Isaac Newton Medal

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!scope = col class = unsortable |Rationale (for)

|Anton Zeilinger

|"his pioneering conceptual and experimental contributions to the foundations of quantum physics, which have become the cornerstone for the rapidly-evolving field of quantum information"{{Cite book |title=Quantum Aspects of Life |publisher=Imperial College Press |year=2008 |isbn=9781848162679 |pages=378}}

|Alan Guth

|"his invention of the inflationary universe model, his recognition that inflation would solve major problems confronting then-standard cosmology, and his calculation, with others, of the spectrum of density fluctuations that gave rise to structure in the universe"{{cite web |date=1 July 2009 |title=Alan Guth bags Isaac Newton medal |url=https://physicsworld.com/a/alan-guth-bags-isaac-newton-medal/ |publisher=Physics World}}

|Edward Witten

|"his many profound contributions that have transformed areas of particle theory, quantum field theory and general relativity"{{cite web |date=29 June 2010 |title=Edward Witten wins Newton medal |url=https://physicsworld.com/a/edward-witten-wins-newton-medal/ |publisher=Physics World}}{{Cite web |title=UK's Institute of Physics Announces 2010 Winners |url=https://www.supercomputingonline.com/latest/academia/54472-uk-s-institute-of-physics-announces-2010-winners |website=www.supercomputingonline.com |publisher=SC ONLINE NEWS}}

|Leo Kadanoff

|"inventing conceptual tools that reveal the deep implications of scale invariance on the behavior of phase transitions and dynamical systems"{{cite web |title=2011 Isaac Newton Medal of the Institute of Physics |url=http://www.iop.org/about/awards/international/page_51315.html |publisher=Institute of Physics}}

|Martin Rees

|his outstanding contributions to relativistic astrophysics and cosmology{{Cite web |last=Randall |first=Ian |date=19 July 2012 |title=Institute of Physics announces award winners |url=http://www.epsnews.eu/2012/07/iop-award-winners/ |publisher=European Physical Society}}{{Cite web |date=2 July 2012 |title=Institute of Physics announces 2012 award winners |url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-07/iop-iop070212.php |website=EurekAlert!}}

|John Pendry

|“seminal contributions to surface science, disordered systems and photonics”{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Caroline |date=1 July 2013 |title=IOP awards |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/124826/iop-awards/ |publisher=Imperial College London}}{{Cite web |last=Keir |first=Emily |date=July 10, 2013 |title=Invisibility Cloaks: No Longer Exclusive to the Wizarding World |url=https://blogs.fco.gov.uk/emilykeir/2013/07/10/invisibility-cloaks-no-longer-exclusive-to-the-wizarding-world/ |work=Foreign Office Blogs |publisher=Foreign and Commonwealth Office}}

|Deborah S. Jin

|"pioneering the field of quantum-degenerate Fermi gases"{{Cite web |date=September 6, 2017 |title=2014 Isaac Newton medal – Deborah Jin |url=https://www.nist.gov/about-us/nist-awards/2014-isaac-newton-medal-deborah-jin |website=NIST}}{{Cite news |date=July 1, 2014 |title=Isaac Newton Medal goes to American physicist |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/isaac-newton-medal-goes-to-american-physicist/2014300.article}}{{Cite web |date=July 8, 2014 |title=Deborah Jin Awarded Isaac Newton Medal |url=https://www.colorado.edu/physics/2014/07/08/deborah-jin-awarded-isaac-newton-medal |publisher=University of Colorado}}

|Eli Yablonovitch

|"visionary and foundational contributions to photonic nanostructures"{{Cite web |date=1 July 2015 |title=Yablonovitch Wins the IOP Isaac Newton Medal |url=https://e3s-center.berkeley.edu/news-item/yablonovitch-wins-iop-isaac-newton-medal/ |publisher=Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science, University of California}}{{Cite web |date=1 July 2015 |title=Photonic crystals, graphene, and metamaterials bring Institute of Physics awards |url=https://www.laserfocusworld.com/optics/article/16558138/photonic-crystals-graphene-and-metamaterials-bring-institute-of-physics-awards |publisher=LaserFocusWorld}}{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2015 |title=IOP Awards Isaac Newton Medal to Professor Eli Yablonovitch for Photonic Nanostructures Research |url=https://www.azooptics.com/News.aspx?newsID=21134 |publisher=AZoOptics}}

|Tom Kibble

|"outstanding lifelong commitment to physics" (posthumously){{cite web |title=IOP awards Isaac Newton Medal posthumously to Sir Tom Kibble |url=http://www.iop.org/news/16/jun/page_67632.html |publisher=Institute of Physics}}

