This award is presented to researchers whose work has had a major impact on other researchers in the field of surface analysis. It is not given for an individual publication and it is not restricted to members of the UK Surface Analysis Forum (formerly the UK ESCA Users Group). It is intended as a recognition of a long-term activity that does not normally attract awards. The award is named after John Rivière, the founding Chairman of the UKESCA Users Group, in recognition of his efforts in setting up the group and steering it to be the UK’s main focus in applied surface science. Without John’s efforts there would have been no UKESCA Users Group and no UKSAF to follow it. Recipients of the UKESCA User's Group and UK Surface Analysis Forum Rivière Prizes.
| 1992 |
Cedric Powell (NIST, Gaitersburg, USA) |
| 1995 |
Ulrik Gelius (Uppsala University, Sweden) |
| 1996 |
David Briggs (ICI, UK) |
| 1997 |
Stephen Evans (Aberystwyth University, UK) |
| 2000 |
Peter Weightman (Liverpool University) and Martin Prutton (York University, UK) |
| 2002 |
Jim Castle (Surrey University, UK) and Martin Seah (NPL, UK) |
| 2004 |
John Vickerman (Manchester University, UK) and Bob Wild (Bristol University, UK) |
| 2005 |
Ian Fletcher (ICI, UK) |
| 2006 |
Mike Wells (Texport, UK) |
| 2007 |
Sven Tougaard (Odense University, DK) |
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