Institute of Physics Michael Faraday Medal and Prize

This article is about the medal and prize awarded by the Institute of Physics (IOP). For other prizes named after Michael Faraday, see Faraday Prize (disambiguation).
Institute of Physics Michael Faraday Medal & Prize
Awarded forOutstanding contributions to experimental physics
Sponsored byInstitute of Physics
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
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Formerly calledGuthrie Medal and Prize
Reward(s)Gold medal, £1000
First awarded1914
WebsiteOfficial website

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

Michael Faraday
(1791 - 1867)

Historical development

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  • 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

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Faraday medalists

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  • 2024 Laura Herz, "For pioneering advances in the photophysics of next-generation semiconductors, accomplished through innovative spectroscopic experiments."
  • 2023 Neil Alford, Mark Oxborrow, Chris Kay, Jonathan Breeze, Juna Sathian and Enrico Salvadori, "For their discovery of the world's first room-temperature solid-state organic maser and subsequent discovery of room-temperature continuous wave masing in diamond."
  • 2022 Nikolay Zheludev, "For international leadership, discoveries and in-depth studies of new phenomena and functionalities in photonic nanostructures and nanostructured matter."
  • 2021 Bucker Dangor, "For outstanding contributions to experimental plasma physics, and in particular for his role in the development of the field of laser-plasma acceleration."
  • 2020 Richard Ellis, "For over 35 years of pioneering contributions in faint-object astronomy, often with instruments he funded and constructed, which have opened up the early universe to direct observations."
  • 2019 Roy Taylor, "For his extensive, internationally leading contributions to the development of spectrally diverse, ultrafast-laser sources and pioneering fundamental studies of nonlinear fibre optics that have translated to scientific and commercial application."[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."[5][6][7]
  • 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."[8]
  • 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"[9]
  • 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"[10][11][12]
  • 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"[13]
  • 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

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Guthrie lecturers

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See also

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References

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  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:10.1088/1478-7814/26/1/322.
  4. ^ "Comet chasing and Animal AI: News from the College". www.myscience.uk. 5 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Medals for SuperNEMO collaborators". SuperNEMO Collaboration. 21 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Three UCL academics recognised with prestigious physics prizes". UCL News. July 11, 2018.
  7. ^ "IOP award winners for 2018 announced" (PDF). CERN Courier. No. September 2018. p. 67.
  8. ^ "Jeremy Baumberg awarded the 2017 IOP Michael Faraday Medal and Prize — Department of Physics". University of Cambridge. 3 July 2017.
  9. ^ Quested, Tony (10 July 2015). "Transformational Sirringhaus wins Faraday Medal". Business Weekly.
  10. ^ Bunting, Christopher. "Terahertz researchers win Faraday Medal". www.leeds.ac.uk.
  11. ^ "The Faraday Medal-2014 has found its heroes in terahertz field". TeraSense Group. 21 August 2014.
  12. ^ "University of Leeds terahertz researchers win 2014 Faraday Award". Laser Focus World. 3 July 2014.
  13. ^ "Fellow wins IoP Faraday Medal". Astronomy & Geophysics. 52 (5): 5.39. October 1, 2011. doi:10.1111/j.1468-4004.2011.52539_3.x.
  14. ^ 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 (3): 385–411. Bibcode:1963PPS....81..385L. doi:10.1088/0370-1328/81/3/301.
  15. ^ A. Duperier (1945). "The Geophysical Aspect of Cosmic Rays". Proceedings of the Physical Society. 57 (6): 464–477. Bibcode:1945PPS....57..464D. doi:10.1088/0959-5309/57/6/302.
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  18. ^ A.V. Hill (1939). "The transformations of energy and the mechanical work of muscles". Proceedings of the Physical Society. 51 (1): 1–18. Bibcode:1939PPS....51....1H. doi:10.1088/0959-5309/51/1/302. ISSN 0959-5309.
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  20. ^ Ernest Rutherford (1926). "Atomic nuclei and their transformations". Proceedings of the Physical Society. 39 (1): 359–371. Bibcode:1926PPS....39..359R. doi:10.1088/0959-5309/39/1/332.
  21. ^ N. Bohr (1922). "The Effect of Electric and Magnetic Fields on Spectral Lines". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 35 (1): 275–302. Bibcode:1922PPSL...35..275B. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/35/1/342. hdl:2027/mdp.39015076062705.
  22. ^ A.A. Michelson (1920). "Some Recent Applications of Interference Methods". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 33 (1): 275–285. Bibcode:1920PPSL...33..275M. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/33/1/328.
  23. ^ Charles Edouard Guillaume (1919). "The Anomaly of the Nickel-Steels". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 32 (1): 374–404. Bibcode:1919PPSL...32..374E. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/32/1/337. ISSN 1478-7814.
  24. ^ J.C. McLennan (1918). "The Origin of Spectra". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 31 (1): 1–29. Bibcode:1918PPSL...31....1M. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/31/1/301.
  25. ^ W.B. Hardy (1915). "Some Problems of Living Matter". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 28 (1): 99–118. Bibcode:1915PPSL...28...99H. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/28/1/312.
  26. ^ R. W. Wood (1913). "Radiation of Gas Molecules Excited by Light". Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. 26 (1): 374–404. Bibcode:1913PPSL...26..185W. doi:10.1088/1478-7814/26/1/323. S2CID 33165912.
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