Institute of Physics Michael Faraday Medal and Prize

Historical development

• 1914-1965 Guthrie Lecture initiated to remember Frederick Guthrie, founder of the Physical Society.
• 1966-2007 Guthrie Medal and Prize . From 1992, it became one of the Institute's Premier Awards.
• 2008–present '''Michael Faraday Medal and Prize'''

Medalists and lecturers

Faraday medalists

• 2024 Laura Herz, "For pioneering advances in the photophysics of next-generation semiconductors, accomplished through innovative spectroscopic experiments."
• 2023 Neil Alford, Mark Oxborrow, Chris Kay, Jonathan Breeze, Juna Sathian and Enrico Salvadori, "For their discovery of the world's first room-temperature solid-state organic maser and subsequent discovery of room-temperature continuous wave masing in diamond."
• 2022 Nikolay Zheludev, "For international leadership, discoveries and in-depth studies of new phenomena and functionalities in photonic nanostructures and nanostructured matter."
• 2021 Bucker Dangor, "For outstanding contributions to experimental plasma physics, and in particular for his role in the development of the field of laser-plasma acceleration."
• 2020 Richard Ellis, "For over 35 years of pioneering contributions in faint-object astronomy, often with instruments he funded and constructed, which have opened up the early universe to direct observations."
• 2019 Roy Taylor, "For his extensive, internationally leading contributions to the development of spectrally diverse, ultrafast-laser sources and pioneering fundamental studies of nonlinear fibre optics that have translated to scientific and commercial application."
• 2018 Jennifer Thomas, "For her outstanding investigations into the physics of neutrino oscillations, in particular her leadership of the MINOS/MINOS+ long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment."
• 2017 Jeremy Baumberg, "For his investigations of many ingenious nanostructures supporting novel and precisely engineered plasmonic phenomena relevant to single molecule and atom dynamics, Raman spectroscopies and metamaterials applications."
• 2016 Jenny Nelson," For her pioneering advances in the science of nanostructured and molecular semiconductor materials "
• 2015 Henning Sirringhaus, "For transforming our knowledge of charge transport phenomena in organic semiconductors as well as our ability to exploit them"
• 2014 Alexander Giles Davies and Edmund Linfield, "For their outstanding and sustained contributions to the physics and technology of the far-infrared frequency region of the electromagnetic spectrum"
• 2013 Edward Hinds, "For his innovative and seminal experimental investigations into ultra-cold atoms and molecules"
• 2012 Roy Sambles, "For his pioneering research in experimental condensed matter physics"
• 2011 Alan Andrew Watson, "For his outstanding leadership within the Pierre Auger Observatory, and the insights he has provided to the origin and nature of ultra high energy cosmic rays"
• 2010 Athene Donald, "For her many highly original studies of the structures and behaviour of polymers both synthetic and natural"
• 2009 Donal Bradley, "For his pioneering work in the field of 'plastic electronics'"
• 2008 Roger Cowley, "For pioneering work in the development and application of neutron and X-ray scattering techniques to the physics of a wide range of important solid and liquid-state systems"