1
H
Hydrogen
1
Paul D. Topham
2
He
Helium
2
Erin McConnell
3
Li
Lithium
3
Michael Terzidis
4
Be
Beryllium
4
Gabriela Desireé Tormet-González
5
B
Boron
5
Dmitriy Berillo
6
C
Carbon
6
Jose Miguel González Domínguez
7
N
Nitrogen
7
Xiaoguang Lei
8
O
Oxygen
8
Shannon Esswein
9
F
Fluorine
9
Fun Man Fung
10
Ne
Neon
10
Derfogail Delcassian
11
Na
Sodium
11
Saima Shabbir
12
Mg
Magnesium
12
Marielle Yasmine Agbahoungbata
13
Al
Aluminium
13
Ramia Albakain
14
Si
Silicon
14
Mita Dasog
15
P
Phosphorus
15
Hwan-Ching Tai
16
S
Sulfur
16
Xuefeng Jiang
17
Cl
Chlorine
17
Shaimaa Goher
18
Ar
Argon
18
Cynthia Nkolika Ibeto
19
K
Potassium
19
Aubrey Paris
20
Ca
Calcium
20
Thibault Cheisson
21
Sc
Scandium
21
Chenjie Zeng
22
Ti
Titanium
22
Sammy Verbruggen
23
V
Vanadium
23
Guihua Yu
24
Cr
Chromium
24
Elisa S. Orth
25
Mn
Manganese
25
Teera Chantarojsiri
26
Fe
Iron
26
Elizabeth J. New
27
Co
Cobalt
27
Sadhna Mathura
28
Ni
Nickel
28
Lori Ferrins
29
Cu
Copper
29
Kelly L. Summers
30
Zn
Zinc
30
Ernest Awoonor-Williams
31
Ga
Gallium
31
Gaston Richelle
32
Ge
Germanium
32
Jesús Esteban Serrano
33
As
Arsenic
33
Jorge Alegre-Cebollada
34
Se
Selenium
34
Richard Payne
35
Br
Bromine
35
Márcia Foster Mesko
36
Kr
Krypton
36
Philippe Wilson
37
Rb
Rubidium
37
João Borges
38
Sr
Strontium
38
Markita Landry
39
Y
Yttrium
39
Gabriel dos Passos Gomes
40
Zr
Zirconium
40
Claudia Bonfio
41
Nb
Niobium
41
Naoaki Yabuuchi
42
Mo
Molybdenum
42
Mirabbos Hojamberdiev
43
Tc
Technetium
43
Siba Moussa
44
Ru
Ruthenium
44
Alexander Majouga
45
Rh
Rhodium
45
Rebekah Duffin
46
Pd
Palladium
46
Ilja Voets
47
Ag
Silver
47
Matthew G. Cowan
48
Cd
Cadmium
48
Carina Crucho
49
In
Indium
49
Hadi Fares
50
Sn
Tin
50
Emmanuel Chukwudalu Ohaekenyem
51
Sb
Antimony
51
Maria Spasova
52
Te
Tellurium
52
Edmond Sanganyado
53
I
Iodine
53
Rachel Hevey
54
Xe
Xenon
54
Kana Yamada
55
Cs
Caesium
55
Natalie LaFranzo
56
Ba
Barium
56
Jose Vicente Climent
57 - 71
 
Lanthanoids
72
Hf
Hafnium
72
Henry Moseley
73
Ta
Tantalum
73
James Gardner
74
W
Tungsten
74
Nir London
75
Re
Rhenium
75
Marleen Kamperman
76
Os
Osmium
76
Juris Meija
77
Ir
Iridium
77
Oliver Jones
78
Pt
Platinum
78
Andrea Straková Fedorková
79
Au
Gold
79
Julian G. West
80
Hg
Mercury
80
Zhuang Liu
81
Tl
Thallium
81
Sotiris Evgenidis
82
Pb
Lead
82
Torsten John
83
Bi
Bismuth
83
Sukdev Bag
84
Po
Polonium
84
Conrad Goodwin
85
At
Astatine
85
Johanna Irrgeher
86
Rn
Radon
86
Tejas Shah
87
Fr
Francium
87
Thomas Hermans
88
Ra
Radium
88
Anna Pasternak
89 - 103
 
