Nomination Procedures and Deadlines
The I-APS Award in Photochemistry was established in 1988 to recognize outstanding contributions by members of the Society to the advancement of the photochemical and photophysical sciences, recognizing achievements made during the past ten years of the nominee's career.
| 2012 | Miguel
Garcia-Garibay , University of California, Los Angeles "Reaction Mechanisms and Absolute Kinetics in Solid State Photoreactions." |
| 2011 | Kirk
Schanze , University of Florida "Photonic Polymers: Properties and Applications." |
| 2010 | William
J. Leigh , McMaster University "Group 14 Reactive Intermediates. Photochemical Methods for the Study of Silicon, Germanium, and Tin Analogues of Alkenes and Carbenes." |
| 2009 | V.
Ramamurthy , University of Miami "Controlling Photochemistry with Weak Non-Covalent Forces and Confined Spaces" |
| 2008 | Peter
C.
Ford, University of California, Santa Barbara "Polychromophoric Compounds for Photogeneration of Bioactive Agents" |
| 2007 | Joseph
T.
Hupp, Northwestern University - for his contributions to the areas of dye sensitized photoelectrochemical cells and for his work on photoinduced charge transfer in metal complexes with Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. |
| 2006 | Daniel
G.
Nocera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Powering the Planet: The Challenge for Science, Chemistry and Photochemistry in the 21st Century" |
| 2005 | Devens
Gust, Arizona State University "Molecule-Based Switches and Logic Gates: Using Photochromic Molecules to Control Photoinduced Electron Transfer" |
| 2004 | Michael
R.
Wasielewski, Northwestern University "Photoinitiation and Control of Charge Transport: From Molecules to Materials" |
| 2003 | Frederick
D.
Lewis, Northwestern University "Reflections on Excited State Reactivity: Entropy, Enthalpy, and Conformation" |
| 2002 | Paul
F.
Barbara, University of Texas at Austin "The Photochemistry, Structure, and Dynamics of Delocalized Charges in Water" |
| 2001 | Michael
A.J.
Rodgers, Bowling Green State University "Redox Reactions in Complexes of Metalloporphyrins with Native Proteins and Synthetic Peptides: A Photodynamic Study" |
| 2000 | Peter
J.
Wagner, Michigan State University "A Decade of Closure and Surprises" |
| 1999 | Douglas
C.
Neckers, Bowling Green State University "The Photochemical Sciences" |
| 1998 | David
G. Whitten, Los Alamos National Laboratory "Photoinduced Electron Transfer Fragmentations Revisited: Medium Effects and Amplification through Tandem Cofragmentation" |
| 1997 | Thomas
J. Meyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "MLCT Excited States" |
| 1996 | Graham
R.
Fleming, University of California at Berkeley "Photosynthetic Light Harvesting" |
| 1995 | Samir
Farid, Eastman-Kodak Company "Bimolecular Photoinduced Electron Transfer" |
| 1994 | Josef
Michl, University of Colorado at Boulder "What Does Organosilane Photophysics Tell Us About the Nature of Sigma Bonding?" |
| 1993 | Juan
C.
(Tito) Scaiano, University of Ottawa "Connecting the Free Radical, Carbene and Carbocation Manifolds through Electron and Proton Transfer Reactions" |
| 1992 | Gerhard
L. Closs, University of Chicago "Triplet and Singlet Energy Transfer in Bifunctional Organic Molecules" |
| 1991 | Nicholas
J. Turro, Columbia University "Photochemistry in Nanoscopic Reactors" |
| 1988 | C. Bradley Moore, Northwestern University |
The I-APS Young Investigator Award was established in 2002 to recognize outstanding photoscientific contributions by Society members who have held an independent research position for no more than five years at the time of application.
| 2012 | Ken
L. Knappenberger, Jr., Florida State University "Nanoparticle Optical Properties and Relaxation Dynamics Studied by Single-Particle Spectroscopy" |
| 2011 | Sivaguru
Jayaraman , North Dakota State University "Atropisomeric Molecular Templates for Asymmetric Photoreactions" |
| 2010 | Marcia
Levitus , Arizona State University "Photophysics of Single-Molecule Fluorescent Dyes" |
| 2009 | Gonzalo
Cosa , McGill University "Novel fluorescence-based strategies for visualizing chemical interactions in lipid membranes" |
| 2008 | Elizabeth
Harbron, William and Mary College "Fluorescence Modulation in Photochromic Poly(p-phenylenevinylene) Derivatives" |
| 2007 | Torsten
Fiebig, Boston College - for his work on electron transport in DNA using ultrafast spectroscopy. |
| 2006 | Mohammad
A. Omary, University of North Texas |
| 2005 | Igor
V. Alabugin, Florida State University "Photochemistry of Acetylenes and Enediynes: From MO Crossings to DNA Cleavage" |
| 2004 | Leonard
E.
