Appleton Medal

Appleton Medal for distinguished research in environment, earth or atmospheric physics.

Date Established:

  • 1939

Also known as:

  • Chree medal

Award category

Presenting Organization

Institute of Physics

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a scientific charity devoted to increasing the practice, understanding and application of physics, and is the UK and Ireland's main professional body for physicists. It was founded as the Physical Society in 1874 and it now has over 36,000 members worldwide. It...

Winners:

Year Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 2008
  • For her outstanding contribution in the development and application of luminescence properties of minerals as a geological dating tool applicable to the past one million years.
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