IOP Groups

B T M Willis Prize

The IOP Neutron Scattering Group and the Faraday Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry have established a prize for outstanding neutron scattering science. The prize is named in honour of the founding chairman of the Neutron Scattering Group, Professor B T M Willis. It is intended that the prize will be awarded annually, usually in conjunction with the annual Neutron and Muon Beam Users Meeting, NMUM.

Terms
The prize is awarded to an individual in recognition of a single outstanding piece of work, or a longer term coherent body of work, in the application of neutron scattering to a significant problem in physics, chemistry, materials science, earth science, the life sciences, or engineering, or alternatively in recognition of a major development in neutron scattering instrumentation or techniques.

Eligibility
The recipient of the prize will normally be a young physicist, i.e. in the first 12 years of a research career (allowing for career breaks) e.g. following an award of a PhD., who has made a substantial contribtution to the development or reputation of physics in the UK or Ireland.

Prize amount: £250

Previous recipients

2008    Dr Radu Coldea
           University of Bristol

2006    Dr Giovanna Fragneto
           Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble

Details of the nomination process will be available when a call for nominations is made.

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