MacGillivray, University of Iowa "Linear Templates: Tools for Directing the [2 + 2] Photodimerization in the Solid State" |
| 2003 | Dario M. Bassani,
Université Bordeaux "Supramolecular Photochemistry: From Molecular Electronics to Self-Assembled Photoactive Architectures" |
In recognition of his central role in the development of the modern photochemical sciences, the George S. Hammond Award is given for lifelong achievement in, and contributions to, the photochemical sciences. The Award is given biennially at an I-APS meeting in years that alternate with conferral of the Porter Medal, beginning in 2013. The Award has been endowed by generous contributions from Prof. Hammond’s former students and colleagues and will be administered by I-APS, but the awardee need not be a member of I-APS. Former Porter Medalists and I-APS Award winners are eligible.
| 2013 | Nicholas
J. Turro, Columbia University In recognition of the breadth and depth of Prof. Turro's many crucial contributions to the photochemical sciences and his singular impact on worldwide dissemination of photochemical knowledge through his many collaborations and his pioneering textbooks. |
Professor Gerhard L. Closs was one of the outstanding chemists of the past century, receiving the 1991 A. C. Cope Award in chemistry from the American Chemical Society and the 1992 Award in Photochemistry from the Inter-American Photochemical Society. Professor Closs was a devoted teacher and mentor, and it is in remembrance of that spirit that the Inter-American Photochemical Society solicits contributions from graduate and undergraduate students for oral presentation at the I-APS Winter Conference on any subject involving the excited states of molecules.
| 2012 | Mintu Porel University of Miami; V. Ramamurthy, Supervisor “Water Soluble Organic Hosts as Modulators of the Photophysical Processes of Organic Guests” |
| 2011 | Kevin Stamplecoskie University of Ottawa; Tito Scaiano, Supervisor “Using the Surface Plasmon Absorption of Silver Nanoparticles to a Maximum” |
| 2010 | Yunlong Zhang Ohio State University; Matthew Platz, Supervisor "Ultrafast UV-Vis/IR Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies on the Photochemistry of Aryldiazirines: Direct Observation of the S1 Excited States" |
| 2009 | Tihana Mirkovic University of Toronto; Gregory Scoles, Supervisor "Light Harvesting Dynamics in Cryptophyte Algae " |
| 2008 | Smita Dayal Case Western Reserve University; Clemens Burda, Supervisor "Quantum Dots-based Resonance Energy Transfer to Photodynamic Therapy Agents" |
| 2006 | Ryan C. White University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Malcolm Forbes, Supervisor "TREPR, CIDNP, and LFP Studies Of Radicals Formed From The Oxidation Of Diglycine By Water-Soluble Anthraquinone Derivatives and Their Use As Probes For The Aqueous Microenvironment" |
| 2005 | Lakshimi S. Kaanumalle Tulane University; V. Ramamurthy, Supervisor "Photochemistry in Water-Soluble Synthetic Capsules and Dendritic Reaction Cavities" |
| 2004 | Susan E. Bailey University of California, Los Angeles; Jeffrey I. Zinc, Supervisor "A Quantitative Model of Intervalence Electron Transfer Addressing Mode Symmetry, Coordinate Dependent Coupling and a Coupled Bridge State" |
| 2003 | Jayaraman Sivaguru Tulane University; V. Ramamurthy, Supervisor "Asymmetric Induction During Photoisomerization of Diphenylcyclopropane Derivatives: A Study in Isotropic and Confined Media" |
| 2002 | Tracy L. Morkin McMaster University; William J. Leigh, Supervisor "Photochemistry of alpha-Silylcarbene Precursors and Substituent Effects on the Reactivity of Silicon-Carbon Double Bonds" |
| 2001 | Mazdak Khajehpour University of Missouri-Columbia; John F. Kauffman, Supervisor "Investigating the Contribution of the Solvent Quadrupole Moment to the Solvent Reorganization Energy" |
| 2000 | Christine M. R. Clancy University of North Carolina; Malcolm D. E. Forbes, Supervisor "Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies of Photoionization of Tyrosine Anion" |
| 1998 | Karen E. Torraca University of Florida; Lisa McElwee-White, Supervisor "Photooxidation of Metal Carbynes: Radical Reactivity of 17-Electron Cationic Complexes" |
| 1997 | Michele K. Eggleston Purdue University; David R. McMillin, Supervisor "Sequence Dependent Binding Using DNA-Hairpins" |
| 1997 | Gautam Prakash University of Maryland; Daniel E. Falvey, Supervisor "Model Studies into the Mechanism of the (6-4) Photoproduct Photolyase" |
| 1996 | Elisabeth A. Morlino Bowling Green State University; Michael A.J. Rodgers, Supervisor "Photodissociation of Nitrosyl-Metalloporphyrins: An Excited State Study" |
| 1995 | Paula J. Wedge Dalhousie University; James A. Pincock, Supervisor "The Photochemistry of Conformationally Rigid Benzylic Esters: 2,2-Dimethyl-1-indanyl Acetates and Pivalates" |
| 1994 | Michelle L. Absi Northwestern University; Joseph T. Hupp, Supervisor "Direct Observation of Intramolecular Electron Transfer Kinetics in Mixed-Valent Metal Complexes via Spectral and Photochemical Methods" |
| 1993 | Jeffrey W. Leon University of Rochester; David G. Whitten, Supervisor "Photo-SET Induced Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage of Monomeric and Polymeric 1,2-Diamines in Solution and in the Solid State" |
The Society established the honor of Fellowship in 1993. Fellowship recognizes outstanding lifetime scientific achievements in photochemistry or contributions to either the science of photochemistry as a discipline or the furtherance of the society through service.
