Flygare Awards
To be eligible for 2026, nominees must have received their PhD between November 14, 2020 and November 15, 2015, must have presented at least one previous talk at the Symposium, and must be available to deliver a lecture during a 2026 plenary session. Candidates will be evaluated based on their independent contributions relative to the time that has elapsed since their PhD.
The next Flygare Award Lectures will be presented at the 79th ISMS meeting (in 2026).
Nominations must include a CV, a one-page summary of the nominee's independent research contributions, and up to three letters of recommendation (submitted separately). Self-nominations are encouraged, but nominations by senior molecular spectroscopists are equally welcome.
For full consideration, all materials should be submitted by email to Birgit McCall at coordinator@isms.illinois.edu by January 16, 2026 . Please use a subject line of "Flygare nomination for [name]" or "Flygare recommendation for [name]"
Past Flygare Award Winners
| Year | Name | Affiliation |
| 2024 | Bernadette Broderick | University of Missouri |
| 2024 | Nathan Kidwell | College of William and Mary |
| 2022 | Joseph Fournier | Washington University |
| 2022 | Brett McGuire | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2022 | Ha Vinh Lam Nguyen | University Paris-Est Créteil |
| 2019 | Chris Johnson | Stony Brook University |
| 2019 | Garry "Smitty" Grubbs, II | Missouri University of Science and Technology |
| 2017 | Etienne Garand | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| 2017 | Jinjun Liu | University of Louisville |
| 2015 | Emilio J. Cocinero | Universidad del País Vasco and Biofisika Institute |
| 2015 | Richard Dawes | Missouri University of Science and Technology |
| 2015 | Susanna Widicus Weaver | Emory University |
| 2015 | Shanshan Yu | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |