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 21/22:

Musicology, A&H: Dr Giles Masters

Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, A&H: Dr Harriet Cook

English Literature, A&H: Dr Rafael Lubner

Dental Materials for Operative and Restorative Dentistry, FoDOC: Dr Rana Alkattan

Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, FoDOC: Dr Ana Caetano

Psychology, IoPPN: Dr Sophie Carruthers

Behavioural Genetics, IoPPN: Dr Olakunle Oginni

Management Research (Marketing), KBS: Dr Matteo Montecchi

Management, KBS: Dr Alison McFarland

Law, DPSoL: Dr Laura Knopfel

Global Health Research, FoLSM: Dr John Whitaker

Molecular Biology, FoLSM: Dr Julia Burrill

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, FoLSM: Dr Natasha Hezelgrave-Elliot

Nursing Research, NMPC: Dr Edward Baker

Health Services Research, NMPC: Dr Sarah McAllister

Theoretical Physics, NMES: Dr Malte Probst

Chemistry, NMES: Dr Ecaterina Burevschi

Middle Eastern Studies, SSPP: Dr Duncan Wane

Development Economics, SSPP: Dr Eduardo Ortiz Juarez

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 20/21:

English Language & Literature, A&H:  Dr Bryony White

Latin American Studies, A&H: Dr Luis Medina

Clinical Dentistry, FoDOC: Dr Vinod Patel

Health Economics, IoPPN: Dr Tiago Rua

Neuroimaging, IoPPN: Dr Jessica De Faria Dafflon

Cancer Genetics, FoLSM: Dr Clemency Jolly

Cardiovascular Sciences, FoLSM: Dr Jaffar Khan

Physics, NMS: Dr Thomas Helfer

International Political Economy, SSPP: Dr Matilde Rosina

History, A&H: Dr Jonah Miller

English Literature and Medical Humanities, A&H: Dr James Rakoczi

Psychological Medicine, IoPPN: Dr Emma Kinnaird

Clinical Neuroscience, IoPPN: Dr Elisa Bruno

Women and Children’s Health, FoLSM: Dr Cristina Fernandez Turienzo

Surgery (Global Health and Implementation Science), FoLSM: Dr Michelle White

Kinematics, NMS: Dr Pablo Lopez-Custodio

Mathematics, NMS: Dr Kristina Kubiliute

War Studies, SSPP: Dr Adam Day

War Studies, SSPP: Dr Rajan Basra

Law, DPSoL: Dr Cheng Lin

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 19/20:

Psychosis Studies, IoPPN: Dr Cathy Davies

School of Education, Communication & Society, SSPP: Dr Qumrul Chowdhury

Psychology, IoPPN: Dr Yin Xu

Physics, NMS: Dr Aldo Glielmo

History, A&H: Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones

Cardiovascular Research Division, FoLSM: Dr Haseeb Rahman

French, A&H: Dr Matthew Lampitt

Culture, Media & Creative Industries, A&H: Dr Anna Khlusova

Analytical & Environmental Sciences, FoLSM: Dr Marjaana Johanna Viljanto

 Immunology, Infection & Inflammatory Disease, FoLSM: Dr Daisy Melandri

Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry, IoPPN: Dr Jennifer Murphy

Mathematics, NMS: Dr Tomasz Kosmala

Defence Studies, SSPP: Dr Kirk Ross

Film Studies, A&H: Dr Hannah Paveck

Cancer Imaging, FoLSM: Dr Andriana Michaelidou

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 18/19:

English Language & Literature, A&H: Dr Christine Okoth

Centre for Oral, Clinical & Translational Sciences, FoDOC: Dr Ali Ibrahim

Women & Children’s Health, FoLSM: Dr Hannah Nathan

Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry, IoPPN: Dr Emily Smith-Woolley

Law, DPSoL: Dr Esmé Shirlow

Mathematics, NMS: Dr Kwok-Wing Tsoi

Philosophy, A&H: Dr Alex Franklin

Management Studies Research, KBS: Dr Hyunyoung Jo

Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, FoDOC: Dr Maja Sabalic

Women & Children’s Health, FoLSM: Dr Jenny Carter

Analytical, Environmental & Forensic Sciences, FoLSM: Dr James Gooch

Biostatistics & Health Informatics, IoPPN: Dr Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil

Engineering, NMS: Dr Ritu Kundu

Law, DPSoL: Dr Ezequiel Monti

War Studies, SSPP: Dr Peter Dutton

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 17/18:

School of Education, Communication & Society, SSPP: Dr Samuel Holmes

Addictions, IoPPN: Dr Rebecca McDonald

Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, IoPPN: Dr Giorgia Michelini

Physics, NMS: Dr Sandro Mignuzzi

Analytical & Environmental Sciences Research Division, FoLSM: Dr Thomas Miller

Music, A&H: Dr Tamara Turner

War Studies, SSPP: Dr Alister Wedderburn

Psychological Medicine, IoPPN: Dr Heather Westwood

Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, IoPPN: Dr Joanne Newbury

Chemistry, NMS: Dr Donatella Loru

Health Services and Population Research, IoPPN: Dr Claire Wrynne

Film Studies, A&H: Dr Cheuk Yin Li

Law, DPSoL: Dr Giulia Leonelli

Physics, NMS: Dr Amy Beedle

War Studies, A&H: Dr Claire Yorke

King's Outstanding Thesis Prize Winners 16/17:

Film Studies, A&H: Dr Edward Lamberti

Transplantation Immunology and Mucosal Biology Research, FoLSM: Dr Giuseppina Arbore

Dental and Health Sciences Research, FoDOC: Dr Bishal Bhandari

Robotics, NMS: Dr Chuang Liu

Women's Health Research, FoLSM: Dr Susan Duckworth

Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Research, FoLSM: Dr Ross Hawkes

History, A&H: Dr William Tullett

Mathematics, NMS: Dr Barbara Bravi

Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry. IoPPN: Dr Nicholas Shakeshaft

Psychological Medicine, IoPPN: Dr Savani Bartholdy

Developmental Neuroscience, IoPPN: Dr Paride Antinucci

Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, FoLSM: Dr Anne Iltzsche

Psychological Medicine, IoPPN: Dr Alice Russell

Cardiovascular Research, FoLSM: Dr Jessica Davies

Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, FoLSM: Dr Elizabeth Foxall

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