The CSA Trust Mike Lynch Award is given on a triennial basis to recognize and encourage outstanding accomplishments in education, research and development activities that are related to the systems and methods used to store, process and retrieve information about chemical structures, reactions and properties.

Traditionally the award is presented on the opening night of the ICCS.


Previous Recipients

  • 2022 – Dr. Greg Landrum
  • 2018 – Dr. Rudy Potenzone
  • 2014 – The InChi Team (Steve Heller, Alan McNaught, Igor Pletnev, Steve Stein and Dmitrii Tchekhovskoi)
  • 2011 – Dr. Engelbert Zass, ETH Zurich
  • 2008 – Prof. Alexander Lawson, Elsevier Information Systems GmbH
  • 2005 – Prof. Johnny Gasteiger, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • 2002 – Prof. Peter Willett, University of Sheffield