Three researchers from the University of Cambridge have been awarded medals from the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of sciences. The awards recognise their research contributions to respective fields.
Three researchers from the University of Cambridge have been awarded medals from the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of sciences. The awards recognise their research contributions to respective fields.
Three researchers from the University of Cambridge have been awarded medals from the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. The awards recognise their research contributions to respective fields.
Professor Jean-Pierre Hansen from the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry group, Department of Chemistry, has been awarded the Rumford Medal for 'an important recent discovery in the field of thermal or optical properties of matter'.
Professor Hansen's pioneering work on the theory of ionic fluids and dense plasmas has led the way to a quantitative understanding of the structure and dynamics of strongly interacting systems of charged particles.
His work has wide-spread applications for plasma physics, astrophysics and molecular biology.
"We are delighted that Jean-Pierre's distinguished work has been recognised by the Royal Society," said Professor Jeremy Sanders, Head of the Department of Chemistry.
Previous recipients of the Rumford Medal include Louis Pasteur.
Professor Michael Kelly of the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE), Department of Engineering, has been awarded the Hughes Medal 'in recognition of an original discovery in the physical sciences'.
Professor Kelly's research has advanced the physics of tunnelling and hot electron injection in semiconductor multilayers, leading to two new generation microwave devices now in production.
The Hughes medal has been awarded to over 100 eminent scientists including Alexander Graham Bell and Stephen Hawking.
Professor Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer has been awarded the Sylvester medal for 'the encouragement of mathematical research'.
The medal is awarded in recognition of his fundamental work in arithmetic geometry and his many contributions to the theory of ordinary differential equations.
"Peter has contributed enormously to mathematics worldwide, to Cambridge University as Vice-Chancellor, and to the UK university system," said Professor Geoffrey Grimmett, Head of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.
"His work has been key to some of the most significant developments of contemporary mathematics, and we congratulate him on this award."
The medals will be presented on the 30th of November, the anniversary of the inauguration of the Royal Society.
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