The Edgeworth David Medal is awarded annually by the Royal Society of New South Wales for distinguished contributions by a young scientist under the age of 35 years for work done predominantly in Australia or which contributed to the advancement of Australian science.
It was first awarded in 1949 and is named after the pioneering geologist Sir Edgeworth David, FRS.
Recipients Source: RSNSW
Year Laureates Discipline1948 Ronald Gordon Giovanelli E. Ritchie Astrophysics Organic Chemistry1949 Temple B. Kiely Plant Pathology1950 Ronald Murray Berndt & Catherine H. Berndt Anthropology1951 John Gatenby BoltonRadio Astronomy1952 Alan Buchanan Wardrop Botany1954 Eric Stephen BarnesMathematics1955 Hugh Bryan Spencer Womersley Botany1956 John Maxwell Cowley Chemical Physics1957 John Maxwell Cowley John Paul Wild Chemical Physics Radio Astronomy1958 Paul Ivan Korner Physiology1960 Ronald Drayton BrownChemistry1961 Ralph Owen SlatyerClimatology1962 Ray F. Isbell Soil Science1963 Neville Horner Fletcher Physics1964 Mollie Elizabeth Holman Physiology1965 John L. Dillon Agricultural Economics1966 Roger Ian Tanner Mechanical Engineering1967 David Headley Green William James Peacock Geology Botany1968 Robert McCredie May Physics1969 Barry W. Ninham Physics1970 A. David Buckingham Inorganic Chemistry1971 William Francis Budd Glaciology1972 Donald Harold Napper J. Stone Physical Chemistry Physiology1973 Charles Barry Osmond Plant Biology1974 Allan Whitenack Snyder Physics1975 F. John Ballard Biochemistry1976 Ross Howard Street Mathematics1977 Robert Anthony Antonia Mechanical Engineering1978 T.W. Cole Michael G. Clark Astronomy Physiology1979 Graham Clifford GoodwinElectrical Engineering1980 Michael Anthony Etheridge Geology1981 Martin Andrew Green Applied Physics1982 Nhan Phan-Thien Mechanics1983 Denis Wakefield Ocular Immunology1984 Alan James Husband Pathology1985 Simon Charles Gandevia Brian James Morris Clinical Neurophysiology Molecular Biology1986 Leslie David Field Peter Gavin Hall Chemistry Statistics1987 Andrew CockburnZoology1988 Peter Andrew Lay Inorganic Chemistry1989 Trevor William Hambley Chemistry1990 Timothy Fridjof FlanneryTaxonomy & Phylogeny – Macropodidea1991 Mark Harvey Taxonomy – Invertebrates1992 Peter James Goadsby Keith Alexander Nugent Neurophysiology Optics1993 John Skerritt Agriculture (Genetics)1994 Richard Hume Middleton Electrical Engineering1995 Anthony Bruce Murphy Physics1996 Peter Alexander Robinson Physics1997 Albert Zomaya Mathematics1998 Not awarded1999 Merlin Crossley Molecular Biology2000 Michael Coon Yoong LeeZoology2001 Samantha Richardson Evolution2002 Marcela BilekPhysics2003 Stuart Robert BattenChemistry2004 Cameron Kepert Chemistry2005 Christopher Barner-Kowollik Chemistry2006 Barry Brook Environmental Science2007 Stuart Wyithe Astrophysics2008 Adam Micolich Physics 2009 Nagarajan Valanoor Materials Science2010 Angela Moles Botany2011 Trent Woodruff Pharmacology2012 Joanne Whittaker Geophysics 2013 David Wilson Mathematics and Public Health2014 Richard Payne Chemistry2015 Simon Ho Biology and evolution2016 Muireann Irish Neuroscience2017 Angela Nickerson Psychology2018 Elizabeth J. New Chemistry2019 Si Ming Man Immunology2020Brett HallamPhotovoltaics2021Lining Arnold JuBiomechanics2022Tim S. DohertyPredator–Prey Dynamics2023Qilin WangWastewater Treatment
See also
List of general science and technology awards List of awards named after people
References