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.
Tadion Rideal Prize Winner 2019/20
Dr Gerard Pieper, Randall Centre of Cell & Molecular Biophysics.
Tadion Rideal Prize Winner 2018/19
Dr Ruby Peters, Department of Physics
Tadion Rideal Prize Winner 2017/18
Dr Amy Beedle, Department of Physics
If you have any questions about these awards, please contact doctoralstudies@kcl.ac.uk.