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Professor Philip Stier has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Edward Appleton Medal and Prize 2021, and elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in recognition of his personal contribution to the advancement of physics as a discipline and a pro

Dr Judith Hillier from the Department of Education has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Marie Curie-Sklowdowska Medal and Prize 2021, and elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.

Dr Rebecca Bowler has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Henry Moseley Medal and Prize 2021, and elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.

Professor Julia Yeomans FRS has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Sam Edwards Medal and Prize 2021 in recognition of her personal contribution to the advancement of physics as a discipline and a profession.

Roger Davies, Wetton Professor of Astrophyiscs and Director of the Hintze Centre for Astrophysical Surveys has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize 2021

Professor Steven Balbus has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Paul Dirac Medal and Prize 2021, and elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics

Professor Tim Palmer has been awarded honorary fellowship of the Institute of Physics in recognition of his long and remarkable career

Having followed in his footsteps at the Princeton Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Halley Professor of Physics Raymond Pierrehumbert reflects on Syukuro Manabe’s Nobel Prize-winning work

Professor Daniela Bortoletto has been awarded honorary fellowship of the Institute of Physics

Professor David Deutsch has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Isaac Newton Medal and Prize 2021, and elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics

Six scientists from the Department of Physics have been recognised by the Institute of Physics in this year’s IOP awards along with a seventh physicist from Oxford’s Department of Education