Professor J.R. Schmidt has received the 2016 Journal of Physical Chemistry ‘C’ Lectureship Award. Sponsored by the Journal of Physical Chemistry and the ACS Physical Chemistry Division, the JPC Lectureship Awards honor the contributions of investigators who have made major impacts on the field of physical chemistry in the research areas associated with each journal section. There are three awards, for JPC A, JPC B and JPC C. The lecture and award will be presented at the ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia in August 2016.