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	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	Fetal Physiology and Neuroscience Team: Alistair 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
2020	Mark Costello[16]	Ocean biodiversity informatics
2021	Mike Berridge[17]	Cancer cell biology
2022	Geoffrey Waterhouse[18]	Applications of nanotechnology
2023	AgResearch Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Inventory Development Team:[19] Cecile de Klein Tony van der Weerden Jiafa Luo Stefan Muetzel Arjan Jonker	Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
2024	Chris Bumby	Materials physics[20]