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[edit]

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

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

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

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References[edit]

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

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