On Apr. 4, 2017, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Tobin J. Marks “to recognize distinguished services to chemistry,” the Society’s most prestigious award. 

Dr. Marks, at Northwestern University has distinguished himself as one of the most prolific chemists in the world through his innovative and interdisciplinary research in inorganic, organic, and materials chemistry.

Among many other honors, Marks received the the Karl Ziegler Prize from the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh, German Chemical Society) in 2003, the William H. Nichols Medal from the ACS in 2010, and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Award for Industrial Materials in 2015, as well as several honorary doctorates. He is an Honorary Foreign Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society, a Fellow of the RSC, an Honorary Member of the Israel Chemical Society, and a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the Indian National Academy of Sciences, the Leopoldina German National Academy of Natural Sciences, and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Marks has served on the Editorial and Advisory Boards of several scientific journals, including the International Advisory Board of ChemSusChem.