FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence
FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence 2022 winners on 01 June 2022 at 170 Queen's Gate.
FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence 2019 winners on 12 June 2019.
FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence 2018 winners on 06 June 2018.
FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence 2014 winners on 19 June 2014.
FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence 2013 winners on 18 June 2013.
FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence 2011 winners on 09 June 2011.
The FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence are organised through the FoNS Education Committee and are designed to recognise individuals who have made a major contribution to teaching and learning and health and safety within the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
The Awards are given to staff and students across the Faculty who make a significant contribution to their department. Departments may nominate staff outside of the Department if they wish to, for example staff working at Faculty or College-level, or from another Department or Faculty. Each award is worth £300. All prize winners are notified of success via email shortly after the nomination deadline and will be paid via payroll or their College account.
Full details of the Prizes for 2023 can be found here: FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence 2023
Nominations can be made via the online nomination system.
The six categories for FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence are:
Prize Categories
Excellence in Innovation Teaching
These awards are available to any member of staff for excellence in any aspect of teaching and learning. Nominations will demonstrate that an individual has made a significant impact locally, nationally or globally; will be aligned to, or push beyond, Imperial’s Learning and Teaching Strategy; and will serve as a best-practice exemplars for other educators within the College or across the sector.
Excellence in the Support of Teaching & Learning
These awards are available to staff for excellence in developing or implementing activities that support wider teaching and learning. These activities will demonstrate a significant positive impact on how students learn or how staff are able to educate.
Outreach, Public & Community Engagement
These awards recognise those members of the FoNS community who have delivered inspiring outreach and/or engagement activities with schools, community groups, and/ or the general public.
Prize Categories
Supporting the Student Experience
These awards are available to any member of staff for excellence in the support of students and the student experience, including, but not restricted to, personal tutoring; mentoring; wellbeing and pastoral support. We will be looking to recognise those staff who have made a significant impact through the provision of outstanding support and guidance, or the development of activities and initiatives that significantly enhance the experience of undergraduate and/ or postgraduate students.
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.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
These awards recognise an individual or team who have delivered a project or initiative that significantly contributes to the enhancement of equality, diversity and inclusion across the student body.
FoNS Annual Prizes for Excellence Previous Winners
Prize Winners 2022
The winners of the Prizes for Excellence 2022 were honoured at a reception on 01 June 2022.
Prizes for Excellence in Health and Safety
These prizes are given in recognition of excellence in promoting and implementing safe practices in the Faculty.
The Academic Staff Prize - Bernadette Byrne from the Department of Life Sciences.
The Post-Doc Prize - Hugh Sparks from the Department of Physics.
The Student Prize - Stanislav Piletsky from the Department of Chemistry.
The Jan de Abela-Borg - Erika Rosivatz from the Department of Chemistry and Richard Jones from the Department of Mathematics.
Prizes for Excellence in Teaching
These are available to any member of staff in the Faculty 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.
Centre for Environmental Policy
Alexandra Collins
Department of Chemistry
Fernando Bresme
Saif Haque
Department of Life Sciences
Jose Jimenez Zarco
Audrey Geffen
Department of Mathematics
Samuel Brzezicki
Marina Evangelou
Department of Physics
Francisco Suzuki-Vidal
Prizes for Excellence in the Support of Teaching and Learning
These awards available to any member of staff in the Faculty for excellence in the support of teaching and learning activities including, but not limited to, administrative and technical support for education.
Department of Chemistry
Raj Sandhu
Department of Life Sciences
Stephen Connolly
Colin Campbell
Department of Mathematics
Kamilla Rekvenyi
Department of Physics
Yvonne Unruh
Outside of the Departments
Joanne Harlow
Matt Horsfield
Prizes for Excellence in Supporting the Student Experience
These awards are available to any member of staff for excellence in the support of students, including, but not restricted to, personal tutoring; academic tutoring; mentoring; wellbeing support; the development of activities and initiatives that significantly enhance the experience of the UG and/ or PG student body.
