The following awards and honours recognise Professor Barry Ninham’s significant contributions to chemistry, chemical engineering, colloid and surface science, and related scientific fields over several decades of research and academic leadership.
The Matthew Flinders Medal, the Australian Academy of Science. Awarded in 2016 and presented at the Shine Dome ceremony in 2017.
Officer of the Order of Australia
Overbeek Gold Medal of European Colloid and Interface Society
Enzo Ferroni Gold Medal of Italian Physical Chemistry Society
Honorary Doctorate of Science, U. Western Australia
The Australian National University created the Barry Ninham Chair of Natural
Sciences to recognise his contributions
Craig Medal, Australian Academy of Sciences
Ostwald Award of German Chemical Society (Colloid and Surface Science)
SIS Nestlé-Mittal Award
Humboldt Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Germany
Italian National Chair of Chemistry based in Florence
Visiting Professor
Honorary Doctorate of Science, U. Lund
Chalmers University 150th Anniversary Chair
Tage Erlander National Chair in Chemistry, Sweden
TFR (Basic Engineering Sciences) Swedish National Chair in Chemical Engineering
Inaugural Lectureship Award, Colloid Division, Japan Chemical Society
Medal of College de France
Honorary Doctor of Technology in Chemical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Rebinder Medal of the USSR Academy of Science (then USSR, now Russian Academy of Sciences)
Fellow Australian Academy of Science
Pawsey Medal of Australian Academy of Science
Edgeworth David Medal of Royal Society of NSW
First Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship Australia awarded
