The Hill Tinsley Medal is an annual award, conferred by the New Zealand Association of Scientists for "outstanding fundamental or applied research in the physical, natural or social sciences published by a scientist or scientists within 15 years of their PhD". The medal was first awarded in 1997. It is named for astronomer and cosmologist Beatrice Hill Tinsley. Prior to 2016, the medal was called the Research Medal.[1]

Recipients

Year Recipient Workplace Field of work
1997 Grant WilliamsIndustrial Research LimitedOrigin of superconductivity in high temperature superconducting cuprates
1998 Anthony Burrell Massey UniversityNew ways to produce cheap energy through chemistry
1999 David WardleManaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchEcology of above-ground and below-ground communities
2000 Michael MurphyUniversity of OtagoHow damage to mitochondria contributes to human diseases
2001 Robert PoulinUniversity of OtagoEvolutionary ecology of parasites
2002 Jack HeinemannUniversity of CanterburyHorizontal gene transfer in bacteria and the biology of genetic elements outside chromosomes
2003 Robert McLachlanMassey UniversityGeometric integration
2004 Richie PoultonUniversity of OtagoHow adult health is related to socio-economic status in childhood
2005 Fiona McDonaldUniversity of OtagoProteins that regulate the activity of the sodium channel in kidneys
2006 Jamin HalberstadtUniversity of OtagoHow emotional responses influence social cognition
2007 Kathryn McGrathVictoria University of WellingtonHow molecular self-assembly processes influence macroscopic physicochemical properties of fluid and solid materials
2008 Ulrich ZuelickeMassey UniversityTheory of new electronic devices at the nanometre scale
2009 Thomas BuckleyManaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchEntomological systematics, biogeography, speciation, and molecular evolution
2010 Shaun HendyVictoria University of Wellington / Industrial Research LimitedTheoretical nanotechnology
2011 Alexei DrummondUniversity of AucklandProbabilistic models of molecular evolution and population genetics
2012 Eric Le RuVictoria University of WellingtonSurface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and nanoplasmonics
2013 Noam GreenbergVictoria University of WellingtonTheory of computability
2014Merryn GottUniversity of AucklandHow to reduce suffering at the end of life
Richard TilleyVictoria University of WellingtonSynthesis and electron microscopy characterisation of nanoparticles
2015 Stéphane CoenUniversity of AucklandNonlinear optical phenomena in optical fibres
2016 Guy JamesonUniversity of OtagoChemistry of metalloproteins
2017 Christian HartingerUniversity of AucklandDevelopment of metal-based anticancer drugs
2018 Siân HalcrowUniversity of OtagoHuman remains in an archaeological context
2019 Nick GolledgeVictoria University of WellingtonModelling ice sheet and individual glacier behaviour
2020 Frédérique VanholsbeeckUniversity of AucklandLeading a biophotonics lab and researching bacteria using quantitative fluorescence spectroscopy
2021 Priscilla WehiUniversity of AucklandConservation, biodiversity, and ecological restoration research informed by cross-disciplinary western science and indigenous knowledge
2022 Daniel StoufferUniversity of CanterburyCommunity ecology, particularly the role of species interactions in driving emergent ecological and evolutionary phenomena.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand Association of Scientists – Hill Tinsley Medal". scientists.org.nz. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ↑ The New Zealand Association of Scientists Awards for 2022,https://doi.org/10.26686/nzsr.vi.8065

Hill Tinsley Medal, New Zealand Association of Scientists

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