Centre for Environmental Policy
William Sheate
Department of Chemistry
Amelia Barron
Simon Turner
Department of Life Sciences
Derek Huntley
Spencer Cockerell
Danai Athina Irakleidi
Ben Strain
Department of Mathematics
Valerie Nicol
Sai Yoghananthan
Department of Physics
Victor Urubusi
Prizes for Excellence in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
These prizes, a new category for this year, recognise an individual or team who have delivered a project or initiative that significantly contributes to the enhancement of equality, diversity and inclusion within the Faculty.
Department of Chemistry
Anna Barnard
Kim Jelfs
Department of Mathematics
Charlotte Kestner
Department of Physics
Isabel Rabey
Prizes for Excellence in Outreach, Public and Community Engagement
These awards are available to groups, members of staff, and postgraduate & undergraduate students in the Faculty who have shown excellence in Outreach, Public and Community Engagement.
Department of Chemistry
Faysal Farah – Postgraduate award
Hilary Meng – Undergraduate award
Department of Life Sciences
Catherine Mansfield – Staff award
Hollie Folkard-Tapp – Postgraduate award
Sydney Lo – Undergraduate award
Department of Physics
Elemental Dances – Group award
Meriame Berboucha – Postgraduate award
Prize Winners 2019
The winners of the Prizes for Excellence 2019 were honoured at a reception on 12 June 2019.
Prizes for Excellence in Health and Safety
These prizes are given in recognition of excellence in promoting and implementing safe practices in the Faculty.
The Academic Staff Prize - Mark Crimmin from the Department of Chemistry.
The Post-Doc Prize - Lewis Alexander Thomas Allen from the Department of Chemistry.
The Student Prize - Luke Delmas from the Department of Chemistry.
The Jan de Abela-Borg Prize – Dianna Nguyen from the Department of Chemistry.
Prizes for Excellence in Teaching
These are available to any member of staff in the Faculty 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.
Centre for Environmental Policy
Mike Tennant
Department of Chemistry
Patricia Hunt
Laura Patel
Department of Life Sciences
Martin Bidartondo
Kurt Drickamer
Mark Isalan
Department of Mathematics
Christopher Ford
Antione Jacquier
Prasun Ray
Department of Physics
Chris Carr
Paul Dauncey
Jonathan Pritchard
Prizes for Excellence in the Support of Teaching and Learning
These awards available to any member of staff in the Faculty for excellence in the support of teaching and learning activities including, but not limited to, administrative and technical support for education.
Department of Chemistry
Nicolas Chabloz
Euan Doidge
Department of Life Sciences
Virginia Fairclough
Mark Hintze
Danny Kenna
Kenji Okuse
Department of Mathematics
Tom Baker
Milda Batutiene
Melissa Lee
Willie Lim
Department of Physics
Sanjay Bloor
Emma Davies
Ewen Davies
Hyukjoon Kwon
Marie Rider
Prizes for Excellence in Personal Tutoring and Pastoral Support
The following receive recognition for excellence in the pastoral support of students.
Department of Chemistry
Emma Dell
Alan Spivey
Department of Life Sciences
Murray Selkirk
Pietro Spanu
Guy Woodward
Department of Mathematics
Ed Cohen
Martin Rasmussen
Department of Physics
Mery Fajardo
Marina Galand
Prize Winners 2018
The Prizes for Excellence 2018 were presented at a reception on 06 June 2018.
Prizes for Excellence in Health and Safety
These prizes are given in recognition of excellence in promoting and implementing safe practices in the Faculty.
The Academic Staff Prize - Ramon Vilar from the Department of Chemistry.
The Post-Doc Prize - Poh-Choo Pang from the Department of Life Sciences.
The Student Prize - Adam Piascik from the Department of Chemistry.
The Jan de Abela-Borg Prize – Lucy Stagg, Charmian Alvares and Ozan Cakir from Faculty of Natural Sciences.
Prizes for Excellence in Teaching
These are available to any member of staff in the Faculty 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.
Department of Chemistry
Mark Crimmin
Rob Davies
Department of Life Sciences
Giorgio Gilestro
Derek Huntley
Patrik Jones
