Shorland Medal

The Shorland Medal is awarded annually by the New Zealand Association of Scientists in recognition of a "major and continued contribution to basic or applied research that has added significantly to scientific understanding or resulted in significant benefits to society."[1] The medal was established in 1999 and named after Brian Shorland, a New Zealand organic chemist.[2]

Recipients
Year Medalist Field
1999 Michael Corballis Cognitive neuroscience
2000 R. Paul Kibblewhite Pulp and paper making
2001 Brian Halton Strained organic compounds
2002 Hugh Bibby Geothermal and volcanic systems
2003 Kenneth MacKenzie Chemistry of ceramics
2004 John McKinnon Wool chemistry
2005 Adya Singh Wood science
2006 David Parry Biophysics
2007 Robin Mitchell[3] Pathogenic bacteria
2008 Graeme L. Gainsford X-ray crystallography
2009 Alan B. Kaiser[4] Conduction
2010 Ken McNatty[5] Mammalian reproduction
2011 Harjinder Singh[6] Milk products
2012 Michael Hendy[7] Mathematical phylogeny
2013 Graham Nugent[8] Bovine tuberculosis
2014 Wei Gao[9][10] Materials science
2015 Ian Brown[11] Materials chemistry
2016 Antony Braithwaite[12] Cancer research
2017 Alistair Jan Gunn
Laura Bennett
Joanne Davidson
Justin Dean
Colin Green		 Foetal physiology and neuroscience
2018 Jadranka Travas-Sejdic[13] Advanced polymeric and nanomaterials
2019 The SHIVERS[14] project team members:[15]
Sue Huang
Nikki Turner
Michael Baker
Cameron Grant
Adrian Trenholme		 Influenza

References
  1. "Shorland Medal". New Zealand Association of Scientists. 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. Halton, Brian. "Some unremembered chemists: Francis Brian Shorland, OBE, PhD, DSc (L'pool), Hon. DSc(VUW), FRSNZ (1909–1999)" (PDF). New Zealand Science Review. 75: 37–42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2020.
  3. "Medal for top New Zealand scientist". www.scoop.co.nz. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. "New Zealand Association of Scientists 2009 Awards". www.scoop.co.nz. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. "Two school of chemical and physical Sciences staff win at Welly awards". 2010 News, Wellington Faculty of Science, Victoria University of Wellington. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. "Prominent dairy scientist awarded Shorland Medal". www.scoop.co.nz. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  7. "NZAS celebrates NZ scientific achievements". www.scoop.co.nz. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  8. "NZAS awards celebrate fundamental science". www.scoop.co.nz. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  9. "Top engineering scientist wins major award". www.scoop.co.nz. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  10. "Awards reward scientists with an eye to the future". www.scoop.co.nz. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  11. "NZAS celebrate NZ scientific achievements". www.scoop.co.nz. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  12. Gibb, John (9 September 2016). "Awards go to leading academics". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  13. "University of Auckland researchers honoured – The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  14. SHIVERS – Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance was an ESR led research project investigating influenza and influenza vaccines.
  15. "The 'SHIVERS' flu study wins national science award". www.nzdoctor.co.nz. 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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