Pawsey Medal Explained

The Pawsey Medal is awarded annually by the Australian Academy of Science to recognize outstanding research in the physics by an Australian scientist early in their career (up to 10 years post-PhD).

This medal commemorates the work of the late Joseph L. Pawsey, FAA.

Winners

Source:https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/pawsey-medal

Year	Winner	Affiliation	Location	Field	Notes
2024	Jiajia Zhou	University of Technology Sydney	Sydney	Nanoparticles	^[1]
2023	Yuerui Lu	Australian National University	Canberra	Optoelectronics	^[2]
2021	Xiaojing Hao	University of New South Wales	Sydney	Photovoltaics	^[3]
2020	Adam Deller	Swinburne University of Technology	Melbourne	Radio Astronomy	^[4]
2019	Steven Flammia	University of Sydney	Sydney	Quantum information	^[5]
2018	Paul Lasky	Monash University	Melbourne	Gravitational wave astrophysics	^[6]
2017	Igor Aharonovich	University of Technology Sydney	Sydney	Quantum Physics, Photonics	^[7]
2016	Ilya Shadrivov	Australian National University	Canberra		^[8]
2015				Radio Astronomy	^[9]
2014			Brisbane	Quantum physics	^[10]
2013	Christopher Blake	Swinburne University of Technology	Melbourne	Astrophysics	^[11]
2012	Tanya Monro	University of Adelaide	Adelaide	Photonics	^[12]
2011	Bryan Gaensler	University of Sydney	Sydney	Astrophysics	^[13]
2010	Andrew G. White	University of Queensland	Brisbane	Quantum information	^[14]	"2010 Honorific Awards for Scientific Excellence", http://www.science.org.au/awards/awardees/2010awards.html
2009	J. Stuart B. Wyithe	University of Melbourne	Melbourne	Astrophysics	^[15]
2008	Kostya Ostrikov	University of Sydney	Sydney	Plasma nanoscience	^[16]
2007		University of Sydney	Sydney	Optical device physics, photonics	^[17]
2006		Australian National University	Canberra	Nuclear physics	^[18]
2005		University of New South Wales	Sydney	Semiconductor physics	^[19]
2004		University of Sydney	Sydney	Applied Physics	^[20]
2003	Howard M. Wiseman	Griffith University	Brisbane	Quantum physics	^[21]
2002	Sergey V. Vladimirov	University of Sydney	Sydney	Plasma physics	^[22]
2001	Brian P. Schmidt	Australian National University	Canberra	Astrophysics	^[23]
2000	Anthony B. Murphy	CSIRO	Sydney	Applied physics
1999	C. Martijn de Sterke	University of Sydney	Sydney	Optics, photonics	^[24]
1999	Raymond R. Volkas	University of Melbourne	Melbourne	Particle physics	^[25]
1998	Igor Bray	Curtin University of Technology	Perth	Theoretical physics	^[26]
1998	Yuri S. Kivshar	Australian National University	Canberra	Nonlinear optics	^[27]
1997	Murray T. Batchelor	Australian National University	Canberra	Mathematical physics	^[28]
1996	Robert G. Elliman	Australian National University	Canberra	Solid state physics	^[29]
1995	Peter A. Robinson	University of Sydney	Sydney	Neurophysics	^[30]
1994	Peter T. H. Fisk	CSIRO	Lindfield, NSW	Metrology
1993	Stephen T. Hyde	Australian National University	Canberra	Materials physics	^[31]
1992	David J. Hinde	Australian National University	Canberra	Nuclear physics
1991	Andrew E. Stuchbery	Australian National University	Canberra	Nuclear physics	^[32]
1990	W. K. Hocking	University of Western Ontario	London, Ontario, Canada	Astronomy
1989	Keith A. Nugent	University of Melbourne	Melbourne	X-ray optics	^[33]
1988	Ian N. S. Jackson	Australian National University	Canberra	Geophysics	^[34]
1987	John W. V. Storey	University of New South Wales	Sydney	Astrophysics, optics	^[35]
1986	Barry Luther-Davies	Australian National University	Canberra	Nonlinear optics	^[36]
1985	Richard M. Pashley	Murdoch University	Perth	Water resources	^[37]
1984	Peter R. Wood	Australian National University	Canberra	Astronomy	^[38]
1983	Michael A. Dopita	Australian National University	Canberra	Astronomy	^[39]
1982	James A. Piper	Macquarie University	Sydney	Photonics	^[40]
1981	Martin A. Green	University of New South Wales	Sydney	Photovoltaics	^[41]
1980	John E. Norris	Australian National University	Canberra	Astronomy	^[42]
1979	Gregory J. Clark	CSIRO (formerly)	Sydney	Nuclear Physics
1978	Richard N. Manchester	CSIRO	Epping, NSW	Radioastronomy	^[43]
1977	Jacob N. Israelachvili	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California, US	Fluid mechanics	^[44]
1976	W. Miller Goss	National Radio Astronomy Observatory	Socorro, New Mexico, US	Radioastronomy
1975	Rodney J. Baxter	Australian National University	Canberra	Statistical mechanics	^[45]
1974	Donald B. Melrose	University of Sydney	Sydney	Astrophysics, plasma physics	^[46]
1973	Bruce H. J. McKellar	University of Melbourne	Melbourne	Theoretical physics	^[47]
1972	Ken C. Freeman	Australian National University	Canberra	Astronomy, astrophysics	^[48]
1971	Barry W. Ninham	Australian National University	Canberra	Physical chemistry	^[49]
1970	Rodney A. Challinor	Sigma Group	Saint Helier, Jersey
1969	Kenneth G. McCracken	CSIRO	Canberra	Astronomy	^[50]
1967	Robert M. May	Oxford University	Oxford, UK	Population biology	^[51]

