King's PGR Prizes

Each year, hundreds of King's postgraduate research students complete their degrees and graduate with a doctorate, going on to become leaders in academia, research, industry, and beyond. To recognise and celebrate the outstanding talent and innovation of our PGR students, we award the King's Outstanding Thesis Prize and the Tadion Radial Prize annually.

The King's Outstanding Thesis Prize

These prizes are nominated by the external examiners who assess research theses and are judged by a panel consisting of the Director of Research Talent and the Chair of the Research Degrees Examinations Board. We have a limited number of prizes to award across the year; each successful candidate receives £250.

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 22/23

Winner table
Dr Harriet Fagerberg	Philosophy, A&H
Dr Jacob Gracie-Burrow	English Language & Literature, A&H
Dr Heather White	Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, FoDOC
Dr Aimee Cheesbrough	Developmental Neurobiology, FoLSM
Dr Naomi Wright	Population Health Sciences, FoLSM
Dr Luis Alameda	Psychosis Studies, IoPPN
Dr Brittney Regal	Public Services Management & Organisation, DPSoL
Dr Giuseppe Brandi	Mathematics, NMES
Dr Francesca Ghiretti	War Studies, SSPP
Dr Alison Skipper	History, A&H
Dr Savannah Whaley	English Language & Literature, A&H
Dr Jennifer Coleman	Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, FoDOCS
Dr Roxanne Keynejad	Health Service & Population Research, IoPPN
Dr Dominic Oliver	Psychosis Studies, IoPPN
Dr Daniel Koch	Cell & Molecular Biophysics, FoLSM
Dr Sarah McElroy	Biomedical Engineering Department, FoLSM
Dr Emilie Gachon	Biological Physics & Soft Matter, NMES
Dr Leonie Haiden	War Studies, SSPP
Dr Onna Van Den Broek	European & International Studies, SSPP
Dr Yanxi Li	Accounting & Financial Management, KBS
Dr Laura Mai	Laws, DPSoL
Dr Teofila Bueser	Care in Long Term Conditions, NMPC

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 21/22

Winner table
Dr Giles Masters	Musicology, A&H
Dr Harriet Cook	Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, A&H
Dr Rafael Lubner	English Literature, A&H
Dr Rana Alkattan	Dental Materials for Operative and Restorative Dentistry, FoDOC
Dr Ana Caetano	Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, FoDOC
Dr Sophie Carruthers	Psychology, IoPPN
Dr Olakunle Oginni	Behavioural Genetics, IoPPN
Dr Matteo Montecchi	Management Research (Marketing), KBS
Dr Alison McFarland	Management, KBS
Dr Laura Knopfel	Law, DPSoL
Dr John Whitaker	Global Health Research, FoLSM
Dr Julia Burrill	Molecular Biology, FoLSM
Dr Natasha Hezelgrave-Elliot	Obstetrics and Gynaecology, FoLSM
Dr Edward Baker	Nursing Research, NMPC
Dr Sarah McAllister	Health Services Research, NMPC
Dr Malte Probst	Theoretical Physics, NMES
Dr Ecaterina Burevschi	Chemistry, NMES
Dr Duncan Wane	Middle Eastern Studies, SSPP
Dr Eduardo Ortiz Juarez	Development Economics, SSPP

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 20/21

Winner table
Dr Bryony White	English Language & Literature, A&H
Dr Luis Medina	Latin American Studies, A&H
Dr Vinod Patel	Clinical Dentistry, FoDOC
Dr Tiago Rua	Health Economics, IoPPN
Dr Jessica De Faria Dafflon	Neuroimaging, IoPPN
Dr Clemency Jolly	Cancer Genetics, FoLSM
Dr Jaffar Khan	Cardiovascular Sciences, FoLSM
Dr Thomas Helfer	Physics, NMS
Dr Matilde Rosina	International Political Economy, SSPP
Dr Jonah Miller	History, A&H
Dr James Rakoczi	English Literature and Medical Humanities, A&H
Dr Emma Kinnaird	Psychological Medicine, IoPPN
Dr Elisa Bruno	Clinical Neuroscience, IoPPN
Dr Cristina Fernandez Turienzo	Women and Children’s Health, FoLSM
Dr Michelle White	Surgery (Global Health and Implementation Science), FoLSM
Dr Pablo Lopez-Custodio	Kinematics, NMS
Dr Kristina Kubiliute	Mathematics, NMS
Dr Adam Day	War Studies, SSPP
Dr Rajan Basra	War Studies, SSPP
Dr Cheng Lin	Law, DPSoL

