Prof. Jia-Rong Chen has been selected for the Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2015. The Thieme Chemistry Journals Award, established in 1999 with the aim to encourage young scientists from around the world, is granted to prospective chemists, who have been recognized as high potential researchers in the field of synthetic organic chemistry by the editorial board members of SYNTHESIS, SYNLETT and SYNFACTS (66 for 2015).