President's Medal of the IOP
{{short description|Award from Institute of Physics}}
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| awarded_for = Meritorious services in various fields of endeavour which were of benefit to physics
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The President's Medal of the IOP is awarded by the Institute of Physics (IOP), with a maximum of two per presidency. It was first established in 1997, and is for "meritorious services in various fields of endeavour which were of benefit to physics in general and the Institute in particular".{{cite web |url=http://www.iop.org/about/awards/president/page_38412.html | title=The President's medal | publisher= Institute of Physics|accessdate=26 December 2019}} It is presented personally by the president of the Institute.
Medallists
The following persons have received this medal:{{cite web |url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/presidents-medal-recipients | title=President's medal recipients | publisher=Institute of Physics |accessdate=17 August 2022}}
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- 2022 Peter Knight{{Cite web | title=President’s Medal 2022: Professor Sir Peter Knight {{!}} Institute of Physics | url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/presidents-medal/professor-sir-peter-knight | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124115202/https://www.iop.org/about/awards/presidents-medal/professor-sir-peter-knight | access-date=2025-04-05 | archive-date=2022-11-24}}
- 2020 Myriam Sarachik{{Cite web | title=President's Medal - Distinguished Professor Myriam P Sarachik {{!}} Institute of Physics | url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/presidents-medal/distinguished-professor-myriam-p-sarachik | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101075717/https://www.iop.org/about/awards/presidents-medal/distinguished-professor-myriam-p-sarachik | access-date=2025-04-05 | archive-date=2020-11-01}}
- 2018 William George Stirling
- 2017 Jocelyn Bell Burnell{{cite web |url=https://www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/news/jocelyn-bell-burnell-receives-iop-presidents-medal |title=Jocelyn Bell Burnell receives IOP President's Medal |publisher=Mansfield College, Oxford |date=27 July 2017 |accessdate=26 December 2019 |archive-date=26 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226190710/https://www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/news/jocelyn-bell-burnell-receives-iop-presidents-medal |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://gsa.uk.com/2017/07/iop-president-confers-medal-upon-gsa-alumna-jocelyn-bell-burnell/ |title=IoP president confers medal upon GSA alumna Jocelyn Bell Burnell |publisher=GSA |date=19 July 2017 |accessdate=7 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/2017/07/21/prof-dame-jocelyn-bell-burnell-awarded-the-president%E2%80%99s-medal-of-the-institute-of |title=Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell awarded the President's Medal of the Institute of Physics |publisher=Department of Physics, University of Oxford |date=21 July 2017 |accessdate=7 January 2020}}{{Cite journal|title=President's medal of the Institute of Physics |journal=AIP Conference Proceedings |series=WOMEN IN PHYSICS: 6th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics |year=2019 |volume=2019|issue=1|doi=10.1063/1.5110061|page=020003|doi-access=free}}
- 2016 John Dudley{{cite web |url=https://spie.org/about-spie/spie-member-news/john-dudley-receives-presidents-medal-from-the-institute-of-physics- | title=John Dudley receives President's Medal from the Institute of Physics |publisher=SPIE |date=1 December 2016 |accessdate=26 December 2019}}
- 2014 Douglas Paul{{cite web |url=https://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/news/former-fellow-awarded-institute-physics-president%E2%80%99s-medal |title=Former Fellow awarded the Institute of Physics President's Medal |publisher=University of Cambridge |date=17 October 2014 |accessdate=7 January 2020 |archive-date=7 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107192833/http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/news/former-fellow-awarded-institute-physics-president%E2%80%99s-medal |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Prof Douglas J. Paul |url=http://userweb.eng.gla.ac.uk/douglas.paul/ |publisher=University of Glasgow |accessdate=8 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://quantic.ac.uk/quantic/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/QUANTIC-ANNUAL-REPORT-2015_LowRes.pdf |title=Building on Excellence |page=33 |publisher=QuantIC Innovation Space |work=Annual Report 2014-2015 |accessdate=9 January 2020 |archive-date=26 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226051506/https://quantic.ac.uk/quantic/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/QUANTIC-ANNUAL-REPORT-2015_LowRes.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- 2012 Brian Cox{{cite web |url=https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/07/23/brian-cox-science-democracy/ |title=Brian Cox on Why Science Is Essential to Modern Democracy |publisher=Brain Pickings |first=Maria |last=Popova |date=23 July 2013 |accessdate=7 January 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/1153711/Brian-Cox-net-worth |title=Brian Cox net worth: How much has the TV personality made throughout his career? |publisher=Express |date=15 July 2019 |accessdate=26 December 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.epsnews.eu/2012/10/iop-awards-dinner/ |title=Institute of Physics Awards Dinner |date=26 October 2012 |publisher=European Physical Society |first=David |last=Lee}}
- 2009 Mazlan Othman
- 2008 Michael Atiyah
- 2006 Timothy Berners-Lee
- 2004 Edouard Brézin
- 2002 Martin Wood
- 2000 Jerome Isaac Friedman
- 1998 Frederick Dainton, Baron Dainton{{cite web|url=https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-honoured-at-the-savoy/ |title=Physicists honoured at the Savoy |date=23 January 1998 |work=Physics World |url-access=limited |accessdate=9 January 2020}}
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See also
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Category:Awards established in 1997