IOP-Culham Thesis Prize

Dr Louise Willingale wins prize for for significant experimental and numerical work on the acceleration of ions to high energies by laser-plasma interaction

Dr Louise Willingale has recently been awarded the IOP-Culham Thesis Prize for significant experimental and numerical work on the acceleration of ions to high energies by laser-plasma interaction, research undertaken whilst a PhD student in the Department. This continues the remarkable success of the group over recent years (In six out of seven years that this prize has been awarded it has gone to a Plasma Physics Group student).