Postgraduate Prizes


Prize winners of the 17th annual NMRDG postgraduate meeting 2025

16-17 June 2025

Presentation prize winner

Ella-May Hards

Presentation runners up

Katherine Bonham, Darshil Kapadia

Poster prize winner

Jack Bertovic

Poster runners up

Anupama Acharya, Meshezabeel Narciso, James Williamson

Photo of prize winners


Prize winner of the 16th annual NMRDG postgraduate meeting 2024

3 Jul 2024

Presentation prize winner

Annabel Flock, University of Edinburgh

Presentation runners up

Izzy Hehir, University of York and Ben Rhodes, University of Cambridge

Poster prize winner

Astrid Berge, University of Cambridge

Poster runners up

Ben Honoré, University of Bristol and Ananya Singh, University of Warwick


Prize winner of the 15th annual NMRDG postgraduate meeting 2023

23 Jun 2023

Presentation prize winner

Emma Gates, University of Manchester

Runner up:

Emma Latchem, University of Cambridge

Poster prize winner

Callum Gater, University of York

Runner up:

Alexander Wilcock, Manchester Metropolitan University


Prize winners of the 14th annual NMRDG postgraduate meeting 2022

1 Jul 2022

Oral presentation prize winner

Tommy Whewell, Lancaster University

Runners up:

Ana Silva Terra, University of York

Benjamin Duff, University of Liverpool

Nick Fowler, University of Sheffield

Poster prize winner

Ngai Lam Chung, University of Oxford

Runners up:

Aminata Sakho, University of York

Bridget Tang, Aston University

Daniel Taylor, University of Manchester

Ran Wei, University of Edinburgh


Poster prize winner of the 13th annual NMRDG postgraduate meeting 2021

18 Jun 2021

Poster presentation prize winner

Emma Borthwick, University of St Andrews, “Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy to Investigate Mixed-Metal MIL-53”

Runners up:

Ran Wei, University of Edinburgh, “Catch me if you can – new stopped-flow NMR methods”

Alastair Robinson, University of York, “Towards photochemical reaction monitoring using hyperpolarised benchtop NMR spectroscopy”

Benjamin Duff, University of Liverpool, “Towards the understanding of the Li ion migration pathways in the aluminium sulfides Li3AlS3 and Li4.3AlS3.3Cl0.7 through 6,7Li solid-state NMR spectroscopy”


Presentation prize winners of the 12th annual NMRDG postgraduate meeting 2019

18 Dec 2019

Oral presentation prize winner

Matthew Davy, University of Bristol, “Playing with NMR acquisition to improve data quality”

Poster presentation prize winner

Oliver Dutton, University of Bristol, “Designing for shape”

Thanks to all who took part, and a special congratulation to our winners.


11th Annual NMRDG postgraduate meeting 2018

The meeting report is available.

As usual, presentation and scientific standards were very high. Tasked with the difficult job of choosing the best speakers and poster, the judges made these selections.

Best oral presentation

Sarah Mann, University of Warwick, “Probing structure and dynamics in ionic liquid pharmaceuticals by NMR Spectroscopy”

Runners up:

Abby Howarth, University of Durham, “Probing ion mobility in Li-stuffed garnets using multi-nuclear solid-state NMR”

Ashlea Hughes, University of Liverpool, “Ultra-fast molecular rotors within porous organic cages”

Best poster presentation (JEOL)

Emily Corlett, University of Warwick, for her work on the evaluation of a NMR crystallography-based approach for the characterisation of Lutidine Fumarate compounds

Runner up

Callum Wallace, University of Lancaster, “17O DNP Enhanced Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy at 18.8T”

Thanks to all who took part, and a special congratulation to our winner