Award Winners

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Institute of Physics Awards 

We are proud to introduce the winners of the 2025 Institute of Physics Awards, recognised for their outstanding contributions to the field of physics. Click on the links below to learn more about their remarkable achievements and the reasons they have been recognised.

Isaac Newton Medal and Lecture

• Professor Sir Michael Berry FRS Hon.FInstP

Honorary Fellowships

• Dr Dimitra Darambara CPhys Hon.FInstP
• Carol Monaghan Hon.FInstP

International Bilateral Medal

• Professor Francesca Di Lodovico FInstP, Giuseppe Occhialini Medal

Gold Medals

• Professor Peter Littlewood FInstP, Richard Glazebrook Medal and Prize
• NUSTEM: Carol Davenport, Mel Horan, Annie Padwick, Antonio Portas, Jonathan Sanderson and Joe Shimwell, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize
• Professor Julia Mary Yeomans OBE FRS FInstP, Paul Dirac Medal and Prize

Silver Subject Medals

• Professor Mark Dennis MInstP, John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh Medal and Prize
• Professor Oleg Kolosov MInstP, David Tabor Medal and Prize
• Professor Cristina Lazzeroni FRS FInstP, James Chadwick Medal and Prize
• Professor Ard Louis MInstP, Sam Edwards Medal and Prize
• QuanTour: Doris Reiter, Tobias Heindel, Pranoti Kshirsagar, Mete Atatüre FInstP, Emanuele Pelucchi, and Brian Gerardot, Lise Meitner Medal and Prize
• Professor Ifor Samuel FInstP, Thomas Young Medal and Prize
• Professor Samuel David Stranks FInstP , Nevill Mott Medal and Prize
• Professor Robertus (Erdelyi) von Fay-Siebenburgen, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize
  
• Professor Jim Wild, Peter Mansfield Medal and Prize

Bronze Early Career Medals

• Delta g: Dr Benjamin Adams, Dr Andrew Lamb and Jonathan Winch MInstP, Clifford Paterson Medal and Prize
• Dr James Lees MInstP, Mary Somerville Medal and Prize
  
• Dr Raj Pandya, Henry Moseley Medal and Prize
  
• Dr Ana-Maria Raclariu, James Clerk Maxwell Medal and Prize
  
• Dr Lok Yiu (Kathy) Wu MInstP, Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize

Teachers of Physics Awards

• Kerry Colyer
  
• Dr Aurora Gutierrez-Sosa MInstP
• Arabi Karteepan MInstP
• Susan Mighall CPhys MInstP
• Mariea Murphy
• Colin Oates
  

Technician Awards

• John Jermy, School and Further Education Technician Award
• Martin McLaren, Business, Higher Education and National Research Facility Technician Award
  
• Helen M Rose, School and Further Education Technician Award
• Joan Shaw, Business, Higher Education and National Research Facility Technician Award

Apprentice Award

• Sophia Garofeanu

Phillips Awards

• Christina Astin CPhys FInstP
• Dawn Watson CPhys FInstP
  

New Journal of Physics Early Career Award

• Armin Tavakoli

Physics Inclusion Awards

• University College London, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• University of Manchester, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• University of Southampton, School of Physics and Astronomy
• University of Warwick, Department of Physics

IOP Student Community Contribution Prizes

• Sophie Gresty
• Aishwarya G Kumar
  
• Priyanka Saini