Awards

The William H. F. Talbot Award is a prestigious biennial prize presented at the International Conference on X-ray and Neutron Phase Imaging with Gratings (XNPIG). It honors young scientists for exceptional contributions to X-ray and neutron phase imaging and grating interferometry

2026 Notable Recipient: Dr. Samantha J. Alloo
In recognition of outstanding scientific contributions in her PhD work on Advancing multimodal intrinsic speckle-tracking and rapid phase-retrieval methods, combining outstanding theoretical, computational and experimental achievements with clear potential for broad impact in biomedical X-ray imaging.

Photo: Johannes Brantl

This XNPIG 2026 edition Best Poster Award was given to co-First authors Dr. Ismail Zghari and Mouad Saliji for their poster presentation on „Extending the Fokker-Planck formalism to
Fourier Domain Phase and Dark-Field Retrieval”

Awarded to Prof. Atsushi Momose in recognition for his pioneering and sustained lifelong contributions to X-ray phase-contrast imaging – including crystal, propagation-based and grating-based methods.  In particular, the award recognizes his profound methodological advances, landmark proof-of-principle biomedical and industrial applications, more than 25 years of outstanding scientific productivity, his founding role in the XNPIG conference series, and his enduring commitment to friendly international collaboration.