Edgeworth David Medal

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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]

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

Recipients

Source: RSNSW

YearLaureatesDiscipline
1948 Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
E. Ritchie
Astrophysics
Organic Chemistry
1949Temple B. KielyPlant Pathology
1950 Ronald Murray Berndt & Catherine H. Berndt [5] Anthropology
1951 John Gatenby Bolton Radio Astronomy
1952Alan Buchanan WardropBotany
1954 Eric Stephen Barnes Mathematics
1955 Hugh Bryan Spencer Womersley [6] Botany
1956John Maxwell CowleyChemical Physics
1957John 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
1962Ray F. IsbellSoil Science
1963Neville Horner FletcherPhysics
1964 Mollie Elizabeth Holman Physiology
1965John L. DillonAgricultural Economics
1966Roger Ian TannerMechanical Engineering
1967David Headley Green [9]
William James Peacock
Geology
Botany
1968 Robert McCredie May [10] Physics
1969Barry W. NinhamPhysics
1970 A. David Buckingham Inorganic Chemistry
1971William Francis BuddGlaciology
1972Donald Harold Napper [11]
J. Stone
Physical Chemistry
Physiology
1973 Charles Barry Osmond Plant Biology
1974 Allan Whitenack Snyder [12] Physics
1975F. John BallardBiochemistry
1976Ross Howard StreetMathematics
1977Robert Anthony AntoniaMechanical Engineering
1978T.W. Cole
Michael G. Clark
Astronomy
Physiology
1979 Graham Clifford Goodwin Electrical Engineering
1980Michael Anthony EtheridgeGeology
1981Martin Andrew GreenApplied Physics
1982Nhan Phan-Thien [13] Mechanics
1983Denis WakefieldOcular Immunology
1984Alan James HusbandPathology
1985Simon Charles Gandevia
Brian James Morris [14]
Clinical Neurophysiology
Molecular Biology
1986Leslie David Field
Peter Gavin Hall
Chemistry
Statistics
1987Andrew Cockburn [15] Zoology
1988Peter Andrew LayInorganic Chemistry
1989Trevor William Hambley [16] Chemistry
1990 Timothy Fridjof Flannery [17] Taxonomy & Phylogeny – Macropodidea
1991 Mark Harvey Taxonomy – Invertebrates
1992Peter James Goadsby
Keith Alexander Nugent [18]
Neurophysiology
Optics
1993John Skerritt [1] Agriculture (Genetics)
1994Richard Hume Middleton [19] Electrical Engineering
1995Anthony Bruce MurphyPhysics
1996Peter Alexander RobinsonPhysics
1997 Albert Zomaya [20] Mathematics
1998Not awarded
1999 Merlin Crossley [21] Molecular Biology
2000Michael Coon Yoong LeeZoology
2001Samantha RichardsonEvolution
2002 Marcela Bilek Physics
2003Stuart Robert BattenChemistry
2004Cameron KepertChemistry
2005 Christopher Barner-Kowollik Chemistry
2006 Barry Brook [22] Environmental Science
2007Stuart WyitheAstrophysics
2008Adam Micolich [23] Physics
2009Nagarajan ValanoorMaterials Science
2010Angela Moles [24] Botany
2011Trent Woodruff [25] Pharmacology
2012Joanne Whittaker [26] Geophysics
2013David Wilson [27] Mathematics and Public Health
2014Richard PayneChemistry
2015Simon HoBiology and evolution
2016 Muireann Irish Neuroscience
2017Angela NickersonPsychology
2018 Elizabeth J. New Chemistry
2019Si Ming ManImmunology
2020Brett Hallam [28] Photovoltaics
2021Lining Arnold Ju [1] Biomechanics
2022Tim S. Doherty [29] Predator–Prey Dynamics

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