Chapman Medal

The Chapman Medal is an award of the Royal Astronomical Society, given for "investigations of outstanding merit in the science of the Sun, space and planetary environments or solar-terrestrial physics".^[1][2] It is named after Sydney Chapman (1888–1970), a British geophysicist who worked on solar-terrestrial physics and aeronomy. The medal was first awarded in 1973, initially on a triennial basis. From 2004 to 2012 it was awarded biennially, and since 2012 has been annual.

Chapman Medal
Presented by	Royal Astronomical Society
First award	1973
Website	https://ras.ac.uk/awards-grants/awards/chapman-medal

Medallists

Source: Royal Astronomical Society

Year	Winner	Source
2024	Valery Nakariakov	[3]
2023	Nicholas Achilleos	[4]
2022	Sandra Chapman
2021	Ineke De Moortel
2020	Cathryn Mitchell
2019	Tom Stallard	[2]
2018	Emma Bunce	[5]
2017	Mervyn Freeman	[2][6]
2016	Philippa Browning	[2][7]
2015	Alan Hood	[2][8]
2014	Louise Harra	[2][9]
2013	Stephen Milan	[2][10]
2012	Andrew Fazakerley	[2]
2010	Bernard Roberts	[2]
2008	André Balogh	[2]
2006	Steven Jay Schwartz	[2]
2004	Richard Harrison	[2]
2001	Jeremy Bloxham	[2]
1998	Mike Lockwood	[2]
1994	Ian Axford	[2]
1991	Stan Cowley	[2]
1988	D. Ian Gough	[2]
1985	Peter Goldreich	[2]
1982	Jim Dungey	[2]
1979	Eugene Parker	[2]
1976	Syun-Ichi Akasofu	[2]
1973	Drummond Matthews and Frederick Vine	[2]

See also

• List of geophysics awards