Madeleine Joullié, a professor of chemistry at Penn, will receive the 2015 John Scott Award at a ceremony on November 20 in Philadelphia, PA. One of the oldest scientific awards given in this country, dating from 1822, this award is given to “the most deserving” men and women whose inventions have contributed in some outstanding way to the “comfort, welfare and happiness” of mankind.

Dr. Joullié’s research encompasses a range of interests in synthetic organic chemistry, including heterocyclic and medicinal chemistry. She earned her PhD (1953) and MSc (1950) from Penn.