Chapman Medal


The Chapman Medal is an award of the Royal Astronomical Society, given for "investigations of outstanding merit in the science of the Sun, space and planetary environments or solar-terrestrial physics". It is named after Sydney Chapman, a British geophysicist who worked on solar-terrestrial physics and aeronomy. The medal was first awarded in 1973, initially on a triennial basis. From 2004 to 2012 it was awarded biennially, and since 2012 has been annual.

Medallists

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YearWinnerSource
2026Mathew Owens
2025Nigel Meredith
2024Valery Nakariakov
2023Nicholas Achilleos
2022Sandra Chapman
2021Ineke De Moortel
2020Cathryn Mitchell
2019Tom Stallard
2018Emma Bunce
2017Mervyn Freeman
2016Philippa Browning
2015Alan Hood
2014Louise Harra
2013Stephen Milan
2012Andrew Fazakerley
2010Bernard Roberts
2008André Balogh
2006Steven Jay Schwartz
2004Richard Harrison
2001Jeremy Bloxham
1998Mike Lockwood
1994Ian Axford
1991Stan Cowley
1988D. Ian Gough
1985Peter Goldreich
1982Jim Dungey
1979Eugene Parker
1976Syun-Ichi Akasofu
1973Drummond Matthews and
Frederick Vine