Oparin Medal

The Oparin/Urey Medal honours important contributions to the field of origins of life. The medal is awarded by the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life (ISSOL). The award was originally named for Alexander Ivanovich Oparin, one of the pioneers in researching the origins of life. In 1993, the Society decided to alternate the name of the award so as to also honour the memory of Harold C. Urey, one of the first to propose the study of cosmochemistry.

List of winners The current list of medalists is shown below: +Oparin/Urey Medal WinnersYearNameMedal1980Cyril PonnamperumaOparin1983Stanley MillerOparin1986Joan OróOparin1989J. William SchopfOparin1993Leslie OrgelUrey1996James FerrisOparin1999Alan SchwartzUrey2002Albert EschenmoserOparin2005Gerald JoyceUrey2008James KastingOparin2011Jack W. SzostakUrey 2014Andrew H. KnollOparin2017none awarded2021Donna BlackmondOparin2023Steven BennerUrey

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