Polanyi Medal

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

Source:^[2]

2024	Timothy J. Wallington
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

• List of chemistry awards

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. 91 (23). Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC): 4179. doi:10.1039/ft9959104179. ISSN 0956-5000.
6. "Curriculum Vitae of Jürgen Troe". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 110 (9). American Chemical Society (ACS): 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)