Guthrie Medal and Prize
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The Faraday Medal and Prize is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Physics
. The prize is awarded for "outstanding contributions to experimental physics, to a physicist of international reputation in any sector."
From 1914 to 1966 it took the form of the Guthrie Lecture after when it was replaced by the Guthrie Medal and Prize, in memory of Frederick Guthrie
, founder of the Physical Society (which merged with the Institute of Physics in 1960). In 2008 the award was renamed the Faraday Medal and Prize, which is awarded annually for outstanding contributions to experimental physics to a physicist of international reputation in any sector. The medal is silver gilt and accompanied by a prize of £1000 and a certificate.
Institute of Physics
The Institute of Physics is a scientific charity devoted to increasing the practice, understanding and application of physics. It has a worldwide membership of around 40,000....
. The prize is awarded for "outstanding contributions to experimental physics, to a physicist of international reputation in any sector."
From 1914 to 1966 it took the form of the Guthrie Lecture after when it was replaced by the Guthrie Medal and Prize, in memory of Frederick Guthrie
Frederick Guthrie
Frederick Guthrie was a British scientific writer and professor. He helped found the Physical Society of London in 1874 and was president of the society from 1884-1886. He believed that science should be based on experimentation rather than discussion...
, founder of the Physical Society (which merged with the Institute of Physics in 1960). In 2008 the award was renamed the Faraday Medal and Prize, which is awarded annually for outstanding contributions to experimental physics to a physicist of international reputation in any sector. The medal is silver gilt and accompanied by a prize of £1000 and a certificate.
Faraday Medallists
- 2011 Alan Andrew WatsonAlan Andrew WatsonAlan Andrew Watson is Emeritus Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, Leeds University, UKHe was educated at the University of Edinburgh and was awarded a PhD in 1964 for his thesis on the Physics of Condensation of Water Vapour.His main areas of interest were high-energy cosmic rays,...
, "For his outstanding leadership within the Pierre Auger ObservatoryPierre Auger ObservatoryThe Pierre Auger Observatory is an international cosmic ray observatory designed to detect ultra-high-energy cosmic rays: single sub-atomic particles with energies beyond 1020 eV...
, and the insights he has provided to the origin and nature of ultra high energy cosmic rays" - 2010 Athene DonaldAthene DonaldDame Athene Margaret Donald, DBE, FRS is a distinguished British physicist. She is Professor of Experimental Physics in the University of Cambridge's Department of Physics, and a member of the ....
, "For her many highly original studies of the structures and behaviour of polymers both synthetic and natural" - 2009 Donal BradleyDonal BradleyDonal Donat Conor Bradley, CBE, FRS, FRSA, is Lee-Lucas Professor of Experimental Physics at Imperial College London. He is director of the Centre for Plastic Electronics and from October 2011 will also be a pro rector at the college....
, "For his pioneering work in the field of 'plastic electronics'" - 2008 Roger CowleyRoger CowleyRoger Arthur Cowley, FRS, FRSE, FInstPhys is an English physicist who has specialised in the excitations of solids. He obtained a B.A. in physics from Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge in 1960 and a Ph.D. in 1963...
, "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"