The Charles N. Reilley Award in Electroanalytical Chemistry is given in memory of one of the most distinguished analytical chemists of the 20th century. Reilley’s interests were both fundamental and broad; he made seminal contributions not only to electroanalysis, but also optical spectroscopy, NMR, chromatography, data analysis, instrumentation, and surface analysis. The signature of his research was to decline empiricism, seeking a basic understanding of measurements and detection schemes. Reilley recognized that measuring things is at the heart of modern chemistry. Reilley is central in the history of the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry, which was formed following his death in 1981, as a vehicle for managing the award. A Biography of Charles N. Reilley was written by Royce Murray for the National Academies Press in 2006.
Current Awardee – 2022
Paul W. Bohn is the Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, as well as the Founding Director of the Institute for Precision Health. Previously, he served at Bell Laboratories (1981-83) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1983-2006), ending as Centennial Professor in the Chemical Sciences. Bohn’s contributions in electrochemistry began with the development of in-plane potential gradients for surface mapping in the late ‘90’s, and include the formation and study of atomic-scale junctions, and more recently electrochemical zero-mode waveguides, and nanopore electrode arrays for redox cycling, single molecule electrochemistry, and ionotronics. Among his awards are the ACS Award in Spectrochemical Analysis (1997), the Theophilus Redwood Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2010), and the ACS Award in Electrochemistry (2017). He is an elected Fellow of AAAS.
Award Sponsors
Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.
Sponsors: Charles N. Reilley Award
Award Nominations
Nominations for the Reilley Award should include a letter of nomination describing the individual’s significant contributions to electroanalytical chemistry, at least two seconding letters of support, and a curriculum vitae for the individual. All nomination materials will be retained by SEAC. Once nominated, any individual will be considered for the Reilley Award for three years without being renominated. The submission of any additional supporting information or a renomination is welcome at any time.
Awardee History
| Year | Awardee | Institution |
| 2021 | Keith Stevenson | Skolkovo Institute of Technology |
| 2020 | Shelley Minteer | University of Utah |
| 2019 | Joseph Wang | University of California – San Diego |
| 2018 | Patrick Unwin | University of Warwick (UK) |
| 2017 | Juan Feliu | University of Alicante (Spain) |
| 2016 | Reginald Penner | University of California – Irvine |
| 2015 | Huber Girault | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (Switzerland) |
| 2014 | Joe Hupp | Northwestern University |
| 2013 | Andy Ewing | University of Gothenburg/Chalmers University (Sweden) |
| 2012 | Debra Rolison | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory |
| 2011 | Richard Van Duyne | Northwestern University |
| 2010 | Richard Crooks | University of Texas at Austin |
| 2009 | Charles Martin | University of Florida |
| 2008 | Héctor Abruña | Cornell University |
| 2007 | George Wilson | University of Kansas |
| 2006 | Mark Meyerhoff | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor |
| 2005 | Alan Bond | Monash University (Australia) |
| 2004 | Adam Heller | University of Texas at Austin |
| 2003 | Richard McCreery | Ohio State University |
| 2002 | Christian Amatore | École normale supérieure (France) |
| 2001 | Richard Buck | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2000 | Henry White | University of Utah |
| 1999 | Janet Osteryoung | North Carolina State University |
| 1998 | Larry Faulkner | University of Texas at Austin |
| 1997 | Dennis Johnson | Iowa State University |
| 1996 | R. Mark Wightman | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1995 | William Heineman | University of Cincinnati |
| 1994 | Barry Miller | Case Western Reserve University |
| 1993 | Dennis Evans | University of Delaware |
| 1992 | Stephen Feldberg | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 1991 | Stanley Bruckenstein | SUNY Buffalo |
| 1990 | Jean-Michel Savéant | Université de Paris VII (France) |
| 1989 | Ted Kuwana | University of Kansas |
| 1988 | Royce Murray | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1987 | Robert Osteryoung | SUNY Buffalo |
| 1986 | Fred Anson | California Institute of Technology |
| 1985 | Ralph Adams | University of Kansas |
| 1984 | Alan Bard | University of Texas at Austin |