Rutherford Medal (Royal Society of New Zealand)
- For other similarly named awards, see Rutherford Medal
The Rutherford Medal (instituted in 1991 and known as the New Zealand Science and Technology Gold Medal until 2000) is the most prestigious prize offered by the Royal Society of New Zealand. It is awarded at the request of the New Zealand Government to recognize exceptional contributions to the advancement and promotion of public awareness, knowledge and understanding in addition to eminent research or technological practice by a person or group in any field of science, mathematics, social science, or technology. It is funded by the New Zealand government and awarded annually.
The medal is named after Ernest Rutherford, the New Zealand experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate, who pioneered the orbital theory of the atom.
Recipients
Source: Royal Society of New Zealand
- New Zealand Science and Technology Gold Medal
- 1991: Vaughan Jones, mathematician, Fields medalist
- 1992: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Group Award
- 1993: Roy Kerr, mathematician
- 1994: Ian Axford, physicist
- 1995: William Denny, oncologist, and Auckland Cancer Research Laboratory
- 1996: No award
- 1997: Thomas William Walker, soil scientist
- 1998: William Robinson, seismologist
- 1999: David Vere-Jones, statistician
- Rutherford Medal
- 2000: Alan MacDiarmid, chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2001: Peter Gluckman, biologist
- 2002: Jeff Tallon, physicist
- 2003: George Petersen, biochemist
- 2004: David Penny, theoretical biologist
- 2005: Paul Callaghan, physicist
- 2006: Ted Baker, structural biologist
- 2007: Richard Faull, neuroscientist[1]
- 2008: David Parry, structural biophysicist[2]
- 2009: Peter Hunter, computational bioengineer
- 2010: Warren Tate, biochemist[3][4]
- 2011: Christine Winterbourn, biochemist[5]
- 2012: Margaret Brimble, chemist
- 2013: Dame Anne Salmond, social scientist
- 2014: Peter Schwerdtfeger, theoretical chemist[6]
- 2015: Ian Reid, prominent in international bone research[7]
See also
References
- ↑ Taylor, Phil (15 December 2007). "Richard Faull: Neuroscientist". The New Zealand Herald.
- ↑ "Professor David Parry Awarded Rutherford Medal | Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- ↑ "Professor Warren Tate » Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago". Biochem.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- ↑ "11 November 2010 Media Release, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- ↑ "Medals awarded to top New Zealand researchers". royalsociety.org.nz. 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
The country’s highest science and technology honour, the Rutherford Medal, was awarded to biochemist Professor Christine Winterbourn FRSNZ from the University of Otago, Christchurch, for her outstanding achievements and discoveries in free radical biology which have established her as a leading world authority in this field. Together with the medal awarded by the Royal Society of New Zealand, she also received $100,000 from the Government.
- ↑ "Royal Society of New Zealand recognises achievements of researchers". Royal Society of New Zealand. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ↑ "Spotlight on top New Zealand researchers" (Press release). Royal Society of New Zealand. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
External links
- Rutherford Medal, Royal Society of New Zealand
- Medals, Rutherford.org.nz by John Campbell