Awards
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.
Awards and honours by year
2016
The Matthew Flinders Medal, the Australian Academy of Science. Awarded in 2016 and presented at the Shine Dome ceremony in 2017.
2014
Officer of the Order of Australia
Overbeek Gold Medal of European Colloid and Interface Society2013
Enzo Ferroni Gold Medal of Italian Physical Chemistry Society
2010
Honorary Doctorate of Science, U. Western Australia
2008
The Australian National University created the Barry Ninham Chair of Natural Sciences to recognise his contributions
2006
Craig Medal, Australian Academy of Sciences
2005
Ostwald Award of German Chemical Society (Colloid and Surface Science)
2004
SIS Nestlé-Mittal Award
2004
Humboldt Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Germany
2002-2003
Italian National Chair of Chemistry based in Florence
2005-2009
Visiting Professor
2001
Honorary Doctorate of Science, U. Lund
1999
Chalmers University 150th Anniversary Chair
1998
Tage Erlander National Chair in Chemistry, Sweden
1996
TFR (Basic Engineering Sciences) Swedish National Chair in Chemical Engineering
1995
Inaugural Lectureship Award, Colloid Division, Japan Chemical Society
1994
Medal of College de France
1991
Honorary Doctor of Technology in Chemical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
1990
Rebinder Medal of the USSR Academy of Science (then USSR, now Russian Academy of Sciences)
1978
Fellow Australian Academy of Science
1970
Pawsey Medal of Australian Academy of Science
1970
Edgeworth David Medal of Royal Society of NSW
1964
First Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship Australia awarded
