surface-chemistry to Ertl alone. In 2009 Somorjai was recipient of the Reed M. Izatt and James J. Christensen Lectureship. In 2013 Somorjai was awarded the National Academy of Sciences NAS Award in Chemical Sciences. Most recently, in April 2015, Somorjai was awarded the American Chemical Society's William H. Nichols Medal. The Somorjai Award The Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis, consisting of US$5,000 and a certificate, is given annually to recognize outstanding research in the field of catalysis. The award is sponsored by the Gabor A. and Judith K. Somorjai Endowment Fund. Previous recipients have been : The Gabor A. and Judith K. Somorjai Visiting Miller Professorship Award Established in 2011, the Gabor A. and Judith K. Somorjai Visiting Miller Professorship Award is one of the programs of the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at the University of California Berkeley. The Somorjais' wishes in the establishment of this award is to support visiting scientists in the broad field of chemical sciences for a one-month term in the Miller Institute. The first award was granted in 2013 to Angelos Michaelides. Recipients include : See also List of chemistry awards Footnotes General references Berkeley Campus News article on Somorjai Berkeley Lab article on the National Medal of Science Article on Somorjai's contribution to the science of ice skating Raoul Wallenberg Centre media release on the Wolf Chemistry Prize Somorjai Research Group website 1935 births Living people IBM employees Hungarian chemists Hungarian emigrants to Sweden Hungarian Jews Jewish chemists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences National Medal of Science laureates Swedish chemists Swedish Jews UC Berkeley College of Chemistry faculty Wolf Prize in Chemistry laureates Fellows of the American Physical Society