The Hill Tinsley Medal is an annual award, conferred by the New Zealand Association of Scientists for "outstanding fundamental or applied research in the physical, natural or social sciences published by a scientist or scientists within 15 years of their PhD". The medal was first awarded in 1997. It is named for astronomer and cosmologist Beatrice Hill Tinsley. Prior to 2016, the medal was called the Research Medal.
Recipients +YearRecipientWorkplaceField of work1997 Industrial Research Limited Origin of superconductivity in high temperature superconducting cuprates1998 Massey University New ways to produce cheap energy through chemistry1999 Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Ecology of above-ground and below-ground communities2000 University of Otago How damage to mitochondria contributes to human diseases2001 University of Otago Evolutionary ecology of parasites2002 University of Canterbury Horizontal gene transfer in bacteria and the biology of genetic elements outside chromosomes2003 Massey University Geometric integration2004 University of Otago How adult health is related to socio-economic status in childhood2005 University of Otago Proteins that regulate the activity of the sodium channel in kidneys2006 University of Otago How emotional responses influence social cognition2007 Victoria University of Wellington How molecular self-assembly processes influence macroscopic physicochemical properties of fluid and solid materials2008 Massey University Theory of new electronic devices at the nanometre scale2009 Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Entomological systematics, biogeography, speciation, and molecular evolution2010 Victoria University of Wellington / Industrial Research Limited Theoretical nanotechnology2011 University of Auckland Probabilistic models of molecular evolution and population genetics2012 Victoria University of Wellington Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and nanoplasmonics2013 Victoria University of Wellington Theory of computability 2014 University of Auckland How to reduce suffering at the end of life Victoria University of Wellington Synthesis and electron microscopy characterisation of nanoparticles2015 University of Auckland Nonlinear optical phenomena in optical fibres2016 University of Otago Chemistry of metalloproteins2017 University of Auckland Development of metal-based anticancer drugs2018 University of Otago Human remains in an archaeological context2019 Victoria University of Wellington Modelling ice sheet and individual glacier behaviour2020 University of Auckland Leading a biophotonics lab and researching bacteria using quantitative fluorescence spectroscopy2021 University of Auckland Conservation, biodiversity, and ecological restoration research informed by cross-disciplinary western science and indigenous knowledge 2022 University of Canterbury Community ecology, particularly the role of species interactions in driving emergent ecological and evolutionary phenomenaThe New Zealand Association of Scientists Awards for 2022, https://doi.org/10.26686/nzsr.vi.8065 2023 University of Waikato Sociology, demography, Māori statistics2024 University of Auckland laser light for a host of applications ranging from telecommunications to sensing2025 University of Waikato Geochemistry, climate modelling, carbon sequestration
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External links Hill Tinsley Medal , New Zealand Association of Scientists