Previous Seaborg Medal Recipients
2023-24 – Professor Juli Feigon, UCLA
“Nucleic Acid Transactions and the Awesome Power of Structural Biology” On Friday, January 19, 2024,the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistrywill award the Glenn T. Seaborg Medal to Professor Juli […]
2022 – Professor Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Stanford
“Bringing Chemistry to Life” On August 17, 2022, the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry honored 2022 Nobel Laureate Professor Carolyn Bertozzi (Stanford) with the 2022 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal in […]
2019 – Professor Paul Alivisatos, University of California, Berkeley
“The Nanotechnology Revolution” On Saturday, November 23, 2019, the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry awarded the 2019 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal to Dr. Paul AlivisatosProfessor of Chemistry and Materials […]
2018 – Professor Emeritus Robert Glaeser, UC Berkeley, and Nobel Laureate Dr. Richard Henderson, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
“The Revolution in Electron Cryo-Microscopy” On Saturday, November 10, 2018,in recognition of their crucial contributions to the science of electron cryo-microscopy,the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry awarded the 2018 […]
2017 – Professor William Gelbart, UCLA
“Viruses, from Self-Assembly to Vaccines” On Saturday, November 18, 2017,the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistryawarded the 2017 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal to Professor William GelbartUCLA Department of Chemistry and […]
2016 – Professor Michael Jung, UCLA
“Drug Discovery: From Bench to Market” On Saturday, November 12, 2016,the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistrypresented the 2016 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal to Professor Michael E. JungUCLA Department of […]
2015 – Nobel Laureate Professor Stefan W. Hell, Max Planck Institute Göttingen
“New Physico-Chemical Tools for New Biology” On Monday, October 19, 2015,the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistryawarded the 2015 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal to Prof. Stefan W. Hell2014 Nobel Prize […]
2014 – Fred Wudl and Linda Wudl, University of California, Santa Barbara
“Organic Materials and their Applications” On Saturday, November 15, 2014,the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistryawarded the 2014 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal to Prof. Fred Wudl, Ph.D.University of California, Santa […]
2013 – Professor Kendall Houk, UCLA
“Computation and Experiment: Collaborations for Chemical and Biochemical Discovery” On Saturday, October 26, 2013,the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistryawarded the 2013 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal to Kendall N. Houk, […]
2012 – Nobel Laureate Dr. Harold Varmus, National Cancer Institute
“Can Scientists Make the World a Better Place through Discovery, Dissemination, and Application of Knowledge?” On Friday, December 7, 2012,the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistryawarded the 2012 Glenn T. […]
2011 – Nobel Laureate Professor Richard Heck, University of Delaware
“The Heck Reaction and Cross-Couplings” On Saturday, November 5, 2011the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistryawarded the 2011 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal to Richard Heck, Ph.D.Willis F. Harrington Professor Emeritus […]
2010 – Professor Robert Tjian, University of California, Berkeley
“Transcription, Stem Cells, and Differentiation” On Saturday, November 13, 2010the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistryawarded the 2010 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal to Robert Tjian, Ph.D.President, Howard Hughes Medical InstituteProfessor, […]
2009 – Professor Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Georgia Institute of Technology
“Advanced Materials and Nano-Technology” On Saturday, November 14, 2009the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistryawarded the The 2009 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal to Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Ph.D.Julius Brown Chair and […]
2008 – Professor Joan S. Valentine, UCLA
“Frontiers in Metallobiochemistry” The 2008 Glenn T. Seaborg Symposium honouring Joan Selverstone Valentine University of California, Los Angeles “Frontiers in Metallobiochemistry” Professor Harry B. Gray, Caltech “Electron flow through proteins” […]
2007 – Dr. R. Stanley Williams, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
“Making and Using Functional Nanostructures” 2007 Seaborg Symposium and Medal Presentation Dinner Honoring Dr. R. Stanley WilliamsHewlett-Packard Research Laboratories Saturday, November 3, 2007 1:30-5:30 – SYMPOSIUM -The California NanoSystems Institute […]
2006 – Professor David A. Evans, Harvard University
“Frontiers in Chemical Synthesis”
2005 – Professor Ronald M. Evans, Salk Institute
“Nuclear Receptors and the Complex Journey to Obesity” Professor Ronald M. Evans, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies received the Glenn T. Seaborg Medal on Saturday, November 5, 2005 on […]
2004 – Professor David Eisenberg, UCLA
“Interacting Proteins” Pictures from the 2004 Seaborg Symposium Alumni Lunch honoring Christopher S. Foote At the Symposium, Poster Session Michael Strong, who did not get his picture taken, was […]
2003 – Dr. Ad Bax, NIH and Professor Alex Pines, UC Berkeley
“Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, Biology and Medicine” Pictures from the 2003 Seaborg Symposium At the Symposium, Before Lunch “Thirty Years of Ups and Downs”as narrated by Alex Pines of U.C. […]
2002 – Nobel Laureate Professor Richard E. Smalley, Rice University
“The Science and Technology of Nanotubes” Pictures from the 2002 Seaborg Symposium View of Seaborg 2002 Luncheon Pictures from the Seaborg Symposium 2002: The fun before Dinner Pictures from Seaborg […]
2001 – Dr. James B. Peter, Specialty Laboratories
“Interrogating Cells in Health and Disease”
2000 – Professor Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., UC Berkeley
“Receptors and Human Health” Program About Daniel Koshland Dinner Program Benefactors Faculty Awards Student Benefactors
1999 – Dr. John P. McTague, Ford Research Laboratory
“Transportation & The Environment” The 1999 Seaborg Symposium and Dinner 1999 Symposium Photos 1:00 pm Opening RemarksRoberto D. Peccei,Dean, Physical Sciences, UCLA 1:10 pm Jesse H. AusubelDirector, Program for the […]
1998 – Nobel Laureate Professor Paul D. Boyer, UCLA
“Life’s Energy Currency: ATP Synthesis and Use” Paul D Boyer Awarded 1998 Seaborg Medal Boyer’s ATP Synthase Diagram Boyer’s Exceptional Molecular Machine Diagram Shape of the Day – Brochure Handed […]
1997 – Professor M. Frederick Hawthorne, UCLA
“The Role of Inorganic Chemistry in Medicine” Fourth Annual Seaborg Symposium Honoring Prof. M. Frederick HawthorneNorthwest Auditorium, Sunset Village , UCLANovember 8, 1997 Prof. Joan ValentineDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, […]