BACG 2026 Award Winners
The 2026 BACG Awards were presented throughout the BACG2026 Conference in Manchester. We would like to extend our congratulations to all of the award winners.
2026 Crystal in Art Award
Recipient: Jianing Li, Imperial College London
For their artwork “The Crystalline Embrace,” which showcases a giant alanine crystal encapsulating its captor, as nature reclaims the instrument of its own creation.
2026 Annual Lecture Award
Recipient: Jan Sefcik, University of Strathclyde
For the lecture “Understanding, Modelling and Scale Up of Nucleation” on June 30th at BACG2026.
2026 Young Scientist Award
Recipient: Benjamin Mignot, University of Leeds
For their presentation “Modelling and Experimental Validation of The Evaporation and Crystallisation of a Saline Droplet”.
BACG2026 Early Career Day Talk Awards
Recipients:
- Gaetano G.M. Bonetti (Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ)): Growth of UV-transparent BaMgF₄ single crystals
- Kate McPherson (CMAC, University of Strathclyde): Population Balance Modelling for Parameter Estimation of Crystallisation Kinetics Across Scales
BACG2026 Poster Awards
Recipients:
- Agustinus Rio Sunardi (University of Manchester): From Elongated to Equant Crystals: An Integrated Milling– Antisolvent Crystallisation Approach r
- Rohan Shetty (University of Leeds): Integrated Self Optimisation of Paracetamol Synthesis and Crystalisation using Machine Learning
- Arthur Jessop (University of Mancheste): Scientific Machine Learning of Multidimensional Crystallization Process Models from Experimental Datar
BACG2026 Early Career Day Committee Awards
Recipients:
- Agustinus Rio Sunardi, University of Manchester
- Isha Bade, Imperial College London
- Luca Sironi, Durham University
