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Weiss Medal

Professor J Weiss, late Professor of Radiation Chemistry at the University of Newcastle-on-Tyne, died on 9th April, 1972 (Obituary: Int J Radiat Biol 1972, 22: 311). His research projects with Haber in the 1930s are widely-known as landmarks in chemical science. For over twenty-five years he published many distinguished papers in radiation chemistry and was the first radiation chemist to attempt to unravel systematically the complex interaction between biologically important molecules and free radicals produced upon the radiolysis of water. Many of his students and collaborators have since continued this pioneering work and have made distinguished contributions to radiation chemistry and molecular radiobiology themselves.

"Joe" Weiss was an active member of the Association for Radiation Research from its inception. After his death, a fund was raised by international subscription in order to initiate an award in memory of Prof. Weiss. The Association for Radiation Research agreed to administer the Weiss Medal. The medal has on one side a profile of Professor Weiss, surrounded by the words "CHEMISTRY RADIATION BIOLOGY" and the reverse bears the name of the Association together with the name of the recipient.

Weiss Medallists are nominated by the Chair of the Association for Radiation Research, after suitable consultations, as having made distinguished contributions to radiation science.

Past recipients of the Weiss Medal

1972	H Fricke
1973	J H Baxendale
1975	E J Hart
1976	U Hagen
1977	F A Henglein
1978	J P Keene
1979	B A Bridges
1980	E J Land & A J Swallow
1982	G Scholes
1984	C von Sonntag & D Schulte-Frohlinde
1985	B D Michael
1986	W D Rupp
1987	P Wardman
1989	G A Salmon and G V Buxton
1990	E J Hall
1992	R Cox, D T Goodhead & J Thacker
1993	G E Adams
1994	J F Ward
1997	J Cadet
1999	J H Hendry
2001	J M Brown
2003	C Potten
2005	W G McKenna
2007	E Wright
2010	P O'Neill
2011	D Hirst
2012	F Stewart
2013	S McKeown
2014	Michael J. Atkinson
2015	Ian Stratford
2016	Catharine West
2017	John Yarnold
2018	Simon Bouffler
2019	Penny Jeggo
2021	Rob Bristow
2023	William McBride
2024	Kevin Prise