Iain Hannah of the University of Glasgow received the 2013 Fowler Prize (G) awarded annually by the Royal Astronomical Society to individuals who have made a particularly noteworthy contribution to the astronomical and geophysical sciences at an early stage of their research career. The citation reads as follows:

Dr Hannah is an outstanding young scientist, who has already made an international impact on our understanding of solar hard X-ray emission on a variety of scales. In particular he has led pioneering studies on the energetics of solar microflares through the interpretation of observations from the RHESSI satellite. His work displays exceptional breadth, given that he also carried out observational studies of plasma heating and the acceleration of electrons in solar flares, as well as computational modelling of these systems. As part of his research, he developed sophisticated techniques for analysis of small-scale hard-X-ray emission, including automated analysis of 25,000 microflare events, and a new ultra-sensitive mode of RHESSI 'quiet-Sun' observing.

Congratulations Iain,

Brian

Brian R. Dennis Solar Physics Laboratory, Code 671 Heliophysics Science Division NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 301-286-7983 brian.r.dennis@nasa.govmailto:brian.r.dennis@nasa.gov