Bourke-Liversidge Award

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The Bourke-Liversidge Award was created in 2020 by the merger of the Bourke Award with the Liversidge Award. [1] The Bourke-Liversidge Award is awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry. [2]

Winners

As of 2022, there have been 2 winners of the Bourke-Liversidge Award: [3]

YearRecipient
2022 Vasilios Stavros [4]
2021 Sharon Ashbrook

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References

  1. "Liversidge Award".
  2. "Faraday Division mid-career Award: Bourke-Liversidge Award".
  3. "Bourke-Liversidge Award previous winners".
  4. "Professor Vasilios Stavros".