title: Oparin Medal
text: # Oparin Medal
  
  The Oparin/Urey Medal honours important contributions to the field of origins of life. The medal is awarded by the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life (ISSOL). The award was originally named for Alexander Ivanovich Oparin, one of the pioneers in researching the origins of life. In 1993, the Society decided to alternate the name of the award so as to also honour the memory of Harold C. Urey, one of the first to propose the study of cosmochemistry.
  
  ## List of winners
  
  The current list of medalists is shown below:
  
  Oparin/Urey Medal Winners :
  
  | Year | Name | Medal |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1980 | Cyril Ponnamperuma | Oparin |
  | 1983 | Stanley Miller | Oparin |
  | 1986 | Joan Oró | Oparin |
  | 1989 | J. William Schopf | Oparin |
  | 1993 | Leslie Orgel | Urey |
  | 1996 | James Ferris | Oparin |
  | 1999 | Alan Schwartz | Urey |
  | 2002 | Albert Eschenmoser | Oparin |
  | 2005 | Gerald Joyce | Urey |
  | 2008 | James Kasting | Oparin |
  | 2011 | Jack W. Szostak | Urey |
  | 2014 | Andrew H. Knoll | Oparin |
  | 2017 | none awarded | |
  | 2021 | Donna Blackmond | Oparin |
  