The Keith Runcorn Prize is awarded annually by the Royal Astronomical Society for the best British doctoral thesis in geophysics (including planetary science). The winner receives a cash prize and presents the results of their thesis at a meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]
The prize is sponsored by Oxford University Press, and since 2007[2] named after Keith Runcorn, a British physicist whose paleomagnetic reconstruction of the relative motions of Europe and America revived the theory of continental drift.
Recipients[3]
| Year | Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Mark Burgess | University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| 1992 | Douglas Stewart | University of Leeds |
| 1993 | Sara Russell | Open University |
| 1994 | Tim Henstock | University of Cambridge |
| 1995 | - | - |
| 1996 | Tim Horbury | Imperial College London |
| 1997 | Cathryn Mitchell | University of Wales at Aberystwyth |
| 1998 | Mark Muller | University of Cambridge |
| 1999 | Marcus Brüggen | |
| 2000 | Dave Skeet | University of Oxford |
| 2001 | - | - |
| 2002 | Emma Bunce | University of Leicester |
| 2003 | Clare Watt | British Antarctic Survey |
| 2004 | Paul Williams | University of Oxford |
| 2005 | Phillip Livermore | University of Leeds |
| 2006 | Sophie Bassett | University of Durham |
| 2007 | Leigh Fletcher | University of Oxford |
| 2008 | David Jess | Queen's University Belfast |
| 2009 | David Halliday | University of Edinburgh |
| 2010 | James Verdon | University of Bristol |
| 2011 | David Kipping | University College London |
| 2012 | Sudipta Sarkar | University of Southampton |
| 2013 | Richard Walters | University of Leeds |
| 2014 | Hannah Christensen (née Arnold) | University of Oxford |
| 2015 | Matteo Ravasi | University of Edinburgh |
| 2016 | Rishy Mistry | Imperial College |
See also
References
- ↑ "Awards, Medals and Prizes - Keith Runcorn Prize". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ↑ "The Royal Astronomical Society".
- ↑ "Thesis Prize Winners" (PDF). Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
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