| 2012 | Paul J. Kropp University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| 2011 | David R. McMillin Purdue University |
| 2010 | Robert S. H. Liu University of Hawaii |
| 2009 | Douglas Neckers Bowling Green University |
| 2008 | Jack Saltiel Florida State University |
| 2006 | Sally Mallory &
Frank B. Mallory University of Pennsylvania & Bryn Mawr College |
| 2005 | J. Kerry Thomas University of Notre Dame |
| 2005 | David I. Schuster New York University |
| 2002 | Donald R. Arnold Dalhousie University |
| 2000 | Anthony M. Trozzolo University of Notre Dame |
| 1999 | Glenn A. Crosby Washington State University |
| 1996 | Eduardo A. Lissi Universidade de Santiago, Chile |
| 1996 | R. Srinivasan UVTech Associates |
| 1995 | Michael Kasha Florida State University |
| 1995 | Harry A. Morrison Purdue University |
| 1994 | Otto P. Strausz University of Alberta |
| 1994 | N. C. Yang University of Chicago |
| 1994 | George S. Hammond |
Professor Giuseppe Cilento was one of the foremost scientists in South America and a pioneer in photobiology. His research at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo demonstrated conclusively that excited triplet states can be generated enzymatically and he had the foresight to perceive that these could be reactive intermediates of importance in biology. Cilento excelled as a mentor and many of his former students and post-doctoral associates hold academic positions in Brazil and other countries. The breadth of their research interests is a direct reflection of Cilento's interdisciplinary approach to science. The G. Cilento Award was created as a result of the first I-APS South American Meeting in Iguaçu Falls in 1996 with the objective of facilitating the participation of young (up to age 35) scientists and students working in Latin America in the I-APS Annual Conferences.
| 2012 | Natalia Pacioni Universidad Nacional de Cordoba “Photophysics and Photochemistry to Differentiate between Metal Nanoparticles in Mixtures: an Analytical Strategy” |
| 2011 | M. Laura Dántola Universidad Nacional de La Plata “Production and Quenching of Reactive Oxygen Species by Pterin Derivatives” |
| 2009 | Mariano Bossi CONICET- National Research Council of Argentina "Rhodamine spiroamides, a new family of photoswitchable fluorescent markers for far-field fluorescence microscopies with biomolecular resolution" |
| 2008 | Carla Santos de
Oliveira Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil "Distributions and Photochemical Mechanisms of CV and MB in Reverse Micelles and in HeLa Cells" |
| 2006 | Franco M. Cabrerizo Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina "Photophysics And Photosensitizing Properties Of Pterins In Aqueous Solution" |
| 2005 | Alvaro Delgadillo Potifica Universidad Catolica de Chile "Photophysics of Condensed Heterocyclic Ruthenium Complexes in Solution and Anchored to Nanocrystalline TiO2" |
| 2004 | Sahori B. Yamaki Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil "Spectral Broadening of Selectively Attached Pyren-1-yl Groups and the Dynamics of Relaxation Processes in Ethylene-co-Vinyl Acetate Copolymers" |
| 2002 | Claudio D. Borsarelli Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero, Argentina "Singlet Molecular Oxygen Quenching Ability of Carotenoids in a Reverse-Micelle Membrane Mimetic System" |
| 2001 | Ezequiel Wolcan Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina "Photochemical & Photophysical Properties of fac-Re(I) Tricarbonyl Complexes: A Comparison of Monomer and Polymer Species with -Re(CO)3Phen Chromophores" |
| 2000 | Ana Paola P. Cione Universidad de São Paolo, Brazil; Fergus Gessner, Supervisor "Photochemistry and Photophysics of Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Clays" |
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