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For a list of conferences and meetings see the EDRACI Meetings and the Conferences pages.
See below for the details of Division Medals and archived Newsletters.
Electrochemistry Email List
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Electrochemistry Division Medals
RACI Electrochemistry Medals are periodically awarded at Meetings of the Divison. Nominations should be sent to the EDRACI Secretary.
The Bruno Breyer Medal
The Breyer Medal and Lecture commemorates Dr Bruno Breyer (1900 – 1967) who was born in Czechoslovakia, educated in Germany, and later became a pioneer of AC polarography in Australia. The medal is awarded for internationally-recognized contributions in the field of electrochemistry. Past recipients are:
- Sir Graham J Hills (1926 – 2014). Inaugral award 1968.
- John O'Mara Bockris (1923 – 2013) Awarded 1972.
- Francis T. Bacon (1904 – 1992). Awarded 1976.
- Roger Parsons (1926 – ). Awarded 1980.
- Allen J. Bard (1933 – ) Awarded 1984.
- Martin Fleischmann (1927 – 2012). Awarded 1988.
- Heinz Gerischer (1919 – 1994). Awarded 1992.
- H. Allen O. Hill (1937 – ) Awarded 1994.
- Royce Murray Awarded 1997.
- Frank Walsh Awarded 2000.
- Alan MacDiarmid (1927 – 2007) Awarded 2004.
- Jean-Michel Saveant (1933 – ) Awarded 2005.
- Richard Compton Awarded 2006.
- Joseph Wang Awarded 2012.
- Christian Amatore Awarded 2014.
Nominations should provide an assessment of the nominee's work and list relevant publications. The nominee must consent in writing to the nomination. The Committee reserves the right not to make an award.
The R.H. Stokes Medal
The R.H. Stokes Medal is awarded for distinguished research in the field of electrochemistry carried out mainly in Australasia. (A DVD of an interview with Proffessor Robert (Robin) Stokes can be obtained from the Australian Academy of Science.) Past recipients are:
- R.H. Stokes (1918 – ). Inaugral award 1980.
- R. Mills. Awarded 1984.
- Ron Woods. Awarded 1988.
- Alan M. Bond. Awarded 1992.
- Barry J. Welch. Awarded 1994.
- Ian Mackay Ritchie. Awarded 1997.
- Stephen Fletcher. Awarded 2000.
- Gordon Wallace. Awarded 2004.
- David A J Rand. Awarded 2006.
- Sam Adeloju. Awarded 2011.
- Justin Gooding. Awarded 2012.
- Allison Downard Awarded 2014.
- Huijun Zhao Awarded 2017.
Nominations should provide an assessment of the nominee's work and list relevant publications. The nominee must consent in writing to the nomination. The Committee reserves the right not to make an award.
The Alan Bond Medal
The A.M. Bond Medal is awarded for excellence by a young reseracher. First awarded in 2012, medallists are:
- Jie Zhang (Monash University). Inaugral award 2012.
- Debbie Silvester (Curtin University). Awarded 2013.
- Dr Leigh Aldous (UNSW). Awarded 2016.
- Simone Ciampi (Curtin University). Awarded 2017.
The nominee must consent in writing to the nomination. The Committee reserves the right not to make an award.
The Bloom-Gutmann Prize
The Bloom-Gutmann Prize, which honours the founders of the Electrochemistry Division of the RACI, Professor Harry Bloom (University of Tasmania) and Dr Felix Gutmann (Macquarie University), is awarded to the best student presentation at the Australasian Electrochemistry Conference (now ANZES) . The prize was first awarded in 1978. The award is an inscribed medal and a cheque for $100. Selection will be made by a sub-committee of the Division who will have opportunity to talk to the candidates and assess their contributions during the conference.
Newsletters 1996-2000
You can download archived EDRACI newsletters (Adobe Acrobat PDF files). After 2000, information was distributed via this web site and the email list, rather than by formal newsletters.