Actinoids
104
Rf
Rutherfordium
104
Stephanie Santos-Diaz
105
Db
Dubnium
105
Jovana Milić
106
Sg
Seaborgium
106
Johan Rene Gonzalez Moya
107
Bh
Bohrium
107
Yvonne Choo
108
Hs
Hassium
108
Nimrat Obhi
109
Mt
Meitnerium
109
Víctor Sabanza
110
Ds
Darmstadtium
110
Daniel Florin Sava
111
Rg
Roentgenium
111
Peter Wich
112
Cn
Copernicium
112
Menno de Waal
113
Nh
Nihonium
113
Nozomi Sato
114
Fl
Flerovium
114
Leonid V. Skripnikov
115
Mc
Moscovium
115
Galina Knyazheva
116
Lv
Livermorium
116
Jacklyn M. Gates
117
Ts
Tennessine
117
Nathan T. Brewer
118
Og
Oganesson
118
Sofiya Aydinyan
57
La
Lanthanum
57
Erin Leitao
58
Ce
Cerium
58
Martine Abboud
59
Pr
Praseodymium
59
Anna Regoutz
60
Nd
Neodymium
60
Marian Asantewah Nkansah
61
Pm
Promethium
61
Quan Yuan
62
Sm
Samarium
62
Felicia Lim
63
Eu
Europium
63
Ľubomír Švorc
64
Gd
Gadolinium
64
Felix Rizzuto
65
Tb
Terbium
65
Nur Fajrini Matjalina
66
Dy
Dysprosium
66
Raymond Borg
67
Ho
Holmium
67
Patrick Scilabra
68
Er
Erbium
68
Samantha Yruegas
69
Tm
Thulium
69
David Mills
70
Yb
Ytterbium
70
Magaret Sivapragasam
71
Lu
Lutetium
71
Chengliang Xiao
89
Ac
Actinium
89
María Fernanda Cardinal
90
Th
Thorium
90
Andrey Vorotyntsev
91
Pa
Protactinium
91
Nam Joong Jeon
92
U
Uranium
92
Shuao Wang
93
Np
Neptunium
93
Tejas Joshi
94
Pu
Plutonium
94
Yalinu Poya
95
Am
Americium
95
Michael Tarselli
96
Cm
Curium
96
Athina Anastasaki
97
Bk
Berkelium
97
Philipp Gotico
98
Cf
Californium
98
Gift Mehlana
99
Es
Einsteinium
99
Clarice Phelps
100
Fm
Fermium
100
Xu Hou
101
Md
Mendelevium
101
Anna Romanchuk
102
No
Nobelium
102
Lydia Sosa Vargas
103
Lr
Lawrencium
103
Jessica Pandohee

Pb - Torsten John

Ag - Mattew G Cowan

Cu - Kelly Summers

S - Xuefeng Jiang

W - Nir London

Ca - Thibault Cheisson

I - Rachel Hevey

Ts – Nathan Brewer

Og - Sofiya Aydinyan

All Awardees in Order of Presentation

Co-sponsored by the International Younger Chemists Network (IYCN) 
@IUPAC #IUPAC100 #PTChemists
Contact Person: Dr. Christine Dunne, [email protected]

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of IUPAC and the International Year of the Periodic Table, IUPAC and IYCN announce the creation of a Periodic Table of Younger Chemists. Beginning in July 2018 and ending in July 2019 at the World Chemistry Congress and IUPAC General Assembly, we have unveiled and honored a diverse group of 118 outstanding younger chemists from around the world who in embody the mission and core values of IUPAC. The resulting periodic table highlights the diversity of careers, creativity, and dedication of the young chemists leading us into the next century. Elements of the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists have been revealed over time in order of scientific discovery (see Wikipedia).

Nominees must be 40 years of age or younger and meet the following criteria:

One of the following:

  • Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in chemistry or a related field
  • Holds an undergraduate or graduate degree in chemistry or in a related field
  • Currently working in the field of chemistry or a related field

AND

Actively working in one or more of the following areas:

  • Scientific topics relevant to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (link)
  • Increasing the public appreciation and understanding of chemistry
  • Fostering diversity in the chemical enterprise
  • Improving chemistry and science education for students
  • Advancing interdisciplinary and international collaboration in chemistry research

All nominations are to be submitted via the on-line form. Nominators may be organizations or individuals. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominees not selected during a particular round will be carried over to the next group of elements. For more information, please email Christine Dunne at [email protected].

 

Elements will be revealed throughout the period from July 2018 to July 2019 with 8 to 10 elements revealed per month. The deadline nominations for elements being revealed in July 2018 is May 1, 2018. Nominations for later elements may be submitted any time prior to the deadline. Early submission is encouraged. See the table below for subsequent deadlines.

