science". As of 2024 the award is of 3,000 US dollars.[1]

It is named for Herman Skolnik (1914-1994), who was a co-founder of the then ACS Division of Chemical Literature in 1948 and a key figure in the Division.[2] The first award was made to him.

Recipients edit

Source:[1]

1970s edit

1980s edit

1990s edit

2000s edit

  • 2000: Stephen R. Heller and G. W. A. Milne
  • 2001: Guenter Grethe
  • 2002: Peter Norton
  • 2003: Frank H. Allen
  • 2004: Peter Johnson
  • 2005: Lorrin Garson
  • 2006: Hugo Kubinyi
  • 2007: Robert S. Pearlman
  • 2008: Gerald M. Maggiora
  • 2009: Yvonne Connolly Martin

2010s edit

  • 2010: Anton J. Hopfinger
  • 2011: Alexander Lawson[3]
  • 2012: Peter Murray-Rust and Henry Rzepa
  • 2013: Richard D. Cramer
  • 2014: Engelbert Zass
  • 2015: Jürgen Bajorath
  • 2016: Steve Bryant and Evan Bolton[4]
  • 2017: David Winkler
  • 2018: Gisbert Schneider
  • 2019: Kimito Funatsu

2020s edit

  • 2020: Wendy A. Warr[5]
  • 2023 Patrick Walters

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "List of recipients with descriptions". ACS Division of Chemical Information. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Metanomski, W. Val (Spring 1995). "In memoriam Herman Skolnik". Chemical Information Bulletin. 47 (2). Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. ^ Warr, Wendy (Winter 2011). "Honoring Prof. Alexander (Sandy) Lawson Information Services in Chemical Sciences: Perspectives". Chemical Information Bulletin. 63(4): 18–25.
  4. ^ "NCBI's Bryant and Bolton receive 2016 Herman Skolnik Award for PubChem database". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Dr. Wendy Warr, CSA Trustee, is Recipient of the 2020 Herman Skolnik Award". Chemical Structure Association Trust. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2024.