Topic
Chemistry
92 people were recognised in the UK honours for Chemistry.
Recognition over time
92 people recognised for Chemistry from 2008 to 2026, shown by year and stacked by award category (the honours categories present in this data).
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Each bar counts people recognised for that topic on its own, not its sub-topics — so the Chemistry bar (92) is those tagged Chemistry directly, shown against its 4 sub-topics. The same person can appear in more than one.
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Recipients
People recognised for Chemistry
92 people
2026 · 7
Lorna Bridget Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“Chief Executive Officer, British Adhesives and Sealants Association. For services to the Chemicals Industry”
Peter Robertson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, County Borough of Belfast
“Professor of Energy and Environmental Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Research and Innovation in Northern Ireland”
Sharon Elizabeth Todd
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive, The Society of Chemical Industries. For services to Innovation”
Jonathan David Lutwyche
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Lancaster, Lancashire
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Yordas Group. For services to Sustainable Chemicals Management, to Economic Growth, to International Trade, and to Advancing Opportunities for Women and Young People”
Ian Stuart Young
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Health. For services to Health Services Research and Development and to Health Education”
David Rees
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Lately Chief Scientific Officer, Astex Pharmaceuticals. For services to Chemistry and Innovation”
Avtar Singh Matharu
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“Professor of Chemistry, University of York. For services to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and to Interfaith and Community Cohesion”
2025 · 4
Rachel O?reilly
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Birmingham. For services to Chemistry”
Stephen Edward Foots
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2025
York, North Yorkshire
“Chief Executive Officer, Croda. For services to the Chemical and Life Sciences Industries”
Gillian Reid
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Winchester, Hampshire
“Professor of Chemistry, University of Southampton. For services to the Chemical Sciences, and to Inclusion and Diversity”
Ijeoma Uchegbu
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“President, Wolfson College, Cambridge. For services to the Chemical Sciences and to Inclusion and Diversity”
2024 · 7
Carl Woollins
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
“Managing Director UK and Ireland, Nippon Gases. For services to the Chemicals Industry”
Matthew Jonathan Rosseinsky
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Wirral, Merseyside
“Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Liverpool. For services to Materials Chemistry Research and Innovation”
John Thomas Sirr Irvine
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Anstruther, Fife
“Professor of Chemistry, University of St Andrews. For services to the Green Economy”
Michael Whittingham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
“For services to Chemistry.”
Helen Mary Abrahams (Helen Pain)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Chief Executive, Royal Society of Chemistry and lately Chair, Board of Trustees, Science Council. For services to Science”
Elizabeth Catherine Williams (Kay Williams)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Head of International Chemicals, Pesticide and Hazardous Waste, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For services to the International Environment and charitable service through Bees Abroad”
Simon Jonathon Grant
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Preston, Lancashire
“Technical Director, Thomas Swan. For services to Diversity in the Chemical Industry”
2023 · 2
Eva Sorensen
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“Professor, Chemical Engineering, University College London. For services to Education and Chemical Engineering”
Audrey Cameron
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Dunbar, East Lothian
“Chair, British Sign Language Plan Working Group, University of Edinburgh. For services to Chemical Sciences and to Inclusion in Science Communications”
2022 · 4
Nazira Karodia
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Lately Professor of Science Education, University of Wolverhampton. For services to the Chemical Sciences”
Lucy Jane Carpenter
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
York, North Yorkshire
“Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, University of York. For services to Atmospheric Chemistry”
Robert Minge Mokaya
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“Professor of Materials Chemistry and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement, University of Nottingham. For services to the Chemical Sciences”
David William Cross MacMILLAN
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
“For services to Chemistry and Science.”
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