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A huge congratulations to Filippo Pota, PhD, winner of the 2026 Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize, kindly sponsored by Henkel. Well done to Filippo and highly commended candidates, Dominik Duleba and Niraj Patil, PhD, for presenting their research so well at yesterday evening's ceremony. We wish you every success for the future! Thank you to Henkel for their support and to Royal Society of Chemistry for their sponsorship of the highly commended awards. 📸 picture 1: (L-R) Dr Hugh Fay, Henkel, Dr Filippo Pota, prize winner, Dr Niamh O'Boyle, Chair Kathleen Lonsdale Assessment Panel, Professor Dan Carey, President Royal Irish Academy 📸 picture 2: (L-R) Professor Dan Carey, President Royal Irish Academy, Dr Dominik Duleba and Dr Niraj Patil, highly commended candidates, Professor Sylvia Draper, Chair Royal Society of Chemistry Irish Local Section. Paula Colavita Robert Johnson Sarah Hudson Shalini Singh Sylvia M. Draper Niamh O'Boyle, PhD