
The European Academy of Sciences is proud to share that Prof. Gary J. Schrobilgen, Fellow of the Academy and Professor at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), has received the prestigious 2025 M. Frederick Hawthorne Award in Main Group Inorganic Chemistry from the American Chemical Society (ACS).
The award was presented during the Spring ACS National Meeting, held on 25 March 2025 in San Diego, California. Prof. Schrobilgen was honoured for his outstanding contributions to the field, specifically:
Advances in the syntheses of Group 13-18 compounds that encompass strong oxidizers; hypervalent, high-oxidation-state species; and ring, cage, and cluster polyatomic anions.”
The award was formally presented by Dr. Dorothy J. Phillips, President of the ACS, and Prof. Silvia S. Jurisson, ACS Board of Directors.
In further recognition of his achievements, a two-day joint symposium, co-organised by the ACS Divisions of Fluorine Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, along with a celebratory banquet, will be held during the Fall ACS National Meeting in Washington, D.C., on 18–19 August 2025.
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Prof. Gary J. Schrobilgen (centre) receiving the 2025 ACS M. Frederick Hawthorne Award in Main Group Inorganic Chemistry from Dr. Dorothy J. Phillips, ACS President (left), and Prof. Silvia S. Jurisson, ACS Board of Directors (right).
Photo Credit: EPNAC.com