Month RevealedDeadline for NominationsElements to be Announced *
July 2018June 11, 2018Copper
Lead
Gold
Silver
Iron
Carbon
Tin
Sulfur
August 2018July 1, 2018Mercury
Zinc
Arsenic
Antimony
Phosphorus
Cobalt
Platinum
Nickel
September 2018August 1, 2018Bismuth
Magnesium
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Barium
Chlorine
Manganese
October 2018September 1, 2018Molybdenum
Tungsten
Tellurium
Strontium
Zirconium
Uranium
Titanium
Yttrium
November 2018October 1, 2018Chromium
Beryllium
Vanadium
Niobium
Tantalum
Palladium
Cerium
Osmium
December 2018November 1, 2018Iridium
Rhodium
Potassium
Sodium
Calcium
Boron
Fluorine
Iodine
January 2019December 1, 2018Lithium
Cadmium
Selenium
Silicon
Aluminium
Bromine
Thorium
Lanthanum
Erbium
Terbium
February 2019
January 1, 2019Ruthenium
Caesium
Rubidium
Thallium
Indium
Helium
Gallium
Ytterbium
Holmium
Thulium
March 2019February 1, 2019Scandium
Samarium
Gadolinium
Praseodymium
Neodymium
Germanium
Dysprosium
Argon
Europium
Krypton
April 2019March 1, 2019Neon
Xenon
Polonium
Radium
Radon
Actinium
Lutetium
Rhenium
Protactinium
Hafnium
May 2019April 1, 2019Technetium
Francium
Astatine
Neptunium
Plutonium
Promethium
Curium
Americium
Berkelium
Californium
June 2019May 1, 2019Einsteinium
Fermium
Mendelevium
Lawrencium
Nobelium
Rutherfordium
Dubnium
Seaborgium
Bohrium
Meitnerium
July 2019May 15, 2019Hassium
Darmstadtium
Roentgenium
Copernicium
Nihonium
Flerovium
Livermorium
Oganesson
Tennessine
Moscovium
ElementNameTitleAffiliationCountry
CopperKelly L. Summers
Ph.D. CandidateUniversity of SaskatchewanCanada
LeadTorsten JohnPh.D. CandidateLeipzig UniversityGermany
GoldJulian G. WestPostdoctoral FellowCalifornia Institute of TechnologyUnited States
SilverMatthew G. CowanLecturer and ResearcherUniversity of CanterburyNew Zealand
IronElizabeth NewAssociate ProfessorUniversity of SydneyAustralia
CarbonJose Miguel González- DomínguezResearch Chemist
Spanish National Research CouncilCarbon
TinEmmanuel Chukwudalu OhaekenyemLecturerNnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNigeria
SulfurXuefeng JiangProfessorEast China Normal UniversityChina
MercuryZhuang LiuProfessorSoochow University
China
ZincErnest Awoonor-WilliamsGraduate StudentMemorial UniversityCanada
ArsenicJorge Alegre-CebolladaProfessorComplutense University of MadridSpain
AntimonyMaria SpasovaAssociate ProfessorBulgarian Academy of SciencesBulgaria
PhosphorusHwan-Ching TaiProfessorNational Taiwan University
China/Taipei
CobaltSadhna MathuraLecturer and Academic CoordinatorUniversity of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa
PlatinumAndrea Straková Fedorková ResearcherPavol Jozef Safarik UniversitySlovakia
NickelLori Ferrins Research Assistant ProfessorNortheastern UniversityUnited States
BismuthSukdev BagPh.D. CandidateIndian Institute of Technology India
MagnesiumMarielle Yasmine Agbahoungbata Vice-DirectorMathFinEco UniversityBenin
HydrogenPaul D TophamProfessorAston UniversityUnited Kingdom
OxygenShannon EssweinMD-Ph.D. StudentUCLA-CaltechUnited States
NitrogenXiaoguang Lei ProfessorPeking University China
BariumJose Vicente ClimentNational Market Access Liaison Manager Johnson & JohnsonSpain
ChlorineShaimaa GoherGraduate StudentBenha UniversityEgypt
ManganeseTeera ChantarojsiriLecturerMahidol UniversityThailand
MolybdenumMirabbos HojamberdievSenior Researcher Uzbekistan-Japan
Innovation Center
of Youth
Uzbekistan
TungstenNir LondonSenior Scientist, Assistant Professor
The Weizmann Institute of Science Israel
TelluriumEdmond SanganyadoPostdoctoral Research Fellow
Shantou UniversityZimbabwe
StrontiumMarkita LandryAssistant ProfessorUniversity of California BerkeleyUnited States
ZirconiumClaudia Bonfio Postdoctoral Research FellowMRC Laboratory of Molecular BiologyItaly
UraniumShuao WangProfessorSoochow UniversityChina
