Edgeworth David Medal

The Edgeworth David Medal is awarded annually by the Royal Society of New South Wales for distinguished contributions by a young scientist under the age of 35 years for work done predominantly in Australia or which contributed to the advancement of Australian science. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

It was first awarded in 1949 and is named after the pioneering geologist Sir Edgeworth David, FRS.

Recipients

Source: RSNSW

Year	Laureates	Discipline
1948	Ronald Gordon Giovanelli E. Ritchie	Astrophysics Organic Chemistry
1949	Temple B. Kiely	Plant Pathology
1950	Ronald Murray Berndt & Catherine H. Berndt [5]	Anthropology
1951	John Gatenby Bolton	Radio Astronomy
1952	Alan Buchanan Wardrop	Botany
1954	Eric Stephen Barnes	Mathematics
1955	Hugh Bryan Spencer Womersley [6]	Botany
1956	John Maxwell Cowley	Chemical Physics
1957	John Maxwell Cowley John Paul Wild	Chemical Physics Radio Astronomy
1958	Paul Ivan Korner	Physiology
1960	Ronald Drayton Brown [7]	Chemistry
1961	Ralph Owen Slatyer [8]	Climatology
1962	Ray F. Isbell	Soil Science
1963	Neville Horner Fletcher	Physics
1964	Mollie Elizabeth Holman	Physiology
1965	John L. Dillon	Agricultural Economics
1966	Roger Ian Tanner	Mechanical Engineering
1967	David Headley Green [9] William James Peacock	Geology Botany
1968	Robert McCredie May [10]	Physics
1969	Barry W. Ninham	Physics
1970	A. David Buckingham	Inorganic Chemistry
1971	William Francis Budd	Glaciology
1972	Donald Harold Napper [11] J. Stone	Physical Chemistry Physiology
1973	Charles Barry Osmond	Plant Biology
1974	Allan Whitenack Snyder [12]	Physics
1975	F. John Ballard	Biochemistry
1976	Ross Howard Street	Mathematics
1977	Robert Anthony Antonia	Mechanical Engineering
1978	T.W. Cole Michael G. Clark	Astronomy Physiology
1979	Graham Clifford Goodwin	Electrical Engineering
1980	Michael Anthony Etheridge	Geology
1981	Martin Andrew Green	Applied Physics
1982	Nhan Phan-Thien [13]	Mechanics
1983	Denis Wakefield	Ocular Immunology
1984	Alan James Husband	Pathology
1985	Simon Charles Gandevia Brian James Morris [14]	Clinical Neurophysiology Molecular Biology
1986	Leslie David Field Peter Gavin Hall	Chemistry Statistics
1987	Andrew Cockburn [15]	Zoology
1988	Peter Andrew Lay	Inorganic Chemistry
1989	Trevor William Hambley [16]	Chemistry
1990	Timothy Fridjof Flannery [17]	Taxonomy & Phylogeny – Macropodidea
1991	Mark Harvey	Taxonomy – Invertebrates
1992	Peter James Goadsby Keith Alexander Nugent [18]	Neurophysiology Optics
1993	John Skerritt [1]	Agriculture (Genetics)
1994	Richard Hume Middleton [19]	Electrical Engineering
1995	Anthony Bruce Murphy	Physics
1996	Peter Alexander Robinson	Physics
1997	Albert Zomaya [20]	Mathematics
1998	Not awarded
1999	Merlin Crossley [21]	Molecular Biology
2000	Michael Coon Yoong Lee	Zoology
2001	Samantha Richardson	Evolution
2002	Marcela Bilek	Physics
2003	Stuart Robert Batten	Chemistry
2004	Cameron Kepert	Chemistry
2005	Christopher Barner-Kowollik	Chemistry
2006	Barry Brook [22]	Environmental Science
2007	Stuart Wyithe	Astrophysics
2008	Adam Micolich [23]	Physics
2009	Nagarajan Valanoor	Materials Science
2010	Angela Moles [24]	Botany
2011	Trent Woodruff [25]	Pharmacology
2012	Joanne Whittaker [26]	Geophysics
2013	David Wilson [27]	Mathematics and Public Health
2014	Richard Payne	Chemistry
2015	Simon Ho	Biology and evolution
2016	Muireann Irish	Neuroscience
2017	Angela Nickerson	Psychology
2018	Elizabeth J. New	Chemistry
2019	Si Ming Man	Immunology
2020	Brett Hallam [28]	Photovoltaics
2021	Lining Arnold Ju [1]	Biomechanics
2022	Tim S. Doherty [29]	Predator–Prey Dynamics
2023	Qilin Wang [30]	Wastewater Treatment

See also

• List of general science and technology awards
• List of awards named after people

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