FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence
In 2010 the then Faculty Principal, Prof. Maggie Dallman, asked the FoNS Teaching Committee to instigate a series of awards to recognise Teaching Excellence within the Faculty. It was decided that the awards should recognise individuals who have made a major contribution to learning and teaching within the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
The FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence have since expanded to recognise the contributions of support staff and others and are now awarded in four categories:
Prize Categories
Prizes for Excellence in Teaching
For excellence in undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and learning, including, but not limited to, lecturing; laboratory demonstrating; introducing new teaching programmes, methods and projects; supervision.
Prizes for Excellence in the Support of Teaching & Learning
For excellence in the support of teaching and learning activities including, but not limited to, administrative and technical support for education.
Prize Categories 2
Personal Tutoring & Pastoral Support
For excellence in the pastoral support of students, including: personal tutoring; mentoring; the introduction of new activities that significantly enhance the life of the undergraduate student body; outstanding service to pastoral care.
Health & Safety
Given in recognition of excellence in promoting and implementing safe practices across the Faculty. In some circumstances, the Award may be made to a group where it is felt that it is not possible to attribute individual contributions.
Prize Winners 2019
The winners of the Prizes for Excellence 2019 were honoured at a reception on 12 June 2019. You can view full details of the winners in the 2019 Prizes for Excellence Booklet.
Prize Winners 2018
The Prizes for Excellence 2017 were presented at a reception on 06 June 2018- the winners are pictured below. You can view full details of the winners in the 2018 Prizes for Excellence Booklet.
Previous Years' Winners
2011
The following individuals were honoured at an award reception held in the Department of Physics Senior Common Room on the 9th June 2011 starting at 5 pm. Awards were made by the Rector, Sir Keith O'Nions, the Faculty Principal, Prof. Maggie Dallman, and the Chair of the FoNS Teaching Committee, Prof. Alan Spivey:
Academics
Life Sciences
- Stuart Haslam (joint with Rector Award)
- Richard Murphy (joint with Rector Award)
- Colin Turnbull (joint with Rector Award)
- Dave Hartley ((joint with Rector Award)
Maths
- Dan Moore ((joint with Rector Award)
- Andrew Walden ((joint with Rector Award)
- Jeff Cash
- Dan Crisan
Physics
- Christopher Carr
- Tim Horbury
- Steven Schwartz
Chemistry
- Alan Armstrong (joint with Rector Award)
- Donald Craig (joint with Rector Award)
- Robert Davies (joint with Rector Award)
- Patricia Hunt (joint with Rector Award)
- Paul Wilde (joint with Rector Award)
GTAs, PDRAs, Technical Staff, Teaching Support Staff, Teaching Technologists
Department of Life Sciences
- Scott Fraser
- Michael Ray
- Alison Nolan
- Luke Tweedy
- Gale Lewis
- Linda Giorgi
- Lloyd Liew
- Serophena Morgan
- Moira Sarsfield
Chemistry
- Sunitha Sadanandan
- John Conway
- Silvia Diez-Gonzalez
- Rebecca Nonoo
Physics
- Nia Bell
- Matthew Foreman
- Daniel Farrell
- Karen Yates
- Joseph Cotter
- James Yearsley
- Andrew Knight
Maths
- Christina Senkiw
- Marieka Fisher
- Chris Sisson
- Michela Ottobre
- Dean Bodenham
- Sophie Decelle
- Alastair Litterick
2012
The following individuals were honoured at an award reception held in the Department of Physics Senior Common Room on the 26th June 2012 starting at 5pm. Awards were made by the Deputy Rector, Prof. Stephen Richardson, the Faculty Principal, Prof. Maggie Dallman, and the Chair of the FoNS Teaching Committee, Prof. Alan Spivey:
Academics
Life Sciences
- Steve Cook
- Kleoniki Gounaris
- Dave Hartley
Maths
- Kevin Buzzard
- Anthony Bellotti
- Nick Addington
- Anatoly Ruban
Physics
- Kim Christensen
- Michael Coppins
- Toby Wiseman
Chemistry
- Tom Welton
- James Wilton-Ely
- Chris Braddock
GTAs, PDRAs, Technical Staff, Teaching Support Staff, Teaching Technologists
Department of Life Sciences
- James Andrewes
- Loui Hesse
- Sue Wryter
- Ginny Ellis
- Clare Harding
- Dave Featherbe
Chemistry
- Rajdeep Sandhu
- Chris Howard
- Deejay Kistnah
- Jack Paget
Physics
- Jonathan Eastwood
- Phillip de Grouchy
- Zoe Hatherall
- Simon Hutchinson
- Stephane Kena-Cohen
- Stephanie Smallwood
Maths
- Rusudan Svanidze
- Kalra Taylor
- Mary Harvey
- Sopie Decelle
- Alastair Litterick
2013
