 He was also awarded the 2019 Longstaff Prize for his for "outstanding contributions to green chemistry and for participating centrally in the creation of the Periodic Table Videos".Poliakoff has a daughter, Ellen Poliakoff, a psychology lecturer at the Manchester University; and a son, Simon Poliakoff, head of physics at Dame Alice Owen's School.Martyn Poliakoff produced a web eulogy of close friend Tony Judt in 2010.