Awards & Winners

Ian Axford

Date of Birth 02-January-1933
Place of Birth Dannevirke
(New Zealand, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, Tararua District)
Nationality New Zealand
Also know as William Ian Axford
Profession Scientist
Sir William Ian Axford FRS FRSNZ was a New Zealand space scientist who was director of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy from 1974 to 1990. Axford's research was focused on the interaction of the sun with the magnetic field of earth or the interstellar medium.

Awards by Ian Axford

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ian Axford.

1994


Rutherford Medal
(For his excellent contribution to fundamental research which has led to a deeper understanding of the nature of planetary magnetospheres, comets, interplanetary space, the behaviour of interstellar gas and the origin of cosmic rays.)