Shorland Medal

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Shorland Medal
DescriptionMajor and continued contribution to basic or applied research
Country New Zealand
Presented by New Zealand Association of Scientists (NZAS)
Website scientists.org.nz/shorland

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 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
2007Robin Mitchell [3] Pathogenic bacteria
2008 Graeme L. Gainsford X-ray crystallography
2009 Alan B. Kaiser [4] Conduction
2010 Ken McNatty [5] Mammalian reproduction
2011 Harjinder 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
2017Fetal Physiology and Neuroscience Team:
Foetal physiology and neuroscience
2018 Jadranka Travas-Sejdic [13] Advanced polymeric and nanomaterials
2019The SHIVERS [14] project team members: [15]
Influenza
2020 Mark Costello [16] Ocean biodiversity informatics
2021 Mike Berridge [17] Cancer cell biology
2022 Geoffrey Waterhouse [18] Applications of nanotechnology
2023AgResearch Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Inventory Development Team: [19]
  • Cecile de Klein
  • Tony van der Weerden
  • Jiafa Luo
  • Stefan Muetzel
  • Arjan Jonker
 Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
2024 Chris Bumby Materials physics [20]
2025Philip HulmeEcology and Biosecurity [21]

References

  1. ↑ "Shorland Medal". New Zealand Association of Scientists. 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Halton, Brian (2022). "Some unremembered chemists: Francis Brian Shorland, OBE, PhD, DSc (L'pool), Hon. DSc(VUW), FRSNZ (1909–1999)" (PDF). New Zealand Science Review. 75 (2–3): 37–42. doi:10.26686/nzsr.v75i2-3.7850. S2CID   254717767. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Medal for top New Zealand scientist". www.scoop.co.nz. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand Association of Scientists 2009 Awards". www.scoop.co.nz. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Two school of chemical and physical Sciences staff win at Welly awards". 2010 News, Wellington Faculty of Science, Victoria University of Wellington. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Prominent dairy scientist awarded Shorland Medal". www.scoop.co.nz. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "NZAS celebrates NZ scientific achievements". www.scoop.co.nz. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "NZAS awards celebrate fundamental science". www.scoop.co.nz. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  9. ↑ "Top engineering scientist wins major award". www.scoop.co.nz. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Awards reward scientists with an eye to the future". www.scoop.co.nz. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "NZAS celebrate NZ scientific achievements". www.scoop.co.nz. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Gibb, John (9 September 2016). "Awards go to leading academics". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "University of Auckland researchers honoured – The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  14. ↑ SHIVERS – Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance was an ESR led research project investigating influenza and influenza vaccines.
  15. ↑ "The 'SHIVERS' flu study wins national science award". www.nzdoctor.co.nz. 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  16. ↑ "New Zealand Association of Scientists - Shorland Medal". scientists.org.nz. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  17. ↑ "2020 Award Recipients". scientists.org.nz. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  18. ↑ The New Zealand Association of Scientists Awards for 2022, https://doi.org/10.26686/nzsr.vi.8065
  19. ↑ "2023 Award Recipients". scientists.org.nz. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  20. ↑ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hNseBpIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
  21. ↑ "New Zealand Association of Scientists - Shorland Medal". scientists.org.nz. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
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