30 June 2016

|Charles L. Bennett

|"leadership of the Microwave Anisotropy Probe, a satellite experiment that revolutionized cosmology, transforming it from an order-of-magnitude game to a paragon of precision science"{{Cite web |date=30 June 2017 |title=Chuck Bennett receives Isaac Newton Medal & Prize from the Institute of Physics |url=https://physics-astronomy.jhu.edu/2017/06/30/chuck-bennett-awarded-isaac-newton-medal-prize-from-the-institute-of-physics/ |website=Physics & Astronomy |publisher=Johns Hopkins University}}{{Cite web |date=5 December 2017 |title=Physics and Astronomy Alumnus Charles Bennett Receives 2018 Breakthrough Prize |url=https://umdphysics.umd.edu/about-us/news/department-news/1326-physics-and-astronomy-alumnus-received-2018-breakthrough-prize.html |publisher=University of Maryland}}

|Paul Corkum

|"his outstanding contributions to experimental physics"{{Cite web |title=Ultrafast laser pioneer Corkum wins IOP's Isaac Newton medal |url=https://optics.org/news/9/7/14 |website=optics.org}}{{Cite journal |date=August 8, 2018 |title=Careers and people |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-7058/31/8/41 |journal=Physics World |volume=31 |issue=8 |pages=49 |bibcode=2018PhyW...31h..49. |doi=10.1088/2058-7058/31/8/41}}{{Cite web |date=13 July 2018 |title=Dr. Paul Corkum ('65) Awarded Isaac Newton Medal and Prize by UK Institute of Physics – Acadia University |url=https://www2.acadiau.ca/home/news-reader-page/dr-paul-corkum-65-awarded-isaac-newton-medal-and-prize-by-uk-institute-of-physics.html |publisher=Acadia University, Canada}}

|Michael Pepper

|"the creation of the field of semiconductor nanoelectronics and discovery of new quantum phenomena"{{Cite web |date=10 July 2019 |title=2019 Institute of Physics Awards — Department of Physics |url=https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/news/2019-institute-of-physics-awards |publisher=University of Cambridge}}{{Cite web |date=5 July 2019 |title=Physicist behind new quantum phenomena and T-ray detection of cancer receives highest Institute of Physics accolade — Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division |url=https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/news/physicist-behind-new-quantum-phenomena-and-t-ray-detection-of-cancer-receives-highest-institute-of-physics-accolade |publisher=University of Oxford}}{{Cite web |title=TeraView's founder, Sir Michael Pepper, receives highest Institute of Physics accolade |url=https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/teraview%E2%80%99s-founder-sir-michael-pepper-receives-highest-institute-physics-accolade |publisher=Cambridge Network}}{{cite web |title=Professor Sir Michael Pepper receives the 2019 Issac Newton Medal and Prize from the IoP |url=https://www.london-nano.com/news-events/professor-sir-michael-pepper-receives-2019-issac-newton-medal-and-prize-iop |publisher=London Centre for Nanotechnology}}{{Cite web |date=18 July 2019 |title=Sir Michael Pepper receives highest Institute of Physics accolade |url=https://teraview.com/2019/07/18/sir-michael-pepper-receives-highest-institute-of-physics-accolade/ |website=TeraView}}

|Nader Engheta

|"groundbreaking innovation and transformative contributions to electromagnetic complex materials and nanoscale optics, and for pioneering development of the fields of near-zero-index metamaterials, and material-inspired analogue computation and optical nanocircuitry"

|David Deutsch

|"founding the discipline named quantum computation and establishing quantum computation's fundamental idea, now known as the ‘qubit’ or quantum bit"{{Cite web |title=2021 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize |url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2021-isaac-newton-medal-and-prize |publisher=Institute of Physics}}

|Margaret Murnane

|"pioneering and sustained contributions to the development of ultrafast lasers and coherent X-ray sources and the use of such sources to understand the quantum nature of materials"[https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2022-isaac-newton-medal-and-prize 2022 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize]. iop.org

|James Binney

|"advancing the science of stellar dynamics and using strong physical intuition to widen and deepen our understanding of how galaxies are structured and formed."[https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2023-isaac-newton-medal-and-prize 2023 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize]. iop.org

|Richard Friend

|"for pioneering and enduring work on the fundamental electronic properties of molecular semiconductors and in their engineering development."[https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2024-isaac-newton-medal-and-prize 2024 Isaac Newton Medal and Lecture]. iop.org