Awards
Three awards are offered jointly by the RSC Colloid and Interface Science Group and the SCI Colloid and Surface Science Group.
McBain Medal
The McBain Medal recognises the achievement of early career researchers and technologists working on topics of relevance to colloid and interface science. It was established in 2006 to succeed the McBain Award. The Medal is awarded annually to researchers and technologists no more than 15 years after they have completed their postgraduate study. The Medalist must be based in the UK or have carried out a substantial part of their research work here. Currently-serving members of the RSC/SCI Joint Colloids Group Committee are not eligible for the Medal.
Nominations are made by members of the sponsoring groups: SCI CSCG and RSC CISG. More information about nominations is available on the SCI website.
Past winners:
- 2018 Dr Valeria Garbin (Imperial College London)
- 2017 Dr Rico Tabor (Monash University)
- 2016 Dr João Cabral (Imperial College London)
- 2015 Professor Giuseppe Battaglia (UCL)
- 2014 Professor Rachel O'Reilly (University of Warwick)
- 2013 Dr Oren Scherman (University of Cambridge)
- 2012 Dr Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy (University of Reading)
- 2011 Professor Adam Lee (University of Cardiff)
- 2010 Dr Alex Routh (University of Cambridge)
- 2009 Dr Peter Dowding (University of Leeds and Infineum)
- 2008 Dr Fernando Bresme (Imperial College London)
- 2007 Professor Andrew Cooper (University of Liverpool)
- 2006 Dr Julie MacPherson (University of Warwick)
Thomas Graham Lecture
The Thomas Graham Lecture is a mid-career award for a researcher who has established an international reputation in colloid science, and who has already made distinguished contributions to the field, with a substantial part of their work conducted in the UK. The Graham Lecture will typically be awarded to researchers who have completed postgraduate study between 15 and 30 years before their nomination. Currently-serving members of the RSC/SCI Joint Colloids Group Committee are not eligible for the award.
The award is named after Thomas Graham, who is considered one of the founders of colloid science. The award was made every three years until 2017, but it was awarded biennially thereafter.
Nominations are made by members of the sponsoring groups: SCI CSCG and RSC CISG. Further details are available on the SCI website.
Past winners:
- 2019 Professor Wilson C.K. Poon (University of Edinburgh)
- 2017 Professor Joe Keddie (University of Surrey)
- 2014 Professor Steven Armes (University of Sheffield)
- 2011 Professor Colin Bain (Durham University)
Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture
The Rideal lecture (formerly known as the Founder's Lecture) became a joint Colloids group award in 2006. It is a “lifetime achievement award” to honour significant and sustained contribution to the field of colloid and interface science or its applications, typically presented more than 30 years after completing postgraduate study.
Candidates need not be UK-based necessarily, but they will have had a sustained and significant connections with the UK colloid, interface and surface science community and a marked impact upon work in the UK. Currently-serving members of the RSC/SCI Joint Colloids Group Committee are not eligible for the award.
Nominations are made by members of the sponsoring groups: SCI CSCG and RSC CISG. More information about nominations is available on the SCI website.
Past winners:
- 2019 Professor Peter A. Lovell (University of Manchester)
- 2018 No award
- 2017 Professor Daan Frenkel (University of Cambridge)
- 2016 No Award
- 2015 Professor Paul Luckham (Imperial College, London)
- 2014 Professor Dame Athene Donald (University of Cambridge)
- 2013 Professor Jeff Penfold (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
- 2012 Professor Geoff Maitland (Imperial College London)
- 2011 Dr Robert Thomas (University of Oxford)
- 2010 Professor Thomas W Healy (University of Melbourne)
- 2009 Professor Richard Buscall (Imperial College London)
- 2008 Professor Julian Eastoe (Bristol University)
- 2007 Alan Pitt (Kodak)
- 2006 Professor Eric Dickinson (University of Leeds)
- 2005 Dr James Goodwin (Bristol University)
- 2004 Professor Terence Cosgrove (Bristol University)
- 2003 Professor Brian H Robinson (East Anglia University)
- 2002 Professor Helmut Möhwald (Max Planck Institute, Berlin)
- 2001 Professor J Pethica (Oxford University)
- 2000 Professor D Tildesley (Unilever PSL)
- 1999 Dr T D Blake (Kodak)
- 1998 Professor J Gregory (University College London)
- 1997 Professor B Vincent (Bristol University)
- 1996 Professor A M Cazabat (College de France, Paris)
- 1995 Professor G J T Tiddy (UMIST)
- 1994 Professor B R Jennings (English China Clays)
- 1993 Professor B J Briscoe (Imperial College)
- 1992 Professor H Sonntag (Max Planck Institute, Berlin)
- 1991 Dr Th F Tadros (ICI/Zeneca)
- 1990 Professor Sir Sam Edwards (Cambridge University)
- 1989 Professor J D Birchall (ICI)
- 1988 Professor A I Bailey (Imperial College)
- 1987 Professor J Lyklema (Wageningen University)
- 1986 Professor Sir J M Thomas (Royal Institution, London)
- 1985 Professor R H Ottewill (Bristol University)
- 1984 Professor J Th G Overbeek (Utrecht University)
- 1983 Professor D H Everett (Bristol University)
- 1982 Professor K S W Sing (Brunel University)
- 1981 Professor D Tabor (Cambridge University)
- 1980 Professor R M Barrer (Imperial College)
- 1979 Dr J A Kitchener (Imperial College)
- 1978 Dr D A Haydon (Cambridge University)
- 1977 Dr A D Bangham (Cambridge University)
- 1976 Sir Harry Melville (London University)
- 1975 Professor D D Eley (Nottingham University)
- 1974 Professor D J Crisp (University College of North Wales)
- 1973 Prof J T Davies (Birmingham University)
- 1972 M K Schwitzer
- 1971 Dr B A Pethica (Unilever PSL)
- 1970 Professor J H De Boer (Delft Technological University)
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