TitaniumSammy VerbruggenLecturer and Senior ResearcherUniversity of AntwerpBelgium
YttriumGabriel dos Passos GomesPhD CandidateFlorida State UniversityBrazil
ChromiumElisa OrthAssociate ProfessorFederal University of ParanáBrazil
BerylliumGabriela Desireé Tormet-GonzálezPh.D. CandidateUniversity of Campinas (Brazil)Venezuela
VanadiumGuihua YuProfessorThe University of Texas at AustinUnited States
NiobiumNaoaki YabuuchiProfessorYokohama National UniversityJapan
TantalumJames M. GardnerAssociate ProfessorKTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden
PalladiumIlja VoetsProfessorEindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands
CeriumMartine AbboudJunior Research FellowUniversity of Oxford (UK)Lebanon
OsmiumJuris MeijaResearch OfficerNational Research Council of CanadaCanada
IridiumOliver JonesAssociate ProfessorRMIT UniversityUnited Kingdom
RhodiumRebekah DuffinPh.D. CandidateMonash University Australia
PotassiumAubrey ParisNSF Graduate FellowPrinceton University
United States
SodiumSaima ShabbirAssociate ProfessorInstitute of Space TechnologyPakistan
CalciumThibault CheissonPostdoctoral FellowUniversity of PennsylvaniaFrance
BoronDmitriy BerilloVisiting ResearcherUniversity of BrightonKazakhstan
FluorineFun Man FungAssistant Director (Education) & Chemistry InstructorNational University of SingaporeSingapore
IodineRachel HeveyResearch AssociateUniversity of BaselSwitzerland
LithiumMichael TerzidisResearch ScientistPharmaten S.A.Greece
CadmiumCarina CruchoJunior ResearcherInstituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, PortugalPortugal
SeleniumRichard PayneProfessor of Organic Chemistry and Chemical BiologyThe University of SydneyAustralia
SiliconMita DasogAssistant ProfessorDalhousie UniversityCanada
AluminumRamia AlbakainAssociate Professor of Analytical and Bioanalytical ChemistryThe University of JordanJordan
BromineMárcia MeskoAssociate ProfessorUniversidade Federal de PelotasBrazil
ThoriumAndrey VorotyntsevAssistant ProfessorNizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Russia
LanthanumErin LeitaoSenior LecturerUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand
ErbiumSamantha YruegasPh.D. CandidateBaylor UniversityUnited States
TerbiumNur Fajrini MatjalinaDirectorSmart Coating Technologies (B) Sdn BhdBrunei
RutheniumAlexander MajougaProfessor, Doctor of ScienceMendeleev University of Chemical Technology of RussiaRussia
CaesiumNatalie LaFranzoDirector of Scientific Projects and Market DevelopmentDuPont Electronics & ImagingUnited States
RubidiumJoão BorgesJunior Research FellowPortuguese Chemical SocietyPortugal
ThalliumSotiris EvgenidisPost-Doctoral FellowAristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece
IndiumHadi FaresPost-Doctoral FellowNASA Postdoctoral Program/ Pennsylvania State UniversityLebanon
HeliumErin McConnellPost-Doctoral FellowMcMaster UniversityCanada
GalliumGaston RichellePepscan TherapeuticsNetherlands
YtterbiumMagaret SivapragasamPost-Doctoral Research ScientistUniversiti Teknologi PETRONASMalaysia
HolmiumPatrick ScilabraPh.D. CandidatePolitecnico di Milano, ItalyItaly
ThuliumDavid MillsSenior LecturerThe University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom
ScandiumChenjie ZengNatureNet Postdoctoral
Fellow
University of Pennsylvania China
SamariumFelicia LimResearcher & NMR SpecialistMonash University Malaysia
GadoliniumFelix RizzutoPostdoctoral Research
Fellow
McGill UniversityAustralia
PraesodymiumAnna RegoutzImperial College Research
Fellow
Imperial College LondonAustria
NeodymiumMarian Asantewah NkansahSenior LecturerKwame Nkrumah University
of Science and Technology
Ghana
GermaniumJesus Esteban SerranoResearch FellowMax Planck Institute for
Chemical Energy Conversion
Spain
DysprosiumRaymond BorgPh.D. Student
University of California
Santa Barbara
United States
