The Thomson Medal and Prize is an award which has been made biennially in even-numbered years since 2008 by the Institute of Physics for "distinguished research in atomic (including quantum optics) or molecular physics". It is named after Sir J. J. Thomson and comprises a medal and a prize of £1000. ^[1]

source: Institute of Physics]

• 2014: Charles S Adams, for his imaginative experiments which have pioneered the field of Rydberg quantum optics
• 2012: Michael Köhl, for his pioneering experimental work in Bose-Einstein condensates and cold Fermi gases
• 2010: Gaetana Laricchia, for her contributions to the development of the world's only positronium beam
• 2008: Edward Hinds, for his important and elegant experimental investigations in the fields of atomic physics and quantum optics