Leeuwenhoek Medal
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The Leeuwenhoek Medal, established in 1875 by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), in honor of the 17th- and 18th-century microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, is granted every ten years to the scientist judged to have made the most significant contribution to microbiology during the preceding decade.[1] Starting in 2015, the Royal Dutch Society for Microbiology (KNVM) began awarding the Leeuwenhoek Medal, selecting Jillian Banfield, the first woman to receive the award in 2023.[2][3]
Recipients
The following persons have received the Leeuwenhoek medal:[4]
- 1877 Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Germany
- 1885 Ferdinand Cohn, Germany
- 1895 Louis Pasteur, France
- 1905 Martinus Beijerinck, Netherlands
- 1915 Sir David Bruce, United Kingdom
- 1925 Félix d'Herelle, (at the time) Egypt
- 1935 Sergei Nikolaevitch Winogradsky, France
- 1950 Selman Abraham Waksman, United States
- 1960 André Lwoff, France
- 1970 Cornelius Bernardus van Niel (Kees van Niel), United States
- 1981 Roger Yate Stanier, France
- 1992 Carl Woese, United States
- 2003 Karl Stetter, Germany
- 2015 Craig Venter, United States of America
- 2023 Jillian Banfield, Australia