2009 AWARD RECIPIENTS

Roseann Runte
Chair, Awards Committee

The Royal Society Awards Committee is pleased to announce the medals and awards for this year. All recipients are truly worthy of this honor and deserve our congratulations on their most significant contributions to scholarship.

The members of the committee join me in thanking all those who participated in the nominations process. We recognize the effort and time dedicated by those who put forward the names of their colleagues and who provided impressive and comprehensive files.

We encourage all members, including those who have received awards this year and previous winners, to devote some time to the process this year to ensure that the candidate pool expands and that it is representative of the diversity of our scholarly community.

Suggestions for increasing the number and diversity of applications would be welcomed by members of the committee who request you contact them or the Royal Society secretariat with your ideas.

 

McNeil Medal: for the public awareness of science.
Brian Alters, Faculty of Science, McGill University

McLaughlin Medal: for important research of sustained excellence in medical science.
Lorne Babiuk, Vice-President, Research, University of Alberta

Henry Marshall Tory Medal: for outstanding research in any branch of astronomy chemistry, mathematics, physics, or an allied science.
J. Richard Bond, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto

Miroslaw Romanowski Medal: for scientific work relating to environmental problems.
Stan Boutin, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta

Jason A. Hannah Medal: for an important publication in the history of medicine.
Jacalyn Duffin, History of Medicine, Queen’s University

Rutherford Memorial Medal-Chemistry: for outstanding research in chemistry.
Dennis Hall, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta

Rutherford Memorial Medal-Physics: for outstanding research in physics.
Barth Netterfield, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto

Sir John Willian Dawson Medal: for important contributions of knowledge in multiple domains.
Kenneth Standing, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba

Thomas W. Eadie Medal: for contributions in engineering and applied science.
Ke Wu, Poly-Grames Research Centre, École Polytechnique

Willet G. Miller Medal: for outstanding research in any branch of earth sciences.
R. Paul Young, Vice-President Research, University of Toronto