Welch Award in Chemistry
Jewish recipients of the Welch Award in Chemistry documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 30% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.
18 documented recipients
Frank Westheimer1912
Chemist known for physical organic and bioorganic chemistry
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Richard Bernstein1923
Physical chemist, pioneer of molecular reaction dynamics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Norman Davidson1916
Chemist and molecular biologist who advanced nucleic acid hybridization methods
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Gilbert Stork1921
Organic chemist renowned for advances in the total synthesis of complex molecules
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Jack Halpern1925
Chemist known for the mechanisms of homogeneous catalysis
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Robert Abeles1926
Biochemist known for enzyme reaction mechanisms and mechanism-based (suicide) inhibitors
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Pierre Chambon1931
Molecular biologist who discovered split genes and pioneered the study of nuclear hormone receptors.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Richard Zare1939
Physical chemist known for laser chemistry and analytical spectroscopy
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Roger Kornberg2006
Studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription
Source: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Chemistry 2006
Ronald Breslow1931
Organic chemist known for artificial enzymes and biomimetic chemistry
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Allen Bard1933
Electrochemist, developer of scanning electrochemical microscopy
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Daniel Koshland1990
Proposed the induced-fit model of enzyme action; National Medal of Science (1990)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science
Alexander Rich1924
Biophysicist who discovered Z-DNA and co-discovered polysomes and the structure of transfer RNA.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Robert Bergman1942
Organometallic chemist known for C–H bond activation and the Bergman cyclization
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Stephen Harrison1941
Structural biologist who determined the atomic structures of viruses
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Stephen Lippard1940
Chemist known for bioinorganic chemistry, including the mechanism of the anticancer drug cisplatin
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Charles Lieber1959
Chemist known for nanowires and nanoscale materials
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Jacqueline Barton1952
Chemist who discovered electron charge transport along the DNA double helix.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology