List of UKSP Council Prizes at the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM)

The UK Solar Physics (UKSP) Council recognises outstanding presentations by early-career researchers at the annual National Astronomy Meeting (NAM).

Best PhD Talk Prize: Arooj Faryad — “Automatic Detection of Ellerman Bombs in the Hα Line”
Runner-up PhD Talk Prize: Qihui Ming — “Distinct Strong and Weak Shear Regimes of Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection”
Best PhD Poster Prize: Mashael Aldhafeeri — “Validation of Vortex Identification in the Solar Photosphere: True Velocities vs LCT-Reconstructed Flows”
Runner-up PhD Poster Prize: Conan Liptrott — “A Topological Approach to Energy Flux in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence”
Postdoc Poster Prize: Harshita Gandhi — “Linking Magnetic Field Diagnostics with 3D Coronal Mass Ejection Speeds in Solar Active Regions”
Runner-up Postdoc Poster Prize: Sargam Mulay — “Magnetic Origin and Thermal Properties of Solar Jets”

Best Oral Presentation: Conan Liptrott (University of Warwick) — “Multispacecraft Observations of Reconnection Topologies and Their Role in the Turbulent Energy Cascade”
Best Poster Presentation: Qihui Ming (University of St Andrews) — “Numerical Modelling of Turbulent Antiparallel Magnetic Reconnection”

UKSP Early Career Researcher (ECR) Poster Prize: Samantha Cook (University of Glasgow) — “Observational Analysis of Line Formation Heights in the Flaring Chromosphere”

UKSP ECR Talk Prize: Adam Finley (CEA Paris-Saclay) — “Revisiting the Long-term Evolution of the Sun’s Magnetic Field: Solar Wind Sources and Coronal Rotation”
Talk Prize Runners-up: Daniel Johnson (University of St Andrews), Samuel Skirvin (KU Leuven), James Stewart (University of Manchester), and Morgan Stores (Northumbria University)
UKSP ECR Poster Prize: Seray Sahin (Northumbria University) — “Comparison of Quiescent and Flare-driven Coronal Rain”
Poster Prize Runners-up: Natalia Bajnokova (University of Glasgow) and Daining Xiao (Durham University)
UKSP Special Prize: Oliver Rice (Durham University) — “Eruptivity Criteria of Magnetic Flux Ropes in the Solar Corona”

Bradley Ramsey (Aberystwyth University) — “Automated Methods for Detecting, Tracking and Characterising Bright Points in Multi-instrument Solar Imagery”
Oliver Rice (Durham University) — “Eruptivity Criteria for Two-dimensional Magnetic Flux Ropes in the Solar Corona”