Teri Odom receives 2025 John Gamble Kirkwood Award
December 16, 2025
eri Odom, the Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, has been honored as the 2025 recipient of the prestigious John Gamble Kirkwood Award. The distinction, presented by the Department of Chemistry and the American Chemical Society New Haven Local Section, celebrates outstanding research contributions in the physical sciences.
On Sept. 10, Odom visited the Chemistry department to deliver the award lecture and accept the Kirkwood Medal, in recognition of her extraordinary research achievements.
Odom’s research focuses on designing structured nanoscale materials by leveraging the exceptional properties of precious metals. Applications of the unique materials produced by her lab include nanomedicine, nano-lasing, photonics, and bioimaging.