Past TAOC Awardees
The Division of Organic Chemistry’s Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Program (TAOC) is to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry from accomplished, professional chemists holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent. In 2023, the program was split into the Early Career-Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (EC-TAOC) Award for individuals who are currently pursuing careers in industrial or government sectors and are no more than 10 years from undergraduate (bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s) school and the Mid Career-Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (MC-TAOC) Award is for individuals who are currently pursuing careers in industrial or government sectors and are more than 10 years from undergraduate (bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s) school. Below you will find a listing of the awardees.
Award Winners 2025
Michael Dalziel
IDEAYA Biosciences
Keith Mattern
Merck & Co.
Gabriel St-Pierre
Bristol Myers Squibb
Angela Berry
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Philippe N. Bolduc
Biogen
Timothy Coon
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Hatice Belgin Gulgeze
Novartis Biomedical Research
Keith Pfister
Novartis Biomedical Research
John Ryan Kerrigan
Novartis Biomedical Research
David Williams
Bristol Myers Squibb
Jing Zhang
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Gaiying Zhao
Eli Lilly and Company
Award Winners 2024
Kevin Stone
Merck & Co., Inc.
Luis Martinez-Alsina
Pfizer
Jinhai Gao
Novartis BioMedical Research
Joshua Lee
Merck & Co., Inc.
Daniel Cashion
Bristol Myers Squibb
Morgan O’Shea
Larkspur Biosciences
Élisia Villemure
Genentech
Matthew Yonkey
The Dow Chemical Company
Dominika Pcion
Exelixis, Inc.
William Powazinik
Amgen, Inc.
Brice Stenne
Johnson & Johnson
Award Winners 2023
Michael Reutershan
MOMA Therapeutics
James Mulhearn
Janssen Pharmaceutical
Timothy Nowak
Merck & Co.
Tho Thieu
Janssen Pharmaceutical
Lauren Rockwell
Merck & Co.
Hai-Yun Xiao
Bristol Myers Squibb
Lindsey Horty
Corteva Agriscience
Brandon Taoka
Merck & Co.
Michael Laurila
Eli Lilly & Co.
Award Winners 2022
Michael Orwat
Bristol Myers Squibb
Yazhong Huang
Bristol Myers Squibb
Heather Coate
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson
Qingjie Liu
Bristol Myers Squibb
Bryan Chan
Genentech, Inc
Frederic St-Jean
Genentech
Michael Boyd
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Jian Ding
Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research
Award Winners 2021
Ben Roberts
Gilead Sciences
Jeffrey Schubert
Merck & Co., Inc
Doug Wilson
Blueprint Medicines
Award Winners 2020
Malcolm Huestis
Genentech
Ron Heemstra
Corteva Agriscience
Whitney Petrilli
Merck & Co.
Award Winners 2019
Ignacio Aliagas
Genentech
Edward Brnardic
GlaxoSmithKline
Qing Shi
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Award Winners 2018
Georgette Castanedo
Genentech
Melodie Christensen
Merck & Company
Mai Khanh Hawk
Eli Lilly and Co.
Keith P. Moore
Merck & Company
Ronald C. Tomlinson
AstraZeneca
Award Winners 2017
Ann M. Buysse
Dow AgroSciences
Junying Fan
Bristol-Myers Squibb
William Farrell
Pfizer Inc.
Pete Johnson
Dow AgroSciences
Toufike Kanouni
Celgene Quanticel Research
Ryan Linder
Eli Lilly and Company
Sean Neville
Gilead Sciences
Jeffrey G. Varnes
AstraZeneca
Leonard L. Winneroski
Eli Lilly and Company
Award Winners 2016
Brian Huckabee
Eli Lilly and Company
Neil Kallman
Eli Lilly and Company
Scott A. Savage
Briston-Myers Squibb
Michelle Tran-Dubé
Pfizer, Inc
Award Winners 2015
Timothy Braden
Eli Lilly and Company
Mark Bundesmann
Pfizer Inc
Edmund Harrington
Novartis
Jacqui Hoffman
Pfizer Inc
Michael Kobierski
Eli Lilly and Company
Award Winners 2014
Award Winners 2013
Michael Collins
Pfizer Inc.
Jonathan Grimm
Howard Hughes Medical Inst.
Sharada LaBadie
Genentech, Inc.
Teresa Makowski
Pfizer Inc.
Michael Shevlin
Merck & Co., Inc.
Kimberly Voronin
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Brian Wakefield
AbbVie Inc
Timothy White
Eli Lilly and Company
Award Winners 2012
Tom Kirrane
Boehringer Ingelheim
Yan Zhang
Fox Chase Chemical Diversity
Award Winners 2011
Christian Brochu
Boehringer Ingelheim
Kerry Keertikar
Merck (Schering Plough)
Jeremiah Powers
GlaxoSmithKline
Florian Wakenhut
Pfizer, Sandwich
Mark Youngman
Purdue Pharma
Award Winners 2010
Kelly McClure
J&J PRD La Jolla
Jeff O’Meara
Boehringer Ingelheim
Robert Shumate
Proctor & Gamble
Andrea Hillegass
Sanofi-Aventi
Award Winners 2009
Kae M. Bullock
GlaxoSmithKline
Thomas A. Chappie
Pfizer Global R&D
Pete Delgado
Alcon Laboratories
Keith A. Eagen
Schering-Plough
Cornelia J. Forster
Novartis
Daniel M. Green
Wyeth Research
David W. Hoard
Eli Lilly and Company
Shaei Y. Huang
Merck & Co. Inc.
Jeffrey C. Kern
Wyeth Research
Maria Angelica Linton
Pfizer Global R&D
William D. Miller
Eli Lilly and Company
Michael J. Palmer
Pfizer Global R&D
Nelo R. Rivera
Merck & Co. Inc.
Charles P. Vandenbossche
Sepracor
Award Winners 2008
John P. Caldwell
Schering-Plough
Daniel S. Gardner, IV
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Michael T. Martin
GlaxoSmithKline
Paula L. Sharpe
DuPont Crop Protection
Brian C. Vanderplas
Pfizer
Award Winners 2007
Charles Clark
Bristol Myers Squibb
Andy Freeman
GlaxoSmithKline
John Miller
GlaxoSmithKline
Michael Staszek
Eli Lilly
Award Winners 2006
Christine Ng DiMarco
Merck
Yimin Lu
Fluorous Technologies
Michael B. Wallace
Takeda
Award Winners 2005
Natasha Andrievsky
Eastman Kodak
Schuyler Antane
Wyeth (Princeton)
Michael Breslin
Merck (West Point)
Andre Giroux
Merck Frosst (Quebec)
Susan Hagen
Pfizer (Ann Arbor)
Yansong (Jack) Lu
Novartis (East Hanover)
Joseph Payack
Merck (Rahway)
Mark Pozzo
Pfizer (Kalamazoo)
Peter Rose
Pfizer (Groton)
Uresh Shah
Wyeth (Pearl River)
Award Winners 2004
Kenneth J. Bordeau
Aventis
Peter H. Dorff
Pfizer Inc, Groton
Tracy F. Gregory
Pfizer Inc, Ann Arbor
Jeffrey L. Havens
Pfizer Inc, Kalamazoo
Richard F. Heier
Pfizer Inc, St. Louis
Brian E. Kornberg
Pfizer Inc, Ann Arbor
Matthew J. Laufersweiler
Proctor & Gamble
Bradley J. Newhouse
Array BioPharma
Efren G. Delos Santos
Wyeth Research
Award Winners 2003
Douglas C. Beshore
Merck West Point
Michael Collini
Wyeth, Collegeville
Mila Du
Wyeth, Pearl River
Richard Frenette
Merck Frosst
William R. Perrault
Pfizer
Mel Schroeder
Pfizer, Ann Arbor
John Tucker
Pfizer, Groton
Award Winners 2002
Michael Castaldi
Pfizer/Groton
Michele M. Cudahy
Pharmacia
James F. Dropinski
Merck/Rahway
Claude Dufresne
Merck Frosst
James P. Guare
Merck/West Point
Timothy Z. Hoffman
Scripps
Daniel Ortwine
Pfizer/Ann Arbor
Gary Shrum
Proctor & Gamble
Ronald Sorcek
Boehringer-Ingelheim
Bryan Sorensen
Abbott Sorensen
Joseph Swistok
Hoffman-La Roche
Award Winners 2001
Robert Chambers
Pfizer (Groton)
Hassan Elokdah
Wyeth-Ayerst
Pierre Hamel
Merck Frosst
Alan Hruza
Schering-Plough
Micheal E. LeTourneau
Eli Lilly
Kyle J. Lindstrom
3M Pharmaceuticals
Dennis McNamara
Pfizer (Ann Arbor)
Julie Miyashiro
Pharmacia
Pat O’Brien
Pfizer (Ann Arbor)
Christopher Rito
Eli Lilly Laboratories
Kenneth C. Rupert
RW Johnson
Robert Steffan
Wyeth-Ayerst
Elizabeth Thomasco
Pharmacia
Award Winners 2000
Kevin Allen
Shell Chemical
Stephen Barret
Parke-Davis
Jeffrey Grimm
R. W. Johnson
Sean Klopfenstein
Procter & Gamble
Lynette Oh
DuPont Pharma.
