Established 1991 Category of Rutherford Medal | First awarded 1991 | |
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Ceremony date November 22, 2016, 10:30 PM PST | ||
The Rutherford Medal (instituted in 1991 and known as the New Zealand Science and Technology Gold Medal until 2000) is the most prestigious prize offered by the Royal Society of New Zealand. It is awarded at the request of the New Zealand Government to recognize exceptional contributions to the advancement and promotion of public awareness, knowledge and understanding in addition to eminent research or technological practice by a person or group in any field of science, mathematics, social science, or technology. It is funded by the New Zealand government and awarded annually.
The medal is named after Ernest Rutherford, the New Zealand experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate, who pioneered the orbital theory of the atom.
Recipients
Source: Royal Society of New Zealand