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The Rutherford Memorial Medal is an award for research in the fields of physics and chemistry by the
Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; , SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguishe ...
. It was dedicated to the memory of
Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who was a pioneering researcher in both Atomic physics, atomic and nuclear physics. He has been described as "the father of nu ...
. It is awarded once for physics and once for chemistry each year, "for outstanding research", when there is a suitable candidate.


Recipients

Source
Royal Society of Canada


Chemistry

* 2024 : Rylan Lundgren * 2023 : Emily Cranston * 2022 : Aiping Yu * 2021 : Fiorenzo Vetrone * 2020 : Erin Johnson * 2019 : Dwight Seferos * 2018 : Tomislav Friscic * 2017 : Zhongwei Chen * 2016 : Curtis P. Berlinguette * 2015 : Robert Campbell * 2014 : Paul Ayers * 2013 : Mark J. Maclachlan * 2012 : * 2011 : Federico Rosei * 2010 : Andrei Yudin * 2009 : Dennis Hall and Keith Fagnou (posthumously) * 2008 : Peter Tieleman * 2007 : Gregory D. Scholes * 2006 : Molly Shoichet * 2005 : Jillian Buriak * 2004 : Andrew Woolley * 2003 : Liang Li * 2002 : * 2001 : * 2000 : Suning Wang * 1999 : Daniel D. M. Wayner * 1998 : Benoît Roux * 1997 : R. J. Dwayne Miller * 1996 : * 1995 : * 1994 : Mark Lautens * 1993 : * 1992 : James D. Wuest * 1991 : Robert H. Morris * 1990 : * 1989 : Peter Hackett * 1988 : * 1987 : Grenfell N. Patey * 1986 : David Griller * 1985 : Stephen C. Wallace * 1984 : Robert J. LeRoy * 1983 : Juan C. Scaiano * 1982 : Geoffrey Ozin * 1981 : Diethard K. Böhme * 1980 : G. Michael Bancroft


Physics

* 2024 : Renée Hložek * 2023 : Ebrahim Karimi * 2022 : Daryl Haggard * 2021 : Jo Bovy * 2020 : Jens Dilling * 2019 : Paul François * 2018 : Alexandre Blais * 2017 : Ingrid Stairs * 2016 : François Légaré * 2015 : Aashish Clerk * 2014 : Sara Ellison * 2013 : Ray Jayawardhana * 2012 : Guy Moore * 2011 : Freddy A. Cachazo * 2010 : Kari Dalnoki-Veress * 2009 : Barth Netterfield * 2007 : Victoria Michelle Kaspi * 2006 : Aephraim M. Steinberg * 2005 : Peter Grütter * 2004 : Sajeev John * 2003 : Misha Ivanov * 2002 : Christopher Thompson * 2001 : Matthew W. Choptuik * 2000 : Jerry X. Mitrovica * 1999 : Robert A. Wolkow * 1998 : Martin Grant * 1997 : Nicholas Kaiser * 1996 : Pekka K. Sinervo * 1995 : David B. MacFarlane * 1994 : Michael L.W. Thewalt * 1993 : John W. Hepburn * 1992 : François Wesemael * 1991 : Ian K. Affleck * 1990 : Scott Tremaine * 1989 : Nathan Isgur * 1988 : Claude Leroy * 1987 : A. John Berlinsky * 1986 : William J.L. Buyers * 1985 : John J. Simpson * 1984 : Penny G. Estabrooks * 1983 : David J. Rowe * 1982 : William G. Unruh * 1981 : John C. Hardy * 1980 : Malcolm J. Stott


See also

* List of chemistry awards * List of physics awards * List of prizes named after people


References


External links


RSC Rutherford Memorial Medal
Canadian science and technology awards Royal Society of Canada Awards established in 1980 Chemistry awards Physics awards Canadian academic awards {{sci-award-stub