Kosolapoff Awards
The Kosolapoff award is supported financially by Auburn University and the Auburn Local Section of the American Chemical Society and is awarded to scientists that have made significant contributions to their field.
2026
Amy Rosenzweig
2025
Prashant Kamat
2024
John F. Hartwig
John F. Hartwig receives 2024 Kosolapoff Award sharing insight of catalysis and complex molecules
2023
Laura Gagliardi
Quantum Leaps – Kosolapoff Award and Lecture features cutting-edge research on capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water
2022
R. Graham Cooks
R. Graham Cooks from Purdue University, this year’s Kosolapoff Award Winner, speaks about mass spectrometry
2021
Chad Mirkin
Chad Mirkin to receive G.M. Kosolapoff Award
2019
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Kosolapoff Award Lecture Series Builds Legacy of Chemistry Community at Auburn University
Archive of Past Recipients
Nobel laureate: 
; National Academy Member: 
| 1986 --- William N. Lipscomb |
| 1987 --- Herbert C. Brown |
| 1988 --- Michael J. S. Dewar |
| 1989 --- Donald J. Cram |
| 1990 --- Henry Taube |
| 1991 --- Derek H. R. Barton |
| 1992 --- Allen J. Bard |
| 1993 --- Richard E. Smalley |
| 1994 --- Dudley R. Herschbach |
| 1995 --- William von Eggers Doering |
| 1996 --- Rudolph A. Marcus |
| 1997 --- Mario J. Molina |
| 1998 --- Richard N. Zare |
| 1999 --- Jacqueline K. Barton |
| 2000 --- Josef Michl |
| 2001 --- Harry B. Gray |
| 2002 --- Ahmed H. Zewail |
| 2003 --- John D. Roberts |
| 2004 --- Kenneth N. Raymond |
| 2005 --- Ronald Breslow |
| 2006 --- Kyriacos C. Nicolaou |
| 2007 --- Robert H. Grubbs |
| 2008 --- Barry M. Trost |
| 2009 --- Koji Nakanishi |
| 2010 --- Robert H. Crabtree |
| 2011 --- Eric N. Jacobsen |
| 2012 --- Thomas J. Meyer |
| 2013 --- Ei-ichi Negishi |
| 2014 --- Daniel G. Nocera |
| 2015 --- Edward I. Solomon |
| 2016 --- John E. Bercaw |
| 2017 --- David W. C. MacMillan |
| 2018 --- Marcetta Y. Darensbourg |
| 2019 --- Sharon Hammes-Schiffer |
| 2021 --- Chad Mirkin |
| 2022 --- R. Graham Cooks |
| 2023 --- Laura Gagliardi |
| 2024 --- John F. Hartwig |
| 2025 --- Prashant Kamat |
| 2026 --- Amy Rosenzweig |