2024 Linus Pauling Medal Award Symposium
Professor Younan Xia
Brock Family Chair, GRA Eminent Scholar in Nanomedicine
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Linus Pauling Science Center, OSU, Corvallis, OR
Sponsored jointly by the American Chemical Society Portland, Puget Sound, and Oregon Local Sections, the award is presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievement in chemistry in the spirit of and in honor of Linus Pauling, who grew up in the Pacific Northwest.
The 2024 Pauling Medal has been awarded to Professor Younan Xia, Brock Family Chair, and GRA Eminent Scholar in Nanomedicine. The award will be presented to Professor Xia at The Pauling Medal Symposium on October 12, 2024, held in the Linus Pauling Science Center on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon.
Saturday, Oct 12, 2024
7-11am Student Poster Session Setup in Linus Pauling Science Center
11am-12:30pm Student Poster Session in Linus Pauling Science Center (No Cost, Open to the Public)
12:30-5:00pm Pauling Symposium Lectures in 125 Linus Pauling Science Center (No Cost, Open to the Public)
Supporting talks by
- Professor Mingdi Yan from U. Massachusetts at Lowell
- Professor Charlie Campbell from U. of Washington, and
- Professor Yadong Yin from U. of California at Riverside.
5-6:30pm Reception in Linus Pauling Science Center (No Cost, Open to the Public)
6:30-8:30pm Banquet/Medal Presentation/Awardee Talk Linus Pauling Science Center
The Pauling Medal Award recognizes outstanding achievement in chemistry and is presented annually by the Puget Sound, Oregon, and Portland Sections of the American Chemical Society. The award is named after Dr. Linus Pauling, a native of the Pacific Northwest, because of the inspiration of his example. A nominee shall have made outstanding contributions to chemistry of a character that have merited national and international recognition.
Recipients of the Linus Pauling Medal Award
- 1966 – Linus Pauling
- 1967 – Manfred Eigen
- 1968 – Herbert C. Brown
- 1969 – Henry Eyring
- 1970 – Harold C. Urey
- 1971 – Gerhard Herzberg
- 1972 – E. Bright Wilson
- 1973 – E. J. Corey
- 1974 – Roald Hoffmann
- 1975 – Paul Doughty Bartlett
- 1976 – F. Albert Cotton
- 1977 – John A. Pople
- 1978 – Dudley Herschbach
- 1979 – Daniel E. Koshland
- 1980 – John D. Roberts
- 1981 – Henry Taube
- 1982 – George Pimentel
- 1983 – Gilbert Stork
- 1984 – John S. Waugh
- 1985 – Harold A. Scheraga
- 1986 – Harry B. Gray
- 1987 – Harden M. McConnell
- 1988 – Keith Ingold
- 1989 – Neil Bartlett
- 1990 – James P. Collman
- 1991 – Rudolph Marcus
- 1992 – Kenneth B. Wiberg
- 1993 – Richard N. Zare
- 1994 – James A. Ibers
- 1995 – Alexander Rich
- 1996 – Kyriacos C. Nicolaou
- 1997 – Ahmed H. Zewail
- 1998 – Allen J. Bard
- 1999 – Peter B. Dervan
- 2000 – Gabor A. Somorjai
- 2001 – Tobin J. Marks
- 2002 – John I. Brauman
- 2003 – Robert H. Grubbs
- 2004 – Martin Karplus
- 2005 – George Whitesides
- 2006 – Peter J. Stang
- 2007 – Jacqueline K. Barton
- 2008 – Thomas C. Bruice
- 2009 – Stephen J. Lippard
- 2010 – Armand Paul Alivisatos
- 2011 – Larry R. Dalton
- 2012 – Robert Cava
- 2013 – Chad Mirkin
- 2014 – Stephen Buchwald
- 2015 – Barry M. Trost
- 2016 – Timothy M. Swager
- 2017 – Christopher C. Cummins
- 2018 – Geraldine Richmond
- 2019 – Catherine Murphy
- 2020 – Paul J. Chirik
- 2021 – No medal awarded (Covid)
- 2022 – Cynthia J. Burrows
- 2023 – Laura Gagliardi
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