Faculty Awards and Honors

Chemistry Department faculty have a long history of prestigious national and international honors and awards, which have brought distinction and recognition to the Department. Below is a diverse list of academic awards won by current faculty.

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Top Ten Most-Cited Chemists (1981-1997)
Paul v. R. Schleyer
Henry F. Schaefer III

Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Norman L. Allinger

Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists
Norman L. Allinger

Centenary Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, London
Henry F. Schaefer III

C.K. Ingold Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Adolf von Baeyer Prize, German Chemical Society
Paul v. R. Schleyer

German Presidential Service Medal of Honor
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Arfvedson-Schlenk Prize, German Chemical Society
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Award for Pure Chemistry (American Chemical Society)
R. Bruce King
Henry F. Schaefer III

Arthur C. Cope Scholar (American Chemical Society)
Norman L. Allinger
Paul v. R. Schleyer

James Flack Norris Award for Physical Organic Chemistry (American Chemical Society)
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Award for Inorganic Chemistry (American Chemical Society)
R. Bruce King

Henry A. Hill Award
Gregory H. Robinson

Presidential Young Investigator Award
Robert A. Scott

NIH Research Career Development Award
Donald M. Kurtz, Jr.

American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award
I. Jonathan Amster

Coblentz Society Award
Lionel A. Carreira

Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award (American Chemical Society)
Henry F. Schaefer III

Florida Award (American Chemical Society Florida Section)
Norman L. Allinger
R. Bruce King

UGA Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award
Henry F. Schaefer III

UGA Creative Research Medal
Michael A. Duncan
John F. Garst
Donald M. Kurtz
Michael K. Johnson
Robert S. Phillips
John L. Stickney

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows
Norman L. Allinger
Michael K. Johnson
R. Bruce King
John K. Ruff
Henry F. Schaefer III
Robert A. Scott
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Peter Albersheim
S. William Pelletier
Paul v. R. Schleyer

NATO Senior Fellows
R. Bruce King

Fellow, American Physical Society
Michael A. Duncan
Henry F. Schaefer III

John S. Guggenheim Fellow
Henry F. Schaefer III
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow
Richard A. Dluhy
Gregory H. Robinson
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Nigel G. Adams

Australian National University Visiting Fellow
Henry F. Schaefer III

Professor d'Echange, University of Paris
Henry F. Schaefer III

Professeur Visité, Université Bordeaux, France
Richard A. Dluhy

Gastprofessur, ETH Zürich
Henry F. Schaefer III

Fellow, Institute of Physics (UK)
Nigel G. Adams

Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
R. Bruce King
Paul v. R. Schleyer

National Research Council Senior Fellow
Lionel A. Carreira

Member, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
Henry F. Schaefer III
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Southern Chemist Award
R. Bruce King
S. William Pelletier
Gregory H. Robinson

Georgia Scientist of the Year
R. Bruce King

Charles H. Herty Medal (American Chemical Society Georgia Section)
Norman L. Allinger
S. William Pelletier
R. Bruce King

Research Achievement Award (American Society of Pharmacognosy)
S. William Pelletier

Merck-Schuchardt Chair (Belgian Chemical Society)
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Heisenberg Medal (Hungarian Chemical Society and the World Association of Theoretical Chemists)
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Award for Computers in Chemistry (American Chemical Society)
Norman L. Allinger

Professor Honoris Causa, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Henry F. Schaefer III

Professor Honoris Causa, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Henry F. Schaefer III

Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Henry F. Schaefer III

Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Henry F. Schaefer III

Doctor Honoris Causa, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
Henry F. Schaefer III

Doctor Honoris Causa, Russian Academy of Sciences
Norman L. Allinger

Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Lyon, France
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Münich, Germany
Paul v. R. Schleyer

Honorary Professor from The Technical University, Kiev, Ukraine
Paul v. R. Schleyer

UGA Eminent Scholar
James H. Prestegard
Bi-Cheng Wang

UGA Distinguished Research Professor
Nigel G. Adams
Michael A. Duncan
Michael K. Johnson

UGA Regents Professor
R. Bruce King

UGA Graham Perdue Professor
Henry F. Schaefer III
Paul v. R. Schleyer

UGA Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor
S. William Pelletier