Institute of Physics Michael Faraday Medal and Prize


Institute of Physics Michael Faraday Medal & Prize
Awarded for outstanding contributions to experimental physics
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The Michael Faraday Medal and Prize is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Physics in experimental physics, one of the Institute's Gold medals.[1] The award is made "for outstanding and sustained contributions to experimental physics." The medal is gold and accompanied by a prize of £1000 and a certificate.[2]

Michael Faraday
(1791 - 1867)

Historical development

  • 1914-1965 Guthrie Lecture initiated to remember Frederick Guthrie[3], founder of the Physical Society (which merged with the Institute of Physics in 1960).
  • 1966-2007 Guthrie Medal and Prize (in response to changed conditions from when the lecture was first established). From 1992, it became one of the Institute's Premier Awards.
  • 2008-present Michael Faraday Medal and Prize

Medalists and Lecturers

Faraday medalists[4]

  • 2018 Jennifer Thomas, "For her outstanding investigations into the physics of neutrino oscillations, in particular her leadership of the MINOS/MINOS+ long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment."
  • 2017 Jeremy Baumberg, "For his investigations of many ingenious nanostructures supporting novel and precisely engineered plasmonic phenomena relevant to single molecule and atom dynamics, Raman spectroscopies and metamaterials applications."
  • 2016 Jenny Nelson," For her pioneering advances in the science of nanostructured and molecular semiconductor materials "
  • 2015 Henning Sirringhaus, "For transforming our knowledge of charge transport phenomena in organic semiconductors as well as our ability to exploit them"
  • 2014 Alexander Giles Davies and Edmund Linfield, "For their outstanding and sustained contributions to the physics and technology of the far-infrared (terahertz) frequency region of the electromagnetic spectrum"
  • 2013 Edward Hinds, "For his innovative and seminal experimental investigations into ultra-cold atoms and molecules"
  • 2012 Roy Sambles, "For his pioneering research in experimental condensed matter physics"
  • 2011 Alan Andrew Watson, "For his outstanding leadership within the Pierre Auger Observatory, and the insights he has provided to the origin and nature of ultra high energy cosmic rays"
  • 2010 Athene Donald, "For her many highly original studies of the structures and behaviour of polymers both synthetic and natural"
  • 2009 Donal Bradley, "For his pioneering work in the field of 'plastic electronics'"
  • 2008 Roger Cowley, "For pioneering work in the development and application of neutron and X-ray scattering techniques to the physics of a wide range of important solid and liquid-state systems"

Guthrie medalists

Guthrie Lecturers

See also

  • Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize

References

  1. ↑ "Gold medals". Institute of Physics. The Faraday medal: Awarded for outstanding and sustained contributions to experimental physics, to a physicist of international reputation
  2. ↑ "Michael Faraday Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  3. ↑ G. Carey-Foster (1913). "Introduction to the First Guthrie Lecture". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 26: 183–184. doi:10.1088/0370-1328/26/1/322.
  4. ↑ "Faraday medal recipients". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. ↑ A. C. B. Lovell (1963). "1962 Guthrie Lecture: The Physical Basis of the Research Programmes at Jodrell Bank". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 81: 385–411. Bibcode:1963PPS....81..385L. doi:10.1088/0370-1328/81/3/301.
  6. ↑ A. Duperier (1945). "The Geophysical Aspect of Cosmic Rays". Proceedings of the Physical Society. 57: 464–477. Bibcode:1945PPS....57..464D. doi:10.1088/0959-5309/57/6/302.
  7. ↑ E.T. Whittaker (1943). "Chance, freewill and necessity, in the scientific conception of the universe". Proceedings of the Physical Society. 55: 459–471. Bibcode:1943PPS....55..459W. doi:10.1088/0959-5309/55/6/303.
  8. ↑ P.M.S. Blackett (1941). "Cosmic Rays: Recent Developments". Proceedings of the Physical Society. 53: 203–213. Bibcode:1941PPS....53..203B. doi:10.1088/0959-5309/53/3/301.
  9. ↑ A.V. Hill (1939). "The transformations of energy and the mechanical work of muscles". Proceedings of the Physical Society. 51: 1–18. Bibcode:1939PPS....51....1H. doi:10.1088/0959-5309/51/1/302. ISSN 0959-5309.
  10. ↑ "Guthrie Lecture: Prof. F. A. Lindemann, F.R.S". Nature. 137: 809. 1936. Bibcode:1936Natur.137S.809.. doi:10.1038/137809c0. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  11. ↑ Ernest Rutherford (1926). "Atomic nuclei and their transformations". Proceedings of the Physical Society. 39: 359–371. Bibcode:1926PPS....39..359R. doi:10.1088/0959-5309/39/1/332.
  12. ↑ N. Bohr (1922). "The Effect of Electric and Magnetic Fields on Spectral Lines". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 35: 275–302. Bibcode:1922PPSL...35..275B. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/35/1/342.
  13. ↑ A.A. Michelson (1920). "Some Recent Applications of Interference Methods". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 33: 275–285. Bibcode:1920PPSL...33..275M. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/33/1/328.
  14. ↑ Charles Edouard Guillaume (1919). "The Anomaly of the Nickel-Steels". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 32: 374–404. Bibcode:1919PPSL...32..374E. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/32/1/337. ISSN 1478-7814.
  15. ↑ J.C. McLennan (1918). "The Origin of Spectra". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 31: 1–29. Bibcode:1918PPSL...31....1M. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/31/1/301.
  16. ↑ W.B. Hardy (1915). "Some Problems of Living Matter". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 28: 99–118. Bibcode:1915PPSL...28...99H. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/28/1/312.
  17. ↑ R. W. Wood (1913). "Radiation of Gas Molecules Excited by Light". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 26: 374–404. Bibcode:1913PPSL...26..185W. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/26/1/323.
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