Information about PhD prizes and student recipients.
PhD Thesis Prize
The School awards annual prizes to postgraduate research students who have produced the best PhD theses in each of the research areas. The prizes come with a cash award of £1,000 (split if multiple recipients).
Theses defended in 2025
| Higgs Prize (for Theoretical Physics) |
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| Institute for Astronomy |
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| Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems |
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| Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics |
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Theses defended in 2024
| Higgs Prize (for Theoretical Physics) |
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| Institute for Astronomy |
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| Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems |
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| Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics |
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Theses defended in 2023
| Higgs Prize (for Theoretical Physics) |
- Ivan Lobaskin (Condensed Matter and Complex Systems)
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| Institute for Astronomy |
- Ryan Begley
- Massi Hamadouche
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| Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics |
- Jordan Marsh (Nuclear Physics)
- Matteo Sergola (Particle Physics Theory)
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Winton Award
The Winton Award is for postgraduate research students who have produced the best PhD theses in the fields of Astronomy or Particle and Nuclear Physics. This comes with a cash award of £1,000 for each of the two research areas.
We are pleased to announce that the following PhD students have received a Winton Award:
2022 Winton Award recipients
| Astronomy |
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| Particle and Nuclear Physics |
- Emmet Byrne
- Sara Mitchell
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2021 Winton Award recipients
| Astronomy |
- Ellen Qianjun Hang
- Ben Moews
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| Particle and Nuclear Physics |
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2020 Winton Award recipients
| Astronomy |
- Award postponed to following year
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| Particle and Nuclear Physics |
- Emmy Gabriel
- Oscar Hall
- Calum Milloy
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2019 Winton Award recipients
| Astronomy |
- Adam Carnall
- Clemence Fontanive
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| Particle and Nuclear Physics |
- Joel Mabillard
- Isobel Nicholson
- Andreas Sogaard
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2018 Winton Award recipients
| Astronomy |
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| Particle and Nuclear Physics |
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