The Gordon Hammes Lectureship Award recognizes and honors an individual whose scientific contributions have had a major impact on research across all of biological chemistry.
Biochemistry and the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry are pleased to announce the winner of the 2023 Gordon Hammes Lectureship Award, Dr. Hung-Wen “Ben” Liu of The University of Texas at Austin, and the winner of the 2023 Gordon Hammes Scholar Award, Dr. Jacob Sieg of The Pennsylvania State University.
The awards will be presented at ACS Fall 2023 in San Francisco, from August 13-17 where the winners will each be presenting a lecture along with other prominent researchers in the field. Join us for the Hammes Award Symposium on August 14 at 2pm PDT in the Moscone Center South building, Room 210.
Learn more about the winners and their research below.
Dr. Hung-Wen “Ben” Liu, 2023 Gordon Hammes Lecturer
The Gordon Hammes Lectureship Award recognizes and honors an individual whose scientific contributions have had a major impact on research across all of biological chemistry.
“Ben Liu fully exemplifies the spirit of the Gordon Hammes Award, says Biochemistry Editor-in-Chief Alanna Schepartz. “He is both a fearless mechanistic enzymologist and a world-class scholar. His work has guided how chemists in academia and industry think about complex biosynthetic transformations and innovative approaches to pharmaceutical development.”
Dr. Jacob Sieg, 2023 Gordon Hammes Scholar
The Gordon Hammes Scholar Award honors young scientists responsible for the very best papers published in Biochemistry.
“Sieg co-authored a fantastic paper for Biochemistry,” says Editor-in-Chief Alanna Schepartz.“ By examining the complex network of interactions among RNA, the metabolome, and divalent Mg2+ under conditions that mimic the Escherichia coli cytoplasm., he was able to develop an artificial cytoplasm that mimics in vivo E. coli conditions. He is a fantastic choice for the Gordon Hammes Scholar Award.”
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