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Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize
Awarded for	Atomic physics
Sponsored by	Institute of Physics
Presented by	Institute of Physics
Reward(s)	Silver medal, £1000
First awarded	2008
Website	http://www.iop.org/about/awards/

The Thomson Medal and Prize is an award which has been made, originally only biennially in even-numbered years, since 2008 by the British Institute of Physics for "distinguished research in atomic (including quantum optics) or molecular physics". It is named after Nobel prizewinner Sir J. J. Thomson, the British physicist who demonstrated the existence of electrons, and comprises a silver medal and a prize of £1000.

Not to be confused with the J. J. Thomson IET Achievement Medal for electronics.

Medallists

The following have received a medal:

• 2024: Janne Ruostekoski, for outstanding contributions to the fundamental understanding of cooperative interactions between light and atomic ensembles, as well as for pioneering efforts in harnessing these interactions for applications.
• 2023: Ulrich Schneider, for groundbreaking experiments on the collective dynamics of quantum gases in optical lattices, including fundamental studies of localization effects in both disordered and quasicrystalline systems.
• 2022: Michael Tarbutt, for pioneering experimental and theoretical work on the production of ultracold molecules by laser cooling, and the applications of those molecules to quantum science and tests of fundamental physics.
• 2021: Carla Faria, for distinguished contributions to the theory of strong-field laser-matter interactions.
• 2020: Michael Charlton, for scientific leadership in antimatter science.
• 2019: Simon L. Cornish [Wikidata], for outstanding contributions to experiments on ultra-cold atoms and molecules
• 2016: Jeremy M. Hutson, for his pioneering work on the theory of ultracold molecules
• 2014: Charles S Adams, for his imaginative experiments which have pioneered the field of Rydberg quantum optics
• 2012: Michael Köhl [de], for his pioneering experimental work in Bose-Einstein condensates and cold Fermi gases
• 2010: Gaetana Laricchia [Wikidata], for her contributions to the development of the world's only positronium beam
• 2008: Edward Hinds, for his important and elegant experimental investigations in the fields of atomic physics and quantum optics

See also

• Institute of Physics Awards
• List of physics awards
• List of awards named after people

References

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13. "Edward Hinds Biography". The Royal Society. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
14. Engelbrecht, Gavin (4 November 2007). "Prestigious awards for school's old boys". The Northern Echo.

• Awards established in 2008
• Awards of the Institute of Physics
• Quantum optics
• Atomic, molecular, and optical physics