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.
Source: RSNSW
Year | Laureates | Discipline |
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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 |
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