Awards

Three awards are offered jointly by the RSC Colloid and Interface Science Group and the SCI Colloid and Surface Science Group.

McBain Medal

The McBain Award recognises the contribution of younger talent and was succeeded in 2006 by the McBain Medal. The Medal is awarded on an annual basis to an early career researcher.

Nominations are accepted from both RSC and SCI members. More information about nominations is available on the SCI website.

Past Winners

• 2006 Dr Julie MacPherson
• 2007 Professor Andrew Cooper
• 2008 Dr Fernando Bresme
• 2009 Dr Peter Dowdling
• 2010 Dr Alex Routh
• 2012 Dr Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy 

Thomas Graham Lecture

The first ever Thomas Graham Lecture was awarded to Prof Colin Bain (University of Durham) in 2011 for his outstanding work on the characterisation and properties of interfaces and adsorbed layers. The lectureship is awarded every three years to a mid-career researcher.

Nominations are accepted from both RSC and SCI members. More information about nominations is available on the SCI website.

Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture

The Rideal lecture (formerly known as the Founder's Lecture) became a joint Colloids group award in 2006 and is awarded to honour significant and sustained contribution to the field. Candidates need not be UK-based necessarily, but they will have had a sustained and significant connections with the UK colloid, interface and surface science community and a marked impact upon work in the UK.

Nominations are accepted from both RSC and SCI members. More information about nominations is available on the SCI website. 

Previous Winners

• 1970  Prof J H De Boer, Delft Technological University
• 1971  Dr B A Pethica, Unilever PSL 
• 1972  M K Schwitzer 
• 1973  Prof J T Davies, Birmingham University
• 1974  Prof D J Crisp 
• 1975  Prof D D Eley, Nottingham University 
• 1976  Sir Harry Melville, London University 
• 1977  Dr A D Bangham, Cambridge University 
• 1978  Dr D A Haydon, Cambridge University 
• 1979  Dr J A Kitchener, Imperial College 
• 1980  Prof R M Barrer, Imperial College 
• 1981  Prof D Tabor, Cambridge University 
• 1982  Prof K S W Sing, Brunel University 
• 1983  Prof D H Everett, Bristol University 
• 1984  Prof J Th G Overbeek, Utrecht University 
• 1985  Prof R H Ottewill, Bristol University
• 1986  Prof Sir J M Thomas, Royal Institution, London 
• 1987  Prof J Lyklema, Wageningen University 
• 1988  Prof A I Bailey, Imperial College
• 1989  Prof J D Birchall, ICI
• 1990  Prof Sir Sam Edwards, Cambridge University 
• 1991  Dr Th F Tadros, ICI/Zeneca
• 1992  Prof H Sonntag, Max Planck Institute, Berlin
• 1993  Prof B J Briscoe, Imperial College 
• 1994  Prof B R Jennings, English China Clays 
• 1995  Prof G J T Tiddy, UMIST
• 1996  Prof A M Cazabat, College de France, Paris
• 1997  Prof B Vincent, Bristol University
• 1998  Prof J Gregory, University College London
• 1999  Dr T D Blake Kodak
• 2000  Prof D Tildesley, Unilever PSL
• 2001  Prof J Pethica, Oxford University
• 2002  Prof Helmut Möhwald, Max Planck Institute, Berlin
• 2003  Prof Brian H Robinson, East Anglia University 
• 2004  Prof Terence Cosgrove, Bristol University 
• 2005  Dr James Goodwin, Bristol University 
• 2006  Prof Eric Dickinson, University of Leeds 
• 2007  Alan Pitt, Kodak 
• 2008  Prof Julian Eastoe, Bristol University 
• 2009  Prof Richard Buscall
• 2010  Prof Thomas W Healy, University of Melbourne
• 2011  Dr Robert Thomas, University of Oxford
• 2012  Prof Geoff Maitland