BACG Young Scientists Award
The BACG established this annual award to recognise achievement by young scientists publishing work in the field of crystal growth. The winner will receive a cheque for £250 and an engraved medal and will present the work as an invited paper at the next annual meeting of the BACG, following which the formal presentation of the award will be made by the President of the BACG.
The award is made annually to the candidate achieving the most significant advancement in the understanding of the theory, practice or characterisation of crystal growth processes, published in scientific literature in the previous three calendar years.
Previous Award Winners
Winner of 2017
David C. Green University of Leeds
3-D visualization of additive occlusion and tunable full spectrum fluorescence in calcite, Nature communications 2016, 13524 DOI:10.1038/ncomms13524
Winner of 2016
Rachel Sullivan University of Manchester
Winner of 2015
Kumar Khamar University of Limerick
Investigating the role of solvent-solute interaction in crystal nucleation of salicylic acid from organic solvents Journal Of the american Chemical society, 136, 11664, 2014
Winner of 2014
James Atkins University of Leeds
The importance of feldspar for ice nucleation by mineral dust in mixed-phase clouds, Nature 498, 355–358 2013 DOI:10.1038/nature12278
Winner of 2013
Kevin Back University of Manchester
Winner of 2012
Colin Seaton University of Limerick
Winner of 2010
Joanna Stevens University of Manchester
XPS studies of proton transfer in molecular crystals
Winner of 2009
Andrew Bond University of Southern Denmark
The remarkable polymorphism of aspirin
Winner of 2008
Benjamin J. Murray University of Leeds
The inhibition of ice crystalisation and formation of metastable ice in atmospherically relevant aqueous solutions.
Winner of 2007
Catherine E. Nicholson Durham University
Direct measurement of critical nucleus size in confined volumes.
Winner of 2006
Michelle A. Moram University of Cambridge
Growth of low disclocation density GaN using novel ScN interlayers.
Winner of 2005
Fabien Silly University of Oxford
Winner of 2004
Chun Min Chew University of Sheffield
Winner of 2001
Carolyn Koh Kings College London
Mechanisms of crystal growth of gas hydrates
Winner of 2000
Jonathan Hayes University of Bristol
Winner of 1999
Papa Kofi Boateng King's College London
Computer Simulation of Crystallization from Solution, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 9600-9604
Winner of 1998
Mashud U. Ahmed NEWI
Mechanism for photo-assisted MOVPE nitrogen doping of ZnSe
Winner of 1997
Nicholas Blagden UMIST
Winner of 1996
Tin Cheng Nottingham University
Winner of 1995
Mark Aindow Birmingham University
Award Criteria
- Entries, which are not restricted to members of the BACG, should be based on research carried out in a laboratory in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland or by a UK or ROI national working overseas.
- Candidates should be aged 35 or under at the time of the annual meeting. The work should be submitted in the form of a single paper carrying an acceptance date prior to the candidate's 35th birthday. The candidate should nominate a suitable referee (Head of Department, supervisor or line manager) who may be contacted to comment on the paper & on the extent of the candidate's contribution to the work.
- The entries are judged by the president of the BACG, who may consult widely with national and international experts in the particular area of the entry to ensure that the work of the successful candidate is of the highest quality. BACG reserves the right not to award the prize in any particular year in which entries are deemed not have reached a sufficiently high standard.
- The winner will present their work in a plenary session at the BACG Annual conference and will receive a free conference and reasonable travel expenses in addition to the award.
Nominate an Awardee
Persons wishing to submit nominations for the award should forward a single publication with supporting material to either of the following email addresses:
enquiries@bacg.co.uk or l.seton@ljmu.ac.uk
Young Scientists Award Winners
WINNER OF THE 2017 AWARD: David C. Green University of Leeds
3-D visualization of additive occlusion and tunable full spectrum fluorescence in calcite, Nature communications 2016, 13524 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13524
WINNER OF THE 2016 AWARD: Rachel Sullivan, University of Manchester
WINNER OF THE 2015 AWARD: Kumar Khamar, University of Limerick
Investigating the role of solvent-solute interaction in crystal nucleation of salicylic acid from organic solvents Journal Of the american Chemical society, 136, 11664, 2014
WINNER OF THE 2014 AWARD: James Atkins University of Leeds
The importance of feldspar for ice nucleation by mineral dust in mixed-phase clouds, Nature 498, 355–358 2013 doi:10.1038/nature12278
WINNER OF THE 2013 AWARD: Kevin Back University of Manchester
WINNER OF THE 2012 AWARD: Colin Seaton University of Limerick
WINNER OF THE 2010 AWARD: Miss Joanna Stevens University of Manchester
"XPS studies of proton transfer in molecular crystals"
WINNER OF THE 2009 AWARD: Andrew Bond University of Southern Denmark
"The remarkable polymorphism of aspirin"
WINNER OF THE 2008 AWARD: Benjamin J. Murray University of Leeds
The inhibition of ice crystalisation and formation of metastable ice in atmospherically relevant aqueous solutions.
The winning paper can be seen here:http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/3/2/025008/
WINNER OF THE 2007 AWARD: Catherine E. Nicholson Durham University
Direct measurement of critical nucleus size in confined volumes.
WINNER OF THE 2006 AWARD: Michelle A. Moram University of Cambridge
Growth of low disclocation density GaN using novel ScN interlayers.
WINNER OF THE 2005 AWARD: Dr. Fabien Silly University of Oxford
WINNER OF THE 2004 AWARD: Dr. Chun Min Chew University of Sheffield
WINNER OF THE 2001 AWARD: Dr Carolyn Koh Kings College, London
Mechanisms of crystal growth of gas hydrates
WINNER OF THE 2000 AWARD: Jonathan Hayes Dept of Physics, University of Bristol
WINNER OF THE 1999 AWARD: Dr Papa Kofi Boateng King's College London
Computer Simulation of Crystallization from Solution, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 9600-9604
WINNER OF THE 1998 AWARD: Dr Mashud U. Ahmed, NEWI.
Mechanism for photo-assisted MOVPE nitrogen doping of ZnSe
WINNER OF THE 1997 AWARD: Dr Nicholas Blagden, UMIST
WINNER OF THE 1996 AWARD: Dr Tin Cheng Nottingham University
WINNER OF THE 1995 AWARD: Dr Mark Aindow Birmingham University