ArgonCynthia Nkolika IbetoSenior LecturerUniversity of Nigeria NsukkaNigeria
EuropiumĽubomír ŠvorcAssociate ProfessorSlovak University of
Technology in Bratislava
Slovakia
KryptonPhilippe WilsonSenior Lecturer VC2020 in
Biological Chemistry &
Cheminformatics
De Montfort UniversityUnited Kingdom
NeonDerfogail DelcassianMarie Curie FellowMassachusetts Institute of
Technology
Ireland
XenonKana YamadaAssistant ProfessorThe University of
Tokyo
Japan
PoloniumConrad GoodwinJ. Robert Oppenheimer
Fellow
Los Alamos National
Laboratory
United Kingdom
RadiumAnna PasternakAssociate Professor
Institute of Bioorganic
Chemistry,
Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland
RadonTejas K. ShahDiscovery Research ScientistCorteva AgriscienceUnited States
ActiniumMaria Fernanda Cardinal
Associate Researcher
CONICET, Instituto de
Nanosistemas,
Universidad Nacional de
San Martin
Argentina
LutetiumChengliang XiaoProfessorZhejiang UniversityChina
RheniumMarleen KampermanFull ProfessorUniversity of GroningenNetherlands
ProtactiniumNam Joong JeonSenior ResearcherKorea Research Institute of
Chemical Technology
South Korea
HafniumHenry MoseleyLecturer in PhysicsErnest Rutherford’s
Laboratory at the
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
TechnetiumSiba MoussaPhD CandidateMcGill UniversitySyria
FranciumThomas Hermans
Assistant ProfessorUniversité de StrasbourgFrance
AstatineJohanna Irrgeher
Senior ScientistMontanuniversität LeobenAustria
NeptuniumTejas JoshiGerman Chancellor FellowLeibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education at Kiel University, GermanyIndia
PlutoniumYalinu PoyaPh.D CandidateUniversity of GlasgowPapua New Guinea
PromethiumQuan YuanProfessorHunan University
China
CuriumAthina Anastasaki
Assistant ProfessorETH ZurichGreece
AmericiumMichael TarselliScientific DirectorSLASUnited States
BerkeliumPhilipp GoticoPhD candidateFrench Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)Philippines
CaliforniumGift MehlanaLecturer and ResearcherMidlands State UniversityZimbabwe
EinsteiniumClarice PhelpsResearcher and Project ManagerOak Ridge National LaboratoryUnited States
FermiumXu HouProfessorXiamen UniversityChina
MendeleviumAnna RomanchukSenior ScientistLomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia
LawrenciumJessica PandoheeResearch FellowEdith Cowan UniversityMauritius
NobeliumLydia Sosa VargasCNRS ResearcherSorbonne UniversityFrance
RutherfordiumStephanie Santos-DiazPh.D CandidatePurdue UniversityPuerto Rico
DubniumJovana MilicScientistÉcole polytechnique fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland
SeborgiumJohan Rene Gonzalez MoyaPostdoctoral AssociateFlorida International UniversityCuba
BohriumYvonne ChooPh.D GraduateNewcastle University Malaysia
MeitneriumVictor SabanzaUndergraduate studentUniversity of La RiojaSpain
HassiumNimrat ObhiPh.D CandidateUniversity of TorontoCanada
DarmstadtiumDaniel Florin Sava2D IP CoordinatorThe University of Manchester's technology Transfer Office - UMIPRomania
RoentgeniumPeter WichSenior LecturerUniversity of New South Wales SydnesAustralia
CoperniciumMenno de WaalTeacher Vocational Education and AdvisorROC van AmsterdamNetherlands
NihoniumDr. Nozomi SatoAdjunct ResearcherNishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKENJapan
FleroviumDr. Leonid V. SkripnikovSenior Researcher "Kurchatov Institute"Russia
LivermoriumDr. Jacklyn M. GatesHeavy Element Nuclear and Radiochemistry Group LeaderLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States
OganessonDr. Sofiya AydinyanResearcherA.B. Nalbandyan Institute of Chemical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Republic of ArmeniaArmenia
TennessineDr. Nathan T. BrewerPost-Doctoral ResearcherOak Ridge National LaboratoryUnites States
MoscoviumDr. Galina KnyazhevaSenior ResearcherJoint Institute for Nuclear Research Russia