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 19/20

Winners table
Dr Cathy Davies	Psychosis Studies, IoPPN
Dr Qumrul Chowdhury	School of Education, Communication & Society, SSPP
Dr Yin Xu	Psychology, IoPPN
Dr Aldo Glielmo	Physics, NMS
Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones	History, A&H
Dr Haseeb Rahman	Cardiovascular Research Division, FoLSM
Dr Matthew Lampitt	French, A&H
Dr Anna Khlusova	Culture, Media & Creative Industries, A&H
Dr Marjaana Johanna Viljanto	Analyrical & Environmental Sciences, FoLSM
Dr Daisy Melandri	Immunology, Infection & Inflammatory Disease, FoLSM
Dr Jennifer Murphy	Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry, IoPPN
Dr Tomasz Kosmala	Mathematics, NMS
Dr Kirk Ross	Defence Studies, SSPP
Dr Hannah Paveck	Film Studies, A&H
Dr Andriana Michaelidou	Cancer Imaging, FoLSM

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 18/19

Winners table
Dr Christine Okoth	English Language & Literature, A&H
Dr Ali Ibrahim	Centre for Oral, Clinical & Translational Sciences, FoDOC
Dr Hannah Nathan	Women & Children’s Health, FoLSM
Dr Emily Smith-Woolley	Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry, IoPPN
Dr Esmé Shirlow	Law, DPSoL
Dr Kwok-Wing Tsoi	Mathematics, NMS
Dr Alex Franklin	Philosophy, A&H
Dr Hyunyoung Jo	Management Studies Research, KBS
Dr Maja Sabalic	Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, FoDOC
Dr Jenny Carter	Women & Children’s Health, FoLSM
Dr James Gooch	Analytical, Environmental & Forensic Sciences, FoLSM
Dr Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil	Biostatistics & Health Informatics, IoPPN
Dr Ritu Kundu	Engineering, NMS
Dr Ezequiel Monti	Law, DPSoL
Dr Peter Dutton	War Studies, SSPP

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 17/18

Winners table
Dr Samuel Holmes	School of Education, Communication & Society, SSPP
Dr Rebecca McDonald	Addictions, IoPPN
Dr Giorgia Michelini	Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, IoPPN
Dr Sandro Mignuzzi	Physics, NMS
Dr Thomas Miller	Analytical & Environmental Sciences Research Division, FoLSM
Dr Tamara Turner	Music, A&H
Dr Alister Wedderburn	War Studies, SSPP
Dr Heather Westwood	Psychological Medicine, IoPPN
Dr Joanne Newbury	Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, IoPPN
Dr Donatella Loru	Chemistry, NMS
Dr Claire Wrynne	Health Services and Population Research, IoPPN
Dr Cheuk Yin Li	Film Studies, A&H
Dr Giulia Leonelli	Law, DPSoL
Dr Amy Beedle	Physics, NMS
Dr Claire Yorke	War Studies, A&H

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 16/17

Winner table
Dr Edward Lamberti	Film Studies, A&H
Dr Giuseppina Arbore	Transplantation Immunology and Mucosal Biology Research, FoLSM
Dr Bishal Bhandari	Dental and Health Sciences Research, FoDOC
Dr Chuang Liu	Robotics, NMS
Dr Susan Duckworth	Women's Health Research, FoLSM
Dr Ross Hawkes	Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Research, FoLSM
Dr William Tullett	History, A&H
Dr Barbara Bravi	Mathematics, NMS
Dr Nicholas Shakeshaft	Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry. IoPPN
Dr Savani Bartholdy	Psychological Medicine, IoPPN
Dr Paride Antinucci	Developmental Neuroscience, IoPPN
Dr Anne Iltzsche	Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, FoLSM
Dr Alice Russell	Psychological Medicine, IoPPN
Dr Jessica Davies	Cardiovascular Research, FoLSM
Dr Elizabeth Foxall	Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, FoLSM

The Tadion Rideal Prize

This award was instituted in 1983 by a gift of £10,000 from Dr J. Tadion to commemorate his association with the late Sir Eric Rideal FRS and King’s College London. The prize of £1,000 is awarded annually and is open to doctoral students of King’s College London who have carried out research for a PhD degree in Molecular Science. ‘Molecular Science’ is defined broadly and inclusively as: Research that involves studies at the molecular level.

Students are nominated by their supervisors; faculties assess the nominations and put their top two candidates forward for consideration by a panel of senior academics and the Director of Research Talent.