BLACKMONDLAB
Professor, Department of Chemistry
The John C. Martin Endowed Chair in Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
Maildrop: BCC-157
La Jolla, CA 92037
Link to Faculty website profile
PROF. DONNA G. BLACKMOND
Centenary Prize for Chemistry and Communication, Royal Society of Chemistry
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), Elected Member
James Flack Norris Award of the American Chemical Society
van't Hoff Award, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, The Netherlands
Humboldt Forschungspreis, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences
Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Oparin Medal of the International Society for Studies on the Origin of Life (ISSOL)
Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
Bristol Chemical Synthesis Syngenta Award
Irving Wender Award for Creative Research in Catalysis, PCCS
Elected member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists (AIC)
Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis, American Chemical Society
Elected member, US National Academy of Engineering
Simons Investigator, Simons Foundation Collaboration on the Origins of Life
Physical Organic Chemistry Award (Sir Christopher Ingold Award), Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, The Royal Society of London
Invited Speaker, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, National Science Foundation, American Chemical Society
Paul Rylander Award, Organic Reactions Catalysis Society
Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Process Technology
Miller Foundation Visiting Professorship, University of California-Berkeley
Woodward Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, North American Catalysis Society
Mary Fieser Visiting Lectureship, Harvard University
Max-Planck-Society Award for Outstanding Women Scientists
National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
National Merit Scholarship
1984
1981
1980
Education
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), Carnegie Mellon University
M.S. (Chemical Engineering), University of Pittsburgh
B.S. (Chemical Engineering), University of Pittsburgh
Professional Experience
since 2025
since 2021
2018 - 2025
since 2010
since 2010
2004 - 2010
1999 - 2003
1996 - 1999
1995 - 1996
1992 - 1995
1992 - 1999
1989 - 1992
1984 - 1989
Leverhulme Visiting Professorship – Sabbatical at Liverpool University, UK
The John C. Martin Endowed Chair in Chemistry, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA
Chemistry Department Chair, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA
Professor of Chemistry, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA
Visiting Professor, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
Chair in Catalysis, Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
Professor and Chair in Physical Chemistry, University of Hull, UK
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim-Ruhr, Germany
Professor of Technical Chemistry, University of Essen, Germany
Associate Director, Technical Operations, Merck & Co., Inc.
Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and BP America Faculty Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Awards & Professional Activities (selected)
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2021
2020
2020
2019
2019
2018
2016
2016
2016
2013
2013
2009
2007
2006
2005
2003
2003
2003
2002
2001
2000
1998
1985
1981
1976