The Craig Professor will often be a mid-career researcher who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in his/her generation and who may not previously have had the opportunity to spend time in the School.

The lecture program for the Craig Professor will include the Craig Lecture (normally presented earlier in the visit, and suitable for a general chemistry audience) and a mini-course of approximately 4-6 lectures or research seminars of a more specialized nature. There is generally two social functions, the Craig Dinner and a less formal barbecue.

The awards are normally allocated on an annual basis and the duration is approximately three to four weeks spent in the School.

CRAIG PROFESSORS 1996 - present

1996 Professor David Buckingham FRS
10-30 March
University of Cambridge, UK
The Hydrogen Bond 20 March 1996

1997 Professor Walter Steurer
10-28 March
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Quasicrystals 1984-1996. Where are we now? 19 March 1997

1998 Professor Christopher J Moody
12 Aug-15 Sept
University of Exeter, UK
Organic Chemistry: 20 August 1998
The Practice of Wealth Creation

1999 Professor Henry Schaefer III
29 Nov-10 Dec
Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, USA
Molecular Anions: A Wealth of Important, Uncharacterized Systems 1 December 1999

2000 Professor Peter Maitlis FRS
7-27 February
The University of Sheffield, UK
The Revolution in English Universities, 1980-2000: Out with the Old; Long Live the New 17 February 2000

2001 Professor Dame Julia Higgins FRS
29 Oct-9 Nov
(also 2001/2002 RACI Solomon Lecturer)
Imperial College, London
Polymer Blends - Mixing, Demixing and Compatibilisation 6 November 2001

2003 Dr Chris Abell
February-March 03
University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge
"Enzymology"

2003 Professor Victor Snieckus
May-June 2003
Queens University, Department of Chemistry
"The centrality of Chemistry in Modern Scientific Pursuits"

2004 Professor Peter Stang
June - July 2004
The University of Utah, Department of Chemistry
"Nanoscale Molecular Architecture: Design and Self-Assembly of Metallocyclic Polygons & Polyhedra via Co-ordination". 18 June

2005 Professor Alfred W (Bill) Rutherford
Research Director CNRS and Head of Section, Bioenergetics CEA, France
Photosystem II structure-function: the EPR years. 23 November 2005

2006 Professor Ken Jordan
10th - 30th November 2006
University of Pittsburg, PA, USA
Excess Electrons and Protons in Water: a Cluster Perspective..

2007 Professor Steven Boxer
7th - 13th November 2007
Stanford University, CA, USA
Imaging and Reaction Dynamics in Model Membranes: Soft Nanoscience.

2008 Professor Colin Bain
11th November 2008
Durham University, UK
Light: the world's most unlikely construction material.