Marsden Medal

The Marsden Medal is a yearly award given by the New Zealand Association of Scientists. It is named after Sir Ernest Marsden and honours "a lifetime of outstanding service to the cause or profession of science, in recognition of service rendered to the cause or profession of science in the widest connotation of the phrase."^[1] It rivals the Rutherford Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Recipients

Year	Recipient	Institution	Reference
1974	Lucy Moore	DSIR	[2]
1976	Ken Harrow	DSIR	[3]
1977	Jim Brodie	New Zealand Oceanographic Institute	[4]
1980	Al Rae	Massey University	[5]
1985	George Knox	University of Canterbury	[3]
1987	Richard Taylor		[3]
1989	John Watkinson	Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre	[3]
1991	Alan Kirton	Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre	[3]
1997	Jennifer Hartley	AgResearch	[6]
1998	Rodger Sparks	Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences	[6]
1999	Graeme Wake	University of Canterbury	[6]
2000	David Penny	Massey University	[6]
2001	Ian Speden	Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences	[6]
2002	Howard Wearing	HortResearch	[6]
2003	Roger Green	University of Auckland	[6]
2004	Peter Barrett	Victoria University of Wellington	[6]
2005	Kevin Tate	Landcare Research	[7]
2006	Tim Haskell	Industrial Research Limited	[8]
2007	Ailsa Goulding	University of Otago	[9]
2008	Yeap Foo	Industrial Research Limited	[10]
2009	Fred Davey	Geological and Nuclear Sciences	[11]
2010	Brian Robinson	University of Otago	[12]
2011	Geoffrey B. Jameson	Massey University	[13]
2012	Lionel Carter	Victoria University of Wellington	[14]
2013	Barry Scott	Massey University	[15]
2014	Mick Clout Keith Hunter	University of Auckland University of Otago	[16][17]
2015	Mike Andrews	Industrial Research Limited	[6]
2016	Margaret Brimble	University of Auckland	[18]
2017	Carolyn Burns	University of Otago	[19][20]
2018	John Montgomery Warren Tate	University of Auckland University of Otago	[21][22]
2019	Paula Jameson	University of Canterbury	[23][24]
2020	Martha Savage	Victoria University of Wellington	[25]
2021	Virginia Braun	University of Auckland	[26]
2022	Wickliffe Abraham	University of Otago	[27]
2023	Richie Poulton	University of Otago	[28]
2024	Mike Dragunow	University of Auckland	[29]

See also

• Rutherford Medal
• List of general science and technology awards
• List of awards named after people