Shorland Medal

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The Shorland Medal is awarded annually by the New Zealand Association of Scientists in recognition of a "major and continued contribution to basic or applied research that has added significantly to scientific understanding or resulted in significant benefits to society." [1] The medal was established in 1999 and named after Brian Shorland, a New Zealand organic chemist. [2]

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Recipients

YearMedalistField
1999 Michael Corballis Cognitive neuroscience
2000 R. Paul Kibblewhite Pulp and paper making
2001 Brian Halton Strained organic compounds
2002 Hugh Bibby Geothermal and volcanic systems
2003 Kenneth MacKenzie Chemistry of ceramics
2004 John McKinnon Wool chemistry
2005 Adya Singh Wood science
2006 David Parry Biophysics
2007 Robin Mitchell [3] Pathogenic bacteria
2008 Graeme L. Gainsford X-ray crystallography
2009 Alan B. Kaiser [4] Conduction
2010 Ken McNatty [5] Mammalian reproduction
2011Harjinder Singh [6] Milk products
2012 Michael Hendy [7] Mathematical phylogeny
2013 Graham Nugent [8] Bovine tuberculosis
2014 Wei Gao [9] [10] Materials science
2015 Ian Brown [11] Materials chemistry
2016 Antony Braithwaite [12] Cancer research
2017 Alistair Jan Gunn
Laura Bennett
Joanne Davidson
Justin Dean
Colin Green
Foetal physiology and neuroscience
2018 Jadranka Travas-Sejdic [13] Advanced polymeric and nanomaterials
2019The SHIVERS [14] project team members: [15]
Sue Huang
Nikki Turner
Michael Baker
Cameron Grant
Adrian Trenholme
Influenza
2020 Mark Costello [16] Ocean biodiversity informatics
2021 Mike Berridge [17] Cancer cell biology
2022 Geoffrey Waterhouse [18] Applications of nanotechnology

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