Professor Roeland Nolte (RU) was awarded the ‘Linstead Career Award in Phthalocyanine Chemistry’ by the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. The award is given every two year to highly distinguished scientists, for their quality and trajectory throughout their research life. Professor Nolte will receive the award during the International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP) to be held July 1-6 2018 in Munich.