Harrie Massey Medal and Prize recipients
Recipients of the Harrie Massey Medal and Prize from the IOP and the Australian Institute of Physics.
2022
Emeritus Professor Jim S Williams
Australian National University
For pioneering and sustained contributions to condensed matter physics, materials physics and ion beam physics, as well as leadership to physics.
2020
Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
The University of Queensland
For her pioneering work in laser micromanipulation, atom and quantum optics, ultracold atomic gases, nano-optics and biophotonics. Her seminal research in the mechanical action of light in biological and micron-scale systems has paved the way for optically driven micromachines and led to applications in a diverse range of fields. Her distinguished achievements in laser cooling and trapping of atoms include milestones such as the experimental demonstration of dynamical tunnelling and the observation of novel coherent structures in condensed gases.
2018
Professor Michael Benjamin Johnston
University of Oxford
For his significant and distinctive contributions to the important region of science where fundamental semiconductor physics, together with materials design, growth and spectroscopic analysis, have led to notable advances in the fields of optoelectronics, photonics and high-frequency electronics.
2016
Professor Raymond Volkas
University of Melbourne
For his seminal contributions over approximately 30 years to many areas of “physics beyond the standard model”, the field that seeks to uncover new particles and forces, in particular his work on sterile neutrinos, mirror and asymmetric dark matter and the origin of neutrino mass.
2014
Professor Yuri Shivkar
Australian National University
For his work on nonlinear optics, metamaterials and metadevices.
2012
Dr Anthony B Murphy
CSIRO
For his outstanding research in the field of thermal plasmas, in particular his work on computational modelling and measurement techniques, and their application to the development of industrial processes.
2010
Professor Hans Bachor
Australian National University
For his pre-eminent work in the field of quantum optics, in particular his research on the squeezing of light and quantum noise suppression, and for his commitment to the development of the teaching and public understanding of physics.
2008
Professor David Cockayne
University of Oxford
For his contributions to the development and application of high-precision transmission electron microscopy.
2006
Professor Bruce McKellar
University of Melbourne
For his contributions to the Standard Model of particle physics.
2005
Peter Drummond
The University of Queensland
For his outstanding contributions to the physics of Bose-Einstein condensates.
2002
Robert Delbourgo
2000
Anthony William Thomas
1998
Donald Blair Melrose
1997
David Thomas Pegg
1996
Allan Snyder
1995
Amyand David Buckingham
1994
Rodney James Baxter
1992
Basil H Briggs
1990
Richard Henry Dalitz