The following individuals were honoured at an award reception held in the Department of Physics Senior Common Room on the 18th June 2013 starting at 5pm. Awards were made by the President and Rector, Prof. Sir Keith O’Nions, the Pro-Rector (Education), Debra Humphris, the Faculty Dean, Prof. Maggie Dallman, and the Chair of the FoNS Teaching Committee, Prof. Alan Spivey:
Academics
Life Sciences
- David Mann
- Bernadette Byrne
- Anita Hall
- Huw Williams
Maths
- Axel Gandy
- Almut Veraart
- Alessio Corti
- Andy Parry
Physics
- Martin McCall
- Mike Tarbutt
- Vijay Tymms
- Tim Horbury
Chemistry
- Matthew Fuchter
- Nick Brooks
- Andrew McKinley
- Laura Patel
- George Britovsek
GTAs, PDRAs, Technical Staff, Teaching Support Staff, Teaching Technologists
Life Sciences
- Virginia Fairclough
- Luke Tweedy
- Jerzy Snelling
- Sadia Kanvil
- Adam Lee
- Elizabeth Killeen
Maths
- Anna Lisowska
- Magdalena Myc
- Alex Rush
- Alex Lucas
- Alex Engert
- Andrea Fanelli
- Kuru Jain
- Stephanie Reynolds
- Ricardo Monti
- Adam Thomas
Physics
- Pichaya Pattanasattayavong
- Michael Buck
- Hannes Guhl
- Adam Dobbs
- Ben Chapman
- Mery Fajardo
Chemistry
- James Clarke
- Joseph Marshall
- Maria Gragert
- Andreas Phanopoulos
2014
The following individuals were honoured at an award reception held on the 19th June 2014. Awards were made by the Provost, Prof. James Stirling, the Faculty Dean, Prof. Maggie Dallman, and the Chair of the FoNS Teaching Committee, Prof. Alan Spivey:
Life Sciences
- Michael Tristem
- Murray Selkirk
- Stephen Brickley
- Shorok Mombrikotb
- Ed Harding
- Stephen Matthews
- John Pinney
- Rebecca Price
- Christoph Engl
- Colin Campbell
- Tony Nolan
- Shannon Ewart
- Giovanna De Palo
- Brian Carnell
Maths
- Sebastian van Strien
- Andrew Walton
- Edward Cohen
- John Britnell
- Grigory Volovskiy
- Julian Waton
- Matt Scales
- David Rottensteiner
- Andrew McRae
- Alexander Bolton
- Manon Abiteboul
- Adrien Grumberg
Physics
- Steve Cowley
- Matthew Foulkes
- Jeremy Turcaud
- Francisco Suzuki Vidal
- Alexander Richards
- Peter T Fox
- Mr John Wood
- Giulia Ferlito
- Dr Richard Hendricks
- Terry Rudolph
- Subu Mohanty
- Edward Hill
Chemistry
- Henry Rzepa
- Andrew Ashley
- Mike Bearpark
- Paul Wilde
- Toby Mullins
- James Sudlow
- Clyde Fare
- Ernest Pastor Hernandez
- Simon Turner
- James Bull
2015
The following individuals were honoured at an award reception held on the 10th June 2015. Awards were made by the Provost, Prof. James Stirling; the Faculty Dean, Prof. Tom Welton; and College Consul, Prof. John Seddon.
Prizes for Excellence in Teaching:
These are available to any member of staff in the Faculty for excellence in teaching and learning, including: lecturing, laboratory demonstrating, academic tutoring, personal tutoring and introducing new teaching programs, methods and projects.
CHEMISTRY
- Alan Armstrong
- Laura Barter
LIFE SCIENCES
- Anita Hall
- Karen Polizzi
MATHEMATICS
- Din-Houn Lau
- Richard Thomas
PHYSICS
- Jonathan Pritchard
- Marina Galand
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
- Audrey de Nazelle
Prizes for Excellence in the Support of Teaching and Learning
These are available to any member of staff within the Faculty for excellence in the support of teaching/learning activities including: laboratory class demonstrating, running workshops, academic tutoring, academic teaching administration and student support, and technical support of lectures and laboratories.
CHEMISTRY
- Andrew McKinley
- Doris Pappoe
- John de Mello
- Simon Mann
LIFE SCIENCES
- Gabriele Micali
- James Andrewes
- Lucy York
- Nikola Ojkic
- Patricia Paracuellos Torrecilla
- Serophena Morgan
- Susan Wryter
MATHEMATICS
- Arick Shao
- Arman Khaledian
- Maximilian Eggl
- Robert Rouse
- Urbain Vaes
- Wei Ni
PHYSICS
- Benjamin Sherlock
- Benoit Vanniere
- Jessica Wade
- João Arnauth Pela
- Matteo Lostaglio
- Megumi Ito
- Nicholas Dover
Prizes for Excellence in Health and Safety
Four awards are available, one each in the following categories: Academic Staff, Support Staff, Post Doc and Student. The support staff award is named in memory of Jan de Abela-Borg, who sadly passed away in 2014; the name of the support staff award is: ‘The Jan de Abela-Borg Support Staff Prize for Excellence in Health and Safety’. The awards are given in recognition of excellence in promoting and implementing safe practices in the Faculty. In some circumstances, the Award may be made to a group where it is felt that it is not possible to attribute individual contributions.
THE JAN DE ABELA-BORG SUPPORT STAFF PRIZE
Malcolm Hudson
STUDENT PRIZE
Alexander Byrne and Rebecca Johnson
POST-DOC PRIZE
Adam Gilbertson
ACADEMIC STAFF PRIZE
Andrew Ashley
2016
The winners of the Prizes for Excellence 2016 were honoured at a reception on 8 June 2016.
2017
The winners of the Prizes for Excellence 2017 were honoured at a reception on 7 June 2017.