Leverhulme Medal (Royal Society)

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The Leverhulme Medal (English Leverhulme Medal ) is an award given by the Royal Society to scientists who have made important contributions to chemistry and chemical engineering within the Commonwealth of Nations . Since 1960, the 300th anniversary year of the founding of the Royal Society, it has been given to one or two scientists every three years. The Leverhulme Medal is endowed with prize money of 2000 pounds sterling . It is not to be confused with the Leverhulme Medal of the British Academy .

Winner of the award

The following table lists the winners of the award, which has been conferred since the beginning of 1960, in full. The English original text and a German translation of the reasoning text are noted in the "Reason" column.

year scientist Reason
1960 Cyril Norman Hinshelwood "For his outstanding contributions to physical chemistry."
For outstanding contributions to physical chemistry.
1963 Archer JP Martin "For his distinguished and fundamental discoveries in chromatography and its application."
For outstanding fundamental discoveries in the field of chromatography and its application.
1966 Alec Arnold Constantine Issigonis "For his distinguished contributions to the design of motor cars, particularly the Morris Minor and Austin and Morris Mini."
For his outstanding contributions to the design of automotive engines, especially the Morris Minor, the Austin and the Morris Mini.
1969 Hans Kronberger "For his many distinguished contributions to nuclear reactor research and development and for outstanding leadership in all branches of his field."
For his many excellent contributions in the field of nuclear reactor research and development, and for his exceptional leadership in all branches of the field.
1972 John Bertram Adams "For his many distinguished work in the development of particle accelerators, and plasma physics."
For his excellent work in the development of particle accelerators and in the field of plasma physics.
1975 Francis Leslie Rose "For his distinguished contributions to the application of chemical science to industry."
For his excellent contributions in the industrial application of chemical sciences.
1978 Frederick Edward Warner "For his outstanding work as consulting engineer both nationally and internationally in many branches of chemical engineering, particularly control of pollution."
For his outstanding work as a national and international consulting engineer in many areas of chemical engineering, especially in environmental protection.
1981 Stanley George Hooker "For his work on superchargers of the Merlin engines, the development of the first Rolls Royce jet engines, then Bristol engines including that for the jump jet and, later, the final development of the Rolls Royce RB211 engine."
For his work on the turbocharger of the Merlin machines, the development of the first Rolls Royce Jet engines and later the Bristol engines including the jump jet, and later the final development of the Rolls Royce RB211 engine.
1984 John Frank Davidson "For his distinguished contributions to chemical engineering, in particular the use of fluidized beds."
For outstanding work in the field of chemical engineering, especially the application of the fluidized bed process.
1987 George William Gray "For his many contributions to the technologically important field of liquid crystals."
For his innumerable contributions to the technologically important field of liquid crystals.
1990 Ray Freeman "For introducing new techniques in high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, particularly the development of two-dimensional Fourier transform methods."
For the introduction of new methods in high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and especially for the development of two-dimensional methods of Fourier transformation.
1993 John Rowlinson "Distinguished for his contributions to thermodynamics, in particular to an understanding of the physical chemistry of gas-liquid interfaces and surfaces."
Awarded for his contributions to thermodynamics, especially to understanding the physical chemistry of gas-liquid contacts and surfaces.
1996 Man Mohan Sharma "For his work on the dynamics of multi-phase chemical reactions in industrial processes."
For his work on the dynamics of chemical multiphase reactions in industrial processes.
1999 Jack Baldwin “In recognition of his distinguished contributions to the field of organic chemistry including his work on natural products synthesis and biosynthesis, particularly for his research in the b-lactam antibiotic field, initially contributing to biosynthetic problems which paved the way to the study of the enzymology of the process and eventually culminating in the determination of the crystal structure of isopenicillin N synthase. "
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry including his work on the synthesis and biosynthesis of natural products, in particular for his research in the field of b-lactam antibiotics, in which he contributed significantly to biosynthetic problems in the study of the enzymology of the process culminating in the Derivation of the crystal structure of the isopenicillin N synthase.
2002 Nicholas cell phone "For his pioneering contributions to the development of the modern methodology of quantum chemistry, which has had an enormous impact on chemistry and molecular biology."
For his pioneering work in the development of modern methodologies of quantum chemistry, which had an enormous influence on chemistry and molecular biology.
2005 John Knott "For his distinguished contributions to the quantitative scientific understanding of fracture processes in metals and alloys and its engineering applications."
for his outstanding contributions to the quantitative scientific understanding of fracture processes in metals and their alloys and their technical application.
2008 Anthony Cheetham "For the discovery and characterization of novel materials exhibiting potential for catalysis and storage."
For the discovery and characterization of new materials with potential for catalysis and storage.
2010 Martyn Poliakoff "For his outstanding contributions in the fields of Green Chemistry and supercritical fluids by the application of chemistry to advance chemical engineering processes."
2013 Konstantin Novoselov "For revolutionary work on graphene, other two-dimensional crystals and their heterostructures that has great potential for a number of applications, from electronics to energy."
2016 Anne Neville "For revealing diverse physical and chemical processes at interacting interfaces, emphasizing significant synergy between tribology and corrosion."
2019 Frank Caruso "For driving the application of engineered particles in biology and medicine through nanoscale materials engineering."

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