Usha Patel
Boehringer Ingelheim
Linda Payne
Merck-West Point
Toni-Jo Poel
Pharmacia & Upjohn
John Scheigetz
Merck Frosst
Award Winners 1999
James. L. Bullington
R.W. Johnson
P. J. Dollings
Wyeth-Ayerst
Robert L. Hoffman
Pharmacia and Upjohn
John J. Parlow
Searle Monsanto
Li-Jen Ping
SmithKline Beecham
Paresh M. Thakker
Genetics Institute, Inc.
Anthony J. Villiani
SmithKline Beecham
William B. Vreeland
Eastman Kodak
Henry S. Wong
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Award Winners 1998
John Catt
Bristol Myers Squibb
Earl Clark
Phillips Petroleum
David Eickhoff
Procter and Gamble
Susie Haadsma-Svensson
Pharmacia and Upjohn
Suresh Kapadia
Boehringer Ingelheim
Marcia Schilling
Lucent Technologies
Joe Strohbach
Pharmacia and Upjohn
Mark Webster
Hoechst Marion Rousel
Michael Wilson
Parke-Davis
Award Winners 1997
Leo S. Bleicher
SIBIA Neurosciences
Brent A. Dellacoletta
FMC Corp.
C. A. Franke
Eastman Kodak
Sigmond G. Johnson
RW Johnson
Paul D. May
Pharmacia and Upjohn
Kimberly S. Para
Parke Davis
Victor W. Rosso
Bristol Myers Squibb
Michael P. Walker
DuPont Ag.
R. E. White
Procter and Gamble
William J. Zembroski
Pfizer
Award Winners 1996
Nancy A. Wicnienski
Pharmacia & Upjohn
Andrew M. Blum
DuPont Merck
Danny J. Garland
Searle R & D
Douglas W. Beight
Hoechst Merion Roussal
G. D. Harris
DuPont Merck
F. L. Ciske
Hoechst Marion Roussel
G. Kris Huang
SmithKline Beecham
D. A. Lust
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Pamela E. Outt
Procter and Gamble
T. M. Judge
Pharmacia and Upjohn
Lisa S. Silverman
Schering-Plough
Award Winners 1995
Richard J. Carmosin
R. W. Johnson
D. Bankston
Glaxo Research Institute
Sharon A. Jackson
Dupont-Merck
Jolanta Nowakowski
Pfizer
Paul P. Spara
Eastman Kodak
Jerry W. Misner
Eli Lilly
James A. Linn
Burroughs Wellcome
Robert J. Altenbach
Abbott
David A. Hay
Marion Merrell Dow
M. Mellinger
SmithKline Beecham
Paul M. Dybas
Procter and Gamble
Award Winners 1994
John J. Court
Sterling Winthrop
M. L. Baker
Proctor & Gamble
R. T. Shuman
Eli Lilly and Company
R. C. Crouch
Burrough Wellcome
Ann M. Diederich
SmithKline Beecham
Award Winners 1993
Gary M. Coppola
Sandoz Research Inst.
Ruth E. TenBrink
The Upjohn Company
Allen J. Lovey
Hoffmann-LaRoche
M. R. Powers
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
A. C. Scotese
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
Harry R. Howard
Pfizer, Inc.
M. J. Urbanski
R. W. Johnson
G. D. Hiler II
Procter and Gamble
Theodore J. Lambros
Hoffmann-LaRoche
C. Hoelscher
PPG Industries
Award Winners 1992
David F. McComsey
R. W. Johnson
Christiane Yoakim
Bio-Méga Inc.
Raymond G. Lovey
Schering-Plough
S.R. Turner
The Upjohn Company
Timothy Shepherd
Eli Lilly & Co.
Yves Leblanc
Merck Frosst, Canada
Jacques Y. Gauthier
Merck Frosst
J. J. McNally
R. W. Johnson
Donald P. Matthews
Marion Merrell Dow
S. Shilcrat
SmithKline Beecham