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Year
2017
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania │ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Citation
For demonstrating the maternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in humans, using mtDNA variation to reconstruct ancient human migrations, identifying the first mtDNA mutation associated with an inherited disease, and showing that mutant mtDNA can profoundly affect the nuclear genome, causing complex diseases, thereby leading the way to therapies for those diseases and the aging process.
Year
1955
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Longstreth
Year
2014
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Harvard Medical School | Boston, Massachusetts
Citation
For seminal studies at the interface of chemistry, biology and medicine that revolutionized the development of antibiotics for the treatment of disease and provided the foundation for the new field of Chemical Biology.
Year
1993
Subject
Physics
Award
Michelson
Affiliation
University of Munich
Citation
For contributions to quantum optics including verification of fundamental quantum mechanical effects in the interaction of light and matter.
Year
1971
Subject
Engineering
Award
Wetherill
Year
1975
Subject
Engineering
Award
Certificate of Merit
Year
1963
Subject
Engineering
Award
Longstreth
Year
1987
Subject
Engineering
Award
Brown
Affiliation
Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
Citation
For contributions to structural engineering.
Year
2022
Subject
Biomedical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
The City College of New York │ New York, New York
Citation
For foundational contributions to our understanding of heat flow among arteries, veins, and capillaries in the body, increasing our knowledge of cardiovascular disease and leading to life-saving technologies.
Year
2022
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania │ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Citation
With Katalin Karikó, for fundamental research enabling the use of mRNA as a safe, effective, and life-saving vaccine platform for the prevention of infectious disease, including COVID-19.
Year
2024
Subject
Physics
Award
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Affiliation

Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts

Citation

For transforming our fundamental understanding of squishy materials ranging from gels, polymers, colloids, and emulsions to living organisms. His innovations led to the development of microdevices for applications ranging from rapid disease screening and drug discovery to cosmetic products. A master educator, he has popularized science through the physics of cooking.

Year
2024
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation

The University of British Columbia │ Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Citation

For charting how children learn the sounds of languages and how their brains change and adapt in critical ways as they do so.  Her work helps us understand typical and atypical human development.



Notes:

  • "Franklin" Medals are not the same as "Benjamin Franklin" Medals. The Benjamin Franklin Medal was initiated in 1998 to represent the combined legacies of several historic medals, including the Franklin Medal.
  • The Scott Medal is awarded by the City of Philadelphia. Prior to 1920, the Institute's Committee on Science and the Arts selected the medalists and the Scott Medals were presented on Awards Day at The Franklin Institute.
  • For more information about The Franklin Institute Awards program, contact the Awards Program Director at awards@fi.edu.