Learn about the 2026 winners of ACS Publications' Analytical Chemistry lectureships and awards.
Join us as we celebrate the 2026 Analytical Chemistry Lectureships and Awards winners, including the Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Award and the Early Career Investigator Award in Analytical Chemistry.
These awards recognize researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of measurement science, analytical innovation, and the techniques that enable breakthroughs across chemistry and beyond.
This year’s recipients reflected on the impact of their work and the future of analytical chemistry and measurement science.
In their interviews, they discussed:
- How their research is making a difference in their field
- What excites them about the future of their research area
Together, their insights offer a compelling look at the curiosity, rigor, and innovation shaping the next generation of analytical chemistry and measurement science.
Browse by Award or Winner:
Early Career Investigator Award in Analytical Chemistry
- Winner: Prof. Elizabeth Neumann
Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Award (to be announced)
Early Career Investigator Award in Analytical Chemistry
Co-sponsored by Analytical Chemistry and ACS Measurement Science Au, this award honors the contributions of an individual who has demonstrated exceptional technical advancement and innovation in the field of analytical chemistry in their early career.
Winner: Prof. Elizabeth Neumann, University of California, Davis (USA)
Prof. Neumann will present her research in a dedicated webinar, Mapping Disease Pathways Through Spatial Multiomics, on June 24, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT, as part of ACS Publications' Fueling Scientific Discovery webinar series.
The Neumann lab joined the Chemistry Department at UC Davis in the summer of 2022 and focuses on understanding the molecular and cellular architecture behind neurological diseases. The research is highly interdisciplinary and involves developing analytical tools and multimodal imaging methods for understanding complex biological phenomena.
How is your research making a difference in the field?
We’re developing methods for spatial multiomic analysis on clinical samples. This enables us to understand clinical problems under a whole new light and with technology that can scale with clinical needs (e.g., cost, scale, rigor, reproducibility). To date, we’ve started to study diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, spina bifida, HIV, ovarian cancer, and many more, to understand how nutrition and exposure impacts disease severity and metabolic dysregulation. Additionally, our lab seeks to train the next generation of scientists, and we regularly host children and young adults interested in exploring how analytical chemistry research is performed.
What excites you most about the future of your research area?
We’re striving to span the entire central dogma of biology on one instrument. To date, we’ve been able to spatially map mRNA, proteins, lipids, and metabolites using one analytical platform and we are working on spanning to DNA detection in the coming years as other talented scientists are expanding what can be imaged using a mass spectrometry system. I’m excited to see it all performed on one platform at clinical scales.I’m also excited to expand our studies of micro- and nanoplastics as their effects on human health and disease are definitely understudied but very important.
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Analytical Chemistry Lectureships and Awards
Explore nomination opportunities and browse the lectureship and award winner archives from ACS Publications' Analytical Chemistry portfolios.
