IOP announces 2009 award winners
Successful business applications such as drug screening technologies, flat-panel displays and solar-cell designs are amongst the achievements in physics recognised by the Institute of Physics' (IOP) 2009 awards along with leading research in a wide range of fields from astronomy to optical physics, and excellence in engaging the general public with physics.
Dr Rachel McKendry, chosen for the successful commercial development of sensors for rapid disease diagnostics and antibiotic drug screening applications; Professor Sir Richard Friend and Dr David Fyfe, for establishing and managing their UK company Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) to become the world leader in light-emitting polymer technology; and Professor Donal D C Bradley, who demonstrated the widespread application potential of polymers - are just some of this year's winners who highlight physics' important contribution to the UK economy.
Dr Robert Kirby Harris, chief executive of the IOP, said "The IOP awards are a wonderful way of honouring the achievements of physicists across a range of fields as well as underlining the important role physics has in adding considerable value to the UK – both directly and also in underpinning engineering and other sciences".
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