The Australian Mathematical Society Medal is awarded to a member of the Society within 15 years of the award of their PhD for distinguished research in the mathematical sciences. A significant portion of the research work should have been carried out in Australia.
(Read more about the rules for the medal).
Each year the Medal is presented at the opening session of the Annual Meeting. The award was first presented in 1981.
Australian Mathematics Society medal winners* to date are:
- 2022 – Professor Guoyin Li (citation)
- 2021 – Professor Serena Dipierro (citation)
- 2020 – A/Prof. Luke Bennets (citation)
- 2019 – A/Prof. David Harvey
- 2018 – Professor Geordie Williamson
- 2017 – Dr Richard Garner and Dr Anthony Licata
- 2016 – Professor Aidan Sims
- 2015 – Dr Scott Morrison
- 2014 – A/Prof. Josef Dick
- 2013 – Dr Craig Westerland
- 2012 – A/Professor Anthony Henderson and Stephen Keith
- 2011 – Dr Todd Oliynyk
- 2010 – Professor Kate Smith-Miles
- 2009 – Dr Steve Lack and Dr Ian Wanless
- 2008 – Dr Shahar Mendelson
- 2007 – not awarded
- 2006 – Dr Andrew Mathas
- 2005 – Professor Terence Tao FAA, FRS
- 2004 – not awarded
- 2003 – Dr Benjamin Hardwick Andrews and Dr Andrew Hassell
- 2002 – Dr Xu-Jia Wang
- 2001 – Dr Peter G. Bouwknegt, Dr Alexander I. Molev and Professor Hugh P. Possingham FAA
- 2000 – Dr Christine M. O’Keefe and Dr Mathai Varghese
- 1999 – Dr John I.E. Urbas
- 1998 – Dr Murray T. Batchelor
- 1997 – A/Professor Michael K. Murray
- 1996 – Dr Igor Shparlinski
- 1995 – Professor Adrian J. Baddeley FAA
- 1994 – not awarded
- 1993 – Dr Peter J. Forrester and Professor Nick C. Wormald
- 1992 – Dr Michael Eastwood
- 1991 – Dr Gerhard Huisken
- 1990 – Dr Brendan Damien McKay FAA
- 1989 – Professor Michael George Cowling FAA
- 1988 – Dr Frank R. de Hoog
- 1987 – Professor Joachim Hyam Rubinstein FAA
- 1986 – Professor Peter Gavin Hall FAA, FRS
- 1985 – not awarded
- 1984 – Professor Richard Pierce Brent FAA
- 1983 – Professor Leon Melvyn Simon FAA
- 1982 – Professor Gavin Brown FAA
- 1981 – Professor Neil Sidney Trudinger FAA, FRS
*Listings are mostly with title as at date of the award.