BTM Willis Prize

In 2007 the Neutron Scattering Group 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.

The £250 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 an early career scientist, i.e. in the first 12 years of a research career (allowing for career breaks) e.g. following an award of a first degree, who has made a substantial contribution to the development or reputation of physics/chemistry/biology in the UK or Ireland.

 

Previous Winners

2012
Dr Sylvia Ellen McLain
University of Oxford

2011
Dr Robert Dalgliesh
ISIS, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory 

2008
Dr Radu Coldea
University of Bristol 

2006
Dr Giovanna Fragneto
Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble