Isaac Newton Medal

Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Awarded forWorld-leading contributions to physics by an individual of any nationality.
Sponsored byInstitute of Physics
Country United Kingdom
Presented byInstitute of Physics 
Reward(s)Gold medal, £1000
First award2008
WebsiteOfficial website

The Isaac Newton Medal and Prize is a gold medal awarded annually by the Institute of Physics (IOP) accompanied by a prize of £1,000.[2] The award is given to a physicist, regardless of subject area, background or nationality, for outstanding contributions to physics. The award winner is invited to give a lecture at the institute. It is named in honour of Sir Isaac Newton.

The first medal was awarded in 2008 to Anton Zeilinger, having been announced in 2007.[3] It gained national recognition in the UK in 2013 when it was awarded for technology that could lead to an 'invisibility cloak'.[4][5] By 2018 it was recognised internationally as the highest honour from the IOP.[6] In 2020, a citation study identified it as one of the five most prestigious prizes in physics.[7]

Recipients

Year Name Rationale (for)
2008 Anton Zeilinger "his pioneering conceptual and experimental contributions to the foundations of quantum physics, which have become the cornerstone for the rapidly-evolving field of quantum information"[3][8]
2009 Alan Guth "his invention of the inflationary universe model, his recognition that inflation would solve major problems confronting then-standard cosmology, and his calculation, with others, of the spectrum of density fluctuations that gave rise to structure in the universe"[9]
2010 Edward Witten "his many profound contributions that have transformed areas of particle theory, quantum field theory and general relativity"[10][11]
2011 Leo Kadanoff "inventing conceptual tools that reveal the deep implications of scale invariance on the behavior of phase transitions and dynamical systems"[12]
2012 Martin Rees his outstanding contributions to relativistic astrophysics and cosmology[13][14]
2013 John Pendry “seminal contributions to surface science, disordered systems and photonics”[15][4][16][5]
2014 Deborah S. Jin "pioneering the field of quantum-degenerate Fermi gases"[17][18][19]
2015 Eli Yablonovitch "visionary and foundational contributions to photonic nanostructures"[20][21][22]
2016 Tom Kibble "outstanding lifelong commitment to physics" (posthumously)[23]
2017 Charles L. Bennett "leadership of the Microwave Anisotropy Probe, a satellite experiment that revolutionized cosmology, transforming it from an order-of-magnitude game to a paragon of precision science"[24][25]
2018 Paul Corkum "his outstanding contributions to experimental physics"[6][26][27][28]
2019 Michael Pepper "the creation of the field of semiconductor nanoelectronics and discovery of new quantum phenomena"[29][30][31][32][33]
2020 Nader Engheta "groundbreaking innovation and transformative contributions to electromagnetic complex materials and nanoscale optics, and for pioneering development of the fields of near-zero-index metamaterials, and material-inspired analogue computation and optical nanocircuitry"
2021 David Deutsch "founding the discipline named quantum computation and establishing quantum computation's fundamental idea, now known as the ‘qubit’ or quantum bit"[34]
2022 Margaret Murnane "pioneering and sustained contributions to the development of ultrafast lasers and coherent X-ray sources and the use of such sources to understand the quantum nature of materials"[35]
2023 James Binney "advancing the science of stellar dynamics and using strong physical intuition to widen and deepen our understanding of how galaxies are structured and formed."[36]
2024 Richard Friend "for pioneering and enduring work on the fundamental electronic properties of molecular semiconductors and in their engineering development."[37]

See also

References

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  4. ^ a b Palmer, Jason (June 30, 2013). "Cloaking pioneer nets physics prize". BBC News.
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  10. ^ "Edward Witten wins Newton medal". Physics World. 29 June 2010.
  11. ^ "UK's Institute of Physics Announces 2010 Winners". www.supercomputingonline.com. SC ONLINE NEWS.
  12. ^ "2011 Isaac Newton Medal of the Institute of Physics". Institute of Physics.
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  15. ^ Jackson, Caroline (1 July 2013). "IOP awards". Imperial College London.
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  17. ^ "2014 Isaac Newton medal – Deborah Jin". NIST. September 6, 2017.
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  20. ^ "Yablonovitch Wins the IOP Isaac Newton Medal". Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science, University of California. 1 July 2015.
  21. ^ "Photonic crystals, graphene, and metamaterials bring Institute of Physics awards". LaserFocusWorld. 1 July 2015.
  22. ^ "IOP Awards Isaac Newton Medal to Professor Eli Yablonovitch for Photonic Nanostructures Research". AZoOptics. July 1, 2015.
  23. ^ "IOP awards Isaac Newton Medal posthumously to Sir Tom Kibble". Institute of Physics. 30 June 2016
  24. ^ "Chuck Bennett receives Isaac Newton Medal & Prize from the Institute of Physics". Physics & Astronomy. Johns Hopkins University. 30 June 2017.
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  29. ^ "2019 Institute of Physics Awards — Department of Physics". University of Cambridge. 10 July 2019.
  30. ^ "Physicist behind new quantum phenomena and T-ray detection of cancer receives highest Institute of Physics accolade — Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division". University of Oxford. 5 July 2019.
  31. ^ "TeraView's founder, Sir Michael Pepper, receives highest Institute of Physics accolade". Cambridge Network.
  32. ^ "Professor Sir Michael Pepper receives the 2019 Issac Newton Medal and Prize from the IoP". London Centre for Nanotechnology.
  33. ^ "Sir Michael Pepper receives highest Institute of Physics accolade". TeraView. 18 July 2019.
  34. ^ "2021 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics.
  35. ^ 2022 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize. iop.org
  36. ^ 2023 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize. iop.org
  37. ^ 2024 Isaac Newton Medal and Lecture. iop.org
  38. ^ "The University of Glasgow Story :: Awards :: Isaac Newton Medal". University of Glasgow.
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