The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, in collaboration with the Society of Chemical Industry, has named Alexandra F. Paterson, Ph.D. the 2025 recipient of the Beilby Medal & Prize, recognizing her substantial contributions to applied materials science and engineering.
The annual Beilby Medal & Prize recognizes scientists and engineers for outstanding work of exceptional practical significance in materials, chemical or related engineering fields. Preference is given to researchers in the early stages of their careers, and the award highlights accomplishments that have demonstrable applications or industrial impact. Paterson, an assistant professor of materials engineering with a joint appointment in electrical engineering and Lighthouse Beacon Scholar, has been honored for her work of exceptional practical significance in materials innovation.
In addition to the Beilby Medal & Prize, Paterson was selected for a 2025 Early Investigator Award from the American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE), which recognizes early career scientists who have had a significant impact on the field of polymer science and engineering. The 2025 PMSE Early Investigators Award Committee selected twenty-four members, consisting of professors, government researchers and industry scientists across the field of polymer science.
Paterson’s research group, based in the Organic Materials and Devices Laboratory at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research, explores novel approaches to organic semiconductors and printed flexible sensors that could transform technologies from biomedical diagnostics to low-energy computing.
Widely recognized for excellence in research and her pioneering work in organic electronics, flexible electronic devices and mixed ionic-electronic materials, Paterson earned both the U.S. National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award in 2025 as well.
