Submitted by Pooja Pandey on Sun, 29/10/2023 - 11:25
The Cavendish Laboratory’s Annual Prizewinner's Dinner took place on October 27, 2023. Winners, along with some of the Cavendish academics, celebrated their achievements and enjoyed a formal dinner at Peterhouse.
The event was enthusiastically hosted by the Master of Peterhouse and former Head of Department, Emeritus Professor Andy Parker. The evening concluded with Professor Mete Atatüre, current Head of the Cavendish Laboratory, presenting the prize certificates to all the winners.
It was a night of celebration and recognition of promising future scientists. Below are more details of the current students and recent graduates who won the awards -
| Jiakai Chen, Trinity College | Cavendish Part IA Prize for 1st year Physics |
| Francis Sayer, Clare College | Cavendish Part IA Practical Prize for 1st year Physics |
| Ziyou Lu, Trinity College | Cavendish Part IB A Prize for best overall performance in Part IB A |
| Alzbeta Pechacova, Trinity College and Jacob Werner, Girton College | Cavendish Physics IB B Prize for best overall performance in Part IB B |
| Yuchen Yang, Trinity College | Cavendish Physics Part II - Hartree & Clerk Maxwell prize. Awarded to the candidate who has shown the greatest distinction in Experimental and Theoretical Physics |
| Yuchen Yang, Trinity College | Cavendish Physics Part II – The Mark Warner Prize for talented theoretical physicists, sponsored by the Ogden Trust |
| Xiaoxi Deng, Homerton College | Cavendish Physics Part III(Experimental) – Nevill Mott Prizes for best Part III projects |
| Stefan Ivanov, Caius College and Yangsheng Zhang, Trinity College | Cavendish Physics Part III(Theoretical) – Nevill Mott Prizes for best Part III projects |
| Yangsheng Zhang, Trinity College | Cavendish Physics Part III – Cavendish Laboratory Prize best overall performance in Part III |
| Elena Cates, Emmanuel College | Cavendish Physics Part III – Cavendish Laboratory Computational Project Prize Awarded to the student who makes the most effective use of software in their final year physics projects |
| Andrea Dagnino, Girton College | Cavendish MASt - Cavendish Laboratory MASt Prize for best overall performance in the MASt |
Image: Annual Prizewinner Dinner 2023, from left to right, Xiaoxi Deng, Ziyou Lu, Elena Cates, Francis Sayer, Stefan Ivanov, Prof. Mete Atatüre, Yuchen Yang, Jacob Werner, Yangsheng Zhang, Jiakai Chen and Alzbeta Pechacova.