Recognising early career researchers for excellence in the field of magnetic resonance.
About the Prize
The prize is awarded for excellence in magnetic resonance and is to honour a work representing one or more substantial contributions to the field. The prize is to be awarded jointly by the BRSG (Institute of Physics) and the NMR Discussion Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry on an annual basis.
The winner is awarded £200 by the NMRDG and invited to give a lecture at either the BRSG or the NMRDG Winter meeting.
Eligibility
Nominees can be of any nationality, and must be based in the UK or Ireland at the time of nomination and award.
The research to be recognised can have been partially but not exclusively carried out outside the UK or Ireland.
The prize is awarded to a researcher who has had an independent position for less than seven years (allowing for career breaks).
The awardee cannot be a member of the prize committee.
The recipient does not have to be a member of the BRSG: The Magnetic Resonance Group, or the NMRDG.
Candidates for the award need to be nominated (and seconded) by a member of the BRSG or the NMR Discussion Group. A short case is to be made as to why the candidate is suitable for a prize recognising excellence in magnetic resonance, including reference to one or more substantial contributions to the field.
Winners
2025 – Dr Dominik Kubicki, University of Birmingham
2024 – Dr Matthew Wallace, University of East Anglia
For development of nuclear magnetic resonance methods to study reaction mechanisms and mixtures.
2023 – Dr Wing Ying Chow, University of Warwick
For contributions to NMR characterisation of biological systems.
2022 – Dr Alice Bowen, University of Manchester
Dr Chris Waudby, University College London
2020 – Dr Alexander Forse, University of Cambridge
For NMR studies of nanoporous materials for climate change mitigation.
2019 – Dr Karen Johnston, University of Durham
For application of solid-state NMR in combination with other techniques for the characterisation of structure, disorder and diffusion in functional materials.
2018 – Dr Ralph Adams, University of Manchester
For extensive contributions in parahydrogen-induced polarisation in conjunction with signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE), matrix-assisted diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) studies which involved development and implementation of the perfect echo (PE)-Watergate solvent suppression sequence, and pure shift NMR spectroscopy.
2017 – Dr Frédéric Blanc, University of Liverpool
For research activities concerning integration of solid-state NMR methods in the discovery of a range of challenging new materials.
2016 – Dr Andrew Baldwin, University of Oxford
For investigating the dynamics of very large biomolecular systems.
2015 – Dr Giuseppe Pileio, University of Southampton
For work on the theory and application of long-lived nuclear spin states in solution-state NMR. In conjunction with a theoretical understanding of relaxation properties.
2014 – Dr Gavin Morley, University of Warwick
For applying magnetic resonance to study coupled electron and nuclear spins in silicon for quantum technologies.
2013 – Jonathan Mitchell, University of Cambridge
For work in the area of time domain NMR applied to porous materials.
2012 – Dr John Morton, University of Oxford
For Electron and Nuclear Spin Qubits in the Solid State.
2011 – Dr Marina Carravetta, University of Southampton
For Cryogenic Static and MAS NMR on Magnesium Boride.
2010 – Dr Mathias Nilsson, University of Manchester
2009 – Dr Sharon Ashbrook, University of St Andrews
For Multinuclear NMR Study of Host-Guest Interactions in Microporous Aluminophosphates.