This annual award honors the contributions of an individual from each of three major geographic regions who has made a major recent impact in the field of measurement science. Learn more about the 2025 winners and browse their recent publications in ACS journals.
ACS Measurement Science Au, ACS Sensors, Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Proteome Research, and the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, in partnership with the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, are proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Award:
- The Americas: Facundo Fernández, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Europe, Middle East, Africa: Julie Macpherson, University of Warwick
- Asia-Pacific: Hui Wei, Nanjing University
This annual award honors the contributions of one individual from each of three major geographic regions—the Americas, Europe/the Middle East/Africa (EMEA), and Asia-Pacific—who has made a major recent impact in the field of measurement science.
The winners will receive their awards and present their research in an upcoming webinar organized by ACS Publications. Look out for more information on how to register for this webinar soon.
Learn more about the winners in their interviews below.
Professor Facundo M. Fernández
Prof. Facundo M. Fernández is a Regents' Professor and the Vasser-Woolley Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned his BSc/MSc (Licenciatura) in Chemistry from the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, in 1995, and his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the same institution in 1999. From 2000 to 2001, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Richard N. Zare at the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University. Between 2002 and 2003, he joined the research group of Vicki Wysocki at the University of Arizona, where he held roles as senior postdoctoral researcher and later research scientist.
Prof. Fernández is internationally recognized for his contributions to bioanalytical chemistry. His research focuses on developing new tools for analyzing small-volume samples, tissues, and single cells, and applying these methods to improve understanding of diseases such as cancer, cystic fibrosis, and inflammatory bowel disease. He is the author of 226 peer-reviewed publications, has delivered over 225 invited lectures, and has supervised the graduation of 33 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students. Additionally, he serves as the academic director of the Systems Mass Spectrometry Core (SyMS-C) at the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech, where he manages a portfolio of more than 10 mass spectrometers from leading vendors.
In his spare time, Prof. Fernández enjoys camping and overlanding with his family, rock climbing, kayaking, and participating in Summits on the Air (SOTA) with his tiny ham radio.
Professor Hui Wei
Prof. Hui Wei is a Professor in College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Nanjing University. He joined Nanjing University after postdoctoral training with Professors Yi Lu and Shuming Nie, respectively. He received his BS degree from Nanjing University, where he carried out undergraduate research with Professor Xinghua Xia. Then, he joined Professor Erkang Wang's group at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences for PhD study. He is a co-PI at the State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, the Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), and the Nanozyme Laboratory in Zhongyuan.
His research interests are focused on nanozymes. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the Nature Awards Microbiome Accelerator (2024), Dalton Horizon Prize (2023), the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (2017), the Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (2015), etc. Currently, he serves as an Associate Editor for the Chinese Journal of Chemistry.
Professor Julie Macpherson
Prof. Julie Macpherson is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Warwick, specializing in electrochemistry and materials science. Her PhD was undertaken in the Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, UK with Prof. Pat Unwin in the area of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) applied to crystal dissolution processes (1993-1996). During this period, Prof. Macpherson spent time working in the group of Prof. Allen Bard (Austin, Texas) developing the first electrochemical AFM, here applied to crystal dissolution. For PDRA (1996-1999), she developed new hydrodynamic ultramicroelectrodes for the study of fast electron transfer processes.
In 1999, Prof. Macpherson was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in the Department of Chemistry University of Warwick to investigate electrochemistry in nanoscopic environments. In 2007, she was promoted to full Professor. In 2014, she received a Royal Society (RS) Industry Fellowship to work on the development of boron doped diamond electrochemical sensors with Element Six. The work was awarded an RS Innovation award in 2017.
Prof. Macpherson has received numerous other awards for her group’s research, including the Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Prize (2023), Royal Society of Chemistry Geoffrey Barker Award (2020), Royal Society of Chemistry and Society of Chemical Industry McBain Medal (2006) and the Royal Society of Chemistry, Marlow Medal (2005).
She enjoys teaching at all levels and is currently Editor-in-Chief of a new series of tutorial style undergraduate chemistry text books (Royal Society of Chemistry). She has been awarded the Andrew McCamley Prize for best undergraduate lecturer five times and the Warwick University award for teaching excellence once.
Learn About Last Year's Winners
Meet the 2024 Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Award Winners
ACS Publications is proud to announce Peter Nemes, Boris Mizaikoff, and Juyoung Yoon as the winners of the 2024 Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Award.
