Two researchers win prestigious medals
Wednesday, 8 January 2003
Two University of 亚洲色吧 researchers have struck gold early in the New Year by being awarded prestigious medals for their respective contributions.
Professor Michael Bruce, the Angas Professor of Chemistry, has won the David Craig Medal from the Australian Academy of Science, which is awarded to active researchers for contributions to chemistry.
Dr Nigel Bean, Director of TRC Mathematical Modelling and a member of the School of Applied Mathematics, has been honoured with the Moran Medal, an Australian Academy of Science award presented to outstanding young researchers (40 and under). This follows the J.H. Mitchell medal - awarded by ANZIAM (a division of the Australian Mathematics Society) for the most outstanding early career researcher - which he won in February 2001.
The David Craig Medal honours the contribution to chemical research of Emeritus Professor David Craig, Professor of Theoretical and Physical Chemistry, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University. Recipients are expected to deliver lectures in a number of Australian cities.
Professor Bruce has for many years been interested in the interactions of small molecules with metals and has made contribution