Thermo-Hilger Award
Recognising early career scientists who are judged to have made a major contribution to analytical atomic spectroscopy.
Details
| Status | Closed |
|---|---|
| Nominee eligibility | RSC members |
| Career stage | Early career |
Awarded by the Atomic Spectroscopy Group
The group aims to extend the knowledge, understanding and application of all aspects of atomic spectroscopy within analytical chemistry; and to encourage and assist all scientists, irrespective of experience, actively engaged in this analytical field.
Winners
- 2018 鈥� Asta Petursdottir
- 2016 鈥� Zuzana Gajdosechova
- 2008 鈥� Ryan Brennan
About this prize
The Thermo-Hilger Award is the Atomic Spectroscopy Group's award for young scientists who are judged to have made a major contribution to analytical atomic spectroscopy which may be in such fields as atomic absorption, atomic fluorescence, atomic emission, ICP-MS and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. The contribution need not be theoretical and may include areas such as applications, instrumental development or modification, improvement in data handling, calibration procedures or sample preparation.
The award is presented biennially to an RSC member in the early stages of their career who uses atomic spectrometry during their work. The winner receives a cash/book prize and free registration (including meals, events and conference dinner) to attend a major national conference on atomic spectroscopy.
This award has evolved from the "Book Prize" first awarded by ASG in 1975. It became the Hilger prize in 1983 and was then awarded biennially from 1994. The Hilger Company were a prominent spectroscopy instrument manufacturer in the 1960s and 1970s, becoming part of Thermo in 1993, and is now Thermo Fisher Scientific. In 2008, the award was re-named the Thermo-Hilger Prize to reflect this and it is now known as the Thermo-Hilger Award.