Kołos Medal

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Kołos Medal
Awarded forachievements in theoretical or experimental physical chemistry
CountryPoland
Presented byUniversity of Warsaw and Polish Chemical Society
Reward(s)$2000
First awarded1998

The Kołos Medal (Polish: Medal im. Włodzimierza Kołosa) is a prestigious medal awarded every two years by the University of Warsaw and the Polish Chemical Society for distinction in theoretical or experimental physical chemistry. It was established in 1998 to commemorate the life and career of Włodzimierz Kołos, one of the founding fathers of modern quantum chemistry. The medal features the picture of Kołos, his date of birth and death, the Latin inscriptions Societas Chimica Polonorum, Universitas Varsoviensis and Servire Veritatis Kołos Lectio Praemiumque as well as the name of the recipient.

Recipients

The winners of the award so far have been:[1]

Year Name Country
2022 Jacek Klinowski[2] File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
2017 Walter Thiel File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2015 Frederic Merkt File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2013 Philip Coppens File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
2011 Y. T. Lee File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
2009 Joachim Sauer File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2007 Jeremy M. Hutson File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
2005 Jan Peter Toennies File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
2002 Paul von Ragué Schleyer File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
2000 Richard Bader File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
1998 Roald Hoffmann File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

Source: Warsaw University Archived 2015-01-19 at the Wayback Machine

See also

References

  1. "Kołos Medal laureates". Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. "Uroczystość wręczenia Medalu im. Włodzimierza Kołosa 17.11.2022" (in polski). Retrieved 17 April 2023.

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