The Pawsey Medal is awarded every year by the Australian Academy of Science to recognize outstanding research by Australian scientists under 40 years of age in the field of physics.
This medal commemorates the work of the late Joseph L. Pawsey, FAA.
Previous winners
Year Winner Current Affiliation Location Field Notes
2011 Bryan Gaensler University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Astrophysics [1]
2010 Andrew G. White University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia Quantum information [2]
2009 J. Stuart B. Wyithe University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia Astrophysics [3]
2008 Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Plasma nanoscience [4]
2007 Ben Eggleton University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Optical device physics, photonics [5]
2006 Mahananda Dasgupta Australian National University Canberra, Australia Nuclear physics [6]
2005 Michelle Y. Simmons University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia Semiconductor physics [7]
2004 Marcela Bilek University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Applied Physics [8]
2003 Howard M. Wiseman Griffith University Brisbane, Australia Quantum physics [9]
2002 Sergey V. Vladimirov University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Plasma physics [10]
2001 Brian P. Schmidt Australian National University Canberra, Australia Astrophysics [11]
2000 Anthony B. Murphy CSIRO Marsfield, NSW, Australia Applied physics
1999 C. Martijn de Sterke University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Optics, photonics [12]
1999 Raymond R. Volkas University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia Particle physics [13]
1998 Igor Bray Curtin University of Technology Perth, Australia Theoretical physics [14]
1998 Yuri S. Kivshar Australian National University Canberra, Australia Nonlinear optics [15]
1997 Murray T. Batchelor Australian National University Canberra, Australia Mathematical physics [16]
1996 Robert G. Elliman Australian National University Canberra, Australia Solid state physics [17]
1995 Peter A. Robinson University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Neurophysics [18]
1994 Peter T. H. Fisk CSIRO Lindfield, NSW, Australia Metrology
1993 Stephen T. Hyde Australian National University Canberra, Australia Materials physics [19]
1992 David J. Hinde Australian National University Canberra, Australia Nuclear physics
1991 Andrew E. Stuchbery Australian National University Canberra, Australia Nuclear physics [20]
1990 W. K. Hocking University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada Astronomy
1989 Keith A. Nugent University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia X-ray optics [21]
1988 Ian N. S. Jackson Australian National University Canberra, Australia Geophysics [22]
1987 John W. V. Storey University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia Astrophysics, optics [23]
1986 Barry Luther-Davies Australian National University Canberra, Australia Nonlinear optics [24]
1985 Richard M. Pashley Murdoch University Perth, Australia Water resources [25]
1984 Peter R. Wood Australian National University Canberra, Australia Astronomy [26]
1983 Michael A. Dopita Australian National University Canberra, Australia Astronomy [27]
1982 James A. Piper Macquarie University Sydney, Australia Photonics [28]
1981 Martin A. Green University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia Photovoltaics [29]
1980 John E. Norris Australian National University Canberra, Australia Astronomy [30]
1979 Gregory J. Clark CSIRO (formerly) Sydney, Australia Nuclear Physics [31]
1978 Richard N. Manchester CSIRO Epping, NSW, Australia Radioastronomy [32]
1977 Jacob N. Israelachvili University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California, USA Fluid mechanics [33]
1976 W. Miller Goss National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro, New Mexico, USA Radioastronomy
1975 Rodney J. Baxter Australian National University Canberra, Australia Statistical mechanics [34]
1974 Donald B. Melrose University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Astrophysics, plasma physics [35]
1973 Bruce H. J. McKellar University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia Theoretical physics [36]
1972 Ken C. Freeman Australian National University Canberra, Australia Astronomy, astrophysics [37]
1971 Barry W. Ninham Australian National University Canberra, Australia Physical chemistry [38]
1970 Rodney A. Challinor Sigma Group St. Helier, Jersey, UK
1969 Kenneth G. McCracken CSIRO Canberra, Australia Astronomy [39]
1967 Robert M. May Oxford University Oxford, UK Population biology [40]
Notes
^ "Bryan Gaensler", http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/science/397.html?newsstoryid=6140
^ "Andrew White", http://quantum.info/andrew/ | "2010 Honorific Awards for Scientific Excellence", http://www.science.org.au/awards/awardees/2010awards.html
^ "Stuart Wyithe," http://astro.ph.unimelb.edu.au/~swyithe/Site/Welcome.html
^ "Pawsey Medal for Nano-Fabrication Pioneer," 2008-01-25, http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/about/news_items/news_item3.shtml
^ "Director Prof. Benjamin J. Eggleton," http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/cudos/people/eggleton.htm
^ "ACT Women Honoured by the Academy," http://www.wisenet-australia.org/issue72/Mahananda%20Dasgupta.htm
^ "Professor Michelle Simmons," http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/msimmons-profile/
^ "About Professor Marcela Bilek," http://www.usyd.edu.au/research/opportunities/supervisors/715
^ "Home Page for Howard Wiseman," http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/wiseman/
^ "Professor Sergey Vladimirov," http://www.complexsystems.net.au/index.php?page=profiles&profile=128
^ "Brian P. Schmidt Home Page," http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~brian/
^ "Prof. Martijn de Sterke," http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/cudos/people/desterke.htm
^ "Prof. Raymond Volkas," http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person1809.html
^ "Igor Bray's Homepage," http://atom.curtin.edu.au/
^ "Profile: Yuri Kivshar," http://www.cudos.org.au/cudos/people/profile.php?position=DD
^ "Home page," http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/~murrayb/Murray_Batchelor2.html
^ "Elliman, Robert G.," http://www.rsphysse.anu.edu.au/eme/profile.php/3
^ "About Professor Peter Robinson," http://www.usyd.edu.au/research/opportunities/supervisors/708
^ "Prof. Stephen Hyde," http://www.rsphysse.anu.edu.au/~sth110/sth.html
^ "Dr Andrew Stuchbery," http://www.materials.com.au/index.php?page=profiles&profile=126
^ "Prof. Keith Nugent," http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person12962.html
^ "Prof. Ian Jackson," http://rses.anu.edu.au/people/jackson_i/
^ "John W. V. Storey," http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/STAFF/ACADEMIC/storey.html
^ "Professor Barry Luther-Davies," http://laserspark.anu.edu.au/lpc/barry.html
^ "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
^ "Prof Peter R Wood," http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~wood/
^ "Welcome to Mike Dopita's Homepage," http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~mad/
^ "James Piper," http://web.science.mq.edu.au/groups/mqphotonics/staff/person.htm?id=jpiper
^ "Scientia Prof. Martin Green," http://www.pv.unsw.edu.au/Staff/martingreen.asp
^ "Prof John Norris," http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/people/view.php?username=jen
^ "Gregory J. Clark," http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gregory_J._Clark
^ "R. N. Manchester's Web Page," http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rmanches/
^ "Profile of Jacob N. Israelachvili," http://www.pnas.org/content/103/43/15736.full
^ "Emeritus Professor Rodney J. Baxter FRS FAA," http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/~murrayb/Rodney_Baxter.html
^ "Research Interests of Don Melrose," http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/theory/don_new.html
^ "McKellar, Bruce Harold John," http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/umfs/biogs/UMFS150b.htm
^ "Prof Ken Freeman," http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/people/view.php?username=kcf
^ "Welcome to Barry Ninham's Home Page," http://www.rsphysse.anu.edu.au/~col110/Barry_Ninham/Barry_Ninham.html
^ "Dr Ken McCracken," https://grants.innovation.gov.au/SciencePrize/Pages/Doc.aspx?name=previous_winners/Aust1995McCraken.htm
^ "Robert May," http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/staff/academics/may_r.htm
