James Joule Medal and Prize recipients
For distinguished contributions to applied physics, involving the application of the methods and principles of fundamental physics to solve technological problems.
2024
Professor Carole Tucker
Cardiff University
For outstanding work on the development and provision to the worldwide scientific community of metamaterial-based quasi-optical components for far infrared to millimetre wavelength astronomical instruments and other applications.
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2023
Professor Jan-Theodoor Janssen
National Physical Laboratory
For outstanding contributions to fundamental and practical quantum electrical metrology.
2022
Professor Michael Holynski
University of Birmingham
For distinguished contributions to the development of quantum sensors, overcoming major technological challenges in underground mapping and demonstrating the detection of application-relevant targets.
2021
Professor Bajram Zeqiri
National Physical Laboratory
For distinguished contributions to the development of acoustic measurement techniques and sensors; in particular, underpinning the provision of international standards enabling the safe clinical application of medical ultrasound.
2020
Professor Richard Bowtell
University of Nottingham
For his outstanding application of physics to the innovative development of new hardware and techniques for biomedical imaging, and their application in medicine and neuroscience.
2019
Professor Robert Hadfield
University of Glasgow
For the advancement of infrared single photon detection technology, through innovations in superconducting devices and cryogenic engineering.
2018
Professor Ravi Silva
University of Surrey
For his distinguished contributions to the development of carbon nanomaterials for use in cross-disciplinary advanced technology applications relevant to materials, optoelectronics and sustainable energy.
2017
Professor Henry Snaith
University of Oxford
For his pioneering discovery and development of highly efficient thin-film organic-inorganic metal-halide perovskite solar cells.
2015
Professor Judith Driscoll
University of Cambridge
For her pioneering contributions to the understanding and enhancement of critical physical properties of strongly-correlated oxides, encompassing oxide superconductors, ferroelectrics, multiferroics and semiconductors
2013
Professor Paul French
Imperial College London
For his contributions to the development of Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) and its wide deployment from underpinning laboratory research to clinical application
2011
Dr Donald D Arnone
TeraView Ltd
For his pioneering work in the science, technology and applications of terahertz radiation.
2009
Professor Jenny Nelson
Imperial College London
For her penetrating theoretical analyses of a range of photovoltaic materials and devices which have had a profound influence on solar cell design.
2008
Professor David Parker
University of Birmingham
For the creation of positron emission particle tracking as a practical tool in a wide variety of engineering applications.