Polanyi Medal
The Polanyi Medal is a biennial award of the Royal Society of Chemistry for outstanding contributions to the field of gas kinetics. The medal is presented at the International Symposium on Gas Kinetics after a plenary lecture given by the prize winner.
The award is named after the Hungarian-British polymath Michael Polanyi, 1891-1976, whose research helped to define the modern subject of gas kinetics and reaction dynamics. His son, John Polanyi, was a recipient of the Polanyi Medal in 1988.[1]
Winners
| 2012 | Mario Molina |
| 2010 | Steve R. Leone |
| 2008 | Piero Casavecchia |
| 2006 | Horst Hippler |
| 2004 | David Clary |
| 2002 | Gus Hancock |
| 2000 | Jurgen Wolfrum |
| 1998 | A.R. Ravishankara |
| 1996 | John Simons |
| 1994 | Mike Pilling |
| 1992 | Jurgen Tröe |
| 1990 | Ian Smith |
| 1988 | John Polanyi |
| 1987 | Fred Kaufmann (awarded posthumously) |
| 1986 | Sidney W. Benson |
| 1984 | B. S. Rabinovich |
| 1982 | Brian Thrush |
| 1981 | Dudley Herschbach |
| 1979 | Richard Zare |
References
- ^ "Gas Kinetics Awards". The Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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