See also

• List of physics awards
• List of Australian Science and Technology Awards

Notes

1. Web site: 2024 awardees Australian Academy of Science . 2024-04-06 . www.science.org.au . en.
2. Web site: 2023-03-14 . Decoding dragons and devils, what triggers volcanoes, and more: Australia's stars of science . 2023-03-14 . Australian Academy of Science . en.
3. Web site: 2021 awardees: Pawsey Medal. 2021-11-03. Australian Academy of Science. en.
4. Web site: 2020 awardees: Pawsey Medal. 2021-11-03. Australian Academy of Science. en.
5. Web site: 2019 awardees Australian Academy of Science. www.science.org.au. 2019-03-19.
6. Web site: 2018 awardees Australian Academy of Science. www.science.org.au. 2018-10-23.
7. Web site: 2017 awardees | Australian Academy of Science.
8. Web site: 2016 awardees | Australian Academy of Science.
9. Web site: 2015 awardees | Australian Academy of Science.
10. Web site: Australian Academy of Science - Pawsey medal . 2014-08-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814063423/http://www.sciencearchive.org.au/awards/awards/pawsey.html . 2014-08-14 .
11. Web site: Australian Academy of Science - Awardees for 2013 . 2013-10-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210944/http://science.org.au/awards/awardees/2013awards.html#pawsey . 2013-10-29 . dead .
12. "2012 Academy awards for scientific excellence announced", Web site: Australian Academy of Science - Media releases . 2013-02-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130206092049/http://www.science.org.au/news/media/6december11-2.html . 2013-02-06 .
13. "Bryan Gaensler", http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/science/397.html?newsstoryid=6140
14. "Andrew White", http://quantum.info/andrew/
15. "Stuart Wyithe," http://astro.ph.unimelb.edu.au/~swyithe/Site/Welcome.html
16. "Pawsey Medal for Nano-Fabrication Pioneer," 2008-01-25, http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/about/news_items/news_item3.shtml
17. "Director Prof. Benjamin J. Eggleton," http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/cudos/people/eggleton.htm
18. "ACT Women Honoured by the Academy," http://www.wisenet-australia.org/issue72/Mahananda%20Dasgupta.htm
19. "Professor Michelle Simmons," http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/msimmons-profile/
20. "About Professor Marcela Bilek," http://www.usyd.edu.au/research/opportunities/supervisors/715
21. "Home Page for Howard Wiseman," http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/wiseman/
22. "Professor Sergey Vladimirov," http://www.complexsystems.net.au/index.php?page=profiles&profile=128
23. "Brian P. Schmidt Home Page," http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~brian/
24. "Prof. Martijn de Sterke," http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/cudos/people/desterke.htm
25. "Prof. Raymond Volkas," http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person1809.html
26. "Igor Bray's Homepage," http://atom.curtin.edu.au/
27. "Profile: Yuri Kivshar," http://www.cudos.org.au/cudos/people/profile.php?position=DD
28. "Home page," http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/~murrayb/Murray_Batchelor2.html
29. "Elliman, Robert G.," http://www.rsphysse.anu.edu.au/eme/profile.php/3
30. "About Professor Peter Robinson," http://www.usyd.edu.au/research/opportunities/supervisors/708
31. https://web.archive.org/web/19990505044328/http://rsphysse.anu.edu.au/%7Esth110/sth.html "Prof. Stephen Hyde,"
32. "Dr Andrew Stuchbery," http://www.materials.com.au/index.php?page=profiles&profile=126
33. "Prof. Keith Nugent," http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person12962.html
34. "Prof. Ian Jackson," http://rses.anu.edu.au/people/jackson_i/
35. "John W. V. Storey," http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/STAFF/ACADEMIC/storey.html
36. "Professor Barry Luther-Davies," http://laserspark.anu.edu.au/lpc/barry.html
37. "Professor Richard Pashley," http://www.sciencewa.net.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1808:professor-richard-pashley&catid=197:Awards&Itemid=200077
38. "Prof Peter R Wood," http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~wood/
39. "Welcome to Mike Dopita's Homepage," http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~mad/
40. "James Piper," http://web.science.mq.edu.au/groups/mqphotonics/staff/person.htm?id=jpiper
41. "Scientia Prof. Martin Green," http://www.pv.unsw.edu.au/Staff/martingreen.asp
42. "Prof John Norris," http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/people/view.php?username=jen
43. "R. N. Manchester's Web Page," http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rmanches/
44. Zagorski . Nick . Profile of Jacob N. Israelachvili . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 24 October 2006 . 103 . 43 . 15736–15738 . 10.1073/pnas.0607766103 . 17043213 . 1636843 . free .
45. "Emeritus Professor Rodney J. Baxter FRS FAA," http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/~murrayb/Rodney_Baxter.html
46. "Research Interests of Don Melrose," http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/theory/don_new.html
47. "McKellar, Bruce Harold John," http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/umfs/biogs/UMFS150b.htm
48. "Prof Ken Freeman," http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/people/view.php?username=kcf
49. https://archive.today/20110706114206/http://www.rsphysse.anu.edu.au/~col110/Barry_Ninham/Barry_Ninham.html "Welcome to Barry Ninham's Home Page,"
50. "Dr Ken McCracken," https://grants.innovation.gov.au/SciencePrize/Pages/Doc.aspx?name=previous_winners/Aust1995McCraken.htm
51. "Robert May," Web site: Robert, Professor Lord May of Oxford, OM AC FRS . 2009-07-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090528095724/http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/staff/academics/may_r.htm . 2009-05-28 .

External links

• Pawsey Medal site of the Australian Academy of Science