The Polanyi Medal is a biennial award of the Royal Society of Chemistry for outstanding contributions to the field of gas kinetics. The medal is presented at the International Symposium on Gas Kinetics after a plenary lecture given by the prize winner.

The award is named after the Hungarian-British polymath Michael Polanyi, 1891-1976, whose research helped to establish the topic of gas kinetics and reaction dynamics. His son, John Polanyi, received the Polanyi Medal in 1988.[1]

Winners

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2022 Frédérique Battin-Leclerc[3]
2020 Stephen Klippenstein[4]
2018 Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts
2016 James Anderson
2014 Craig Taatjes [Wikidata]
2012 Mario Molina
2010 Stephen Leone
2008 Piero Casavecchia [Wikidata]
2006 Horst Hippler [de]
2004 David Clary
2002 Gus Hancock [Wikidata]
2000 Jürgen Wolfrum [de]
1998 Akkihebbal Ravishankara
1996 John Simons
1994 Mike Pilling [Wikidata][5]
1992 Jurgen Tröe [sic] [6]
1990 Ian William Murison Smith
1988 John Polanyi
1987 Fred Kaufmann [sic] (awarded posthumously)[7]
1986 Sidney W. Benson [Wikidata]
1984 Benton Seymour Rabinovitch
1982 Brian Thrush
1981 Dudley Herschbach
1979 Richard Zare

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gas Kinetics Awards". The Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. ^ "25th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics". Sciencesconf.org. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  3. ^ "26th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics and Related Phenomena - Sciencesconf.org". gk2022.sciencesconf.org.
  4. ^ "Argonne chemist receives Royal Society of Chemistry medal". Argonne National Laboratory. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. ^ Pilling, Michael J.; Robertson, Struan H.; Seakins, Paul W. (1995). "Elementary radical reactions and autoignition". Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). 91 (23): 4179. doi:10.1039/ft9959104179. ISSN 0956-5000.
  6. ^ "Curriculum Vitae of Jürgen Troe". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. American Chemical Society (ACS). 110 (9): 2835. 2006. Bibcode:2006JPCA..110.2835.. doi:10.1021/jp068005r. ISSN 1089-5639. PMID 16509602.
  7. ^ Golde, Michael F. (13 September 1919). Biographical Memoirs: V.66 (1995) Chapter: Frederick Kaufman. doi:10.17226/4961. ISBN 978-0-309-05237-5. Retrieved 11 September 2018. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
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