Stokes Medal
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The Sir George Stokes Medal is named after George Gabriel Stokes
and is awarded by the Analytical Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry biennially. Established in 1999 to recognize the multidisciplinary nature of analytical chemistry.
"For outstanding and sustained contributions to analytical science by someone working in a complementary field, which has led to developments of seminal importance to chemical analysis."
There is no restriction on the nationality of those who can be considered for the Award.
George Gabriel Stokes
Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet FRS , was an Irish mathematician and physicist, who at Cambridge made important contributions to fluid dynamics , optics, and mathematical physics...
and is awarded by the Analytical Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry biennially. Established in 1999 to recognize the multidisciplinary nature of analytical chemistry.
"For outstanding and sustained contributions to analytical science by someone working in a complementary field, which has led to developments of seminal importance to chemical analysis."
There is no restriction on the nationality of those who can be considered for the Award.
Sir George Stokes Medal Winners
- 2007 - Professor Kenneth Suslick
- 2005 - Professor Sir John Meurig ThomasJohn Meurig ThomasSir John Meurig Thomas FRS is a leading British chemist and educator primarily known for his work on heterogeneous catalysis, solid-state chemistry, and surface and materials science. He has authored over one thousand scientific articles and several books, including Principles and Practice of...
- 2003 - No award
- 2001 - Karl H Norris
- 1999 - Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys Alec JeffreysSir Alec John Jeffreys, FRS is a British geneticist, who developed techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used all over the world in forensic science to assist police detective work, and also to resolve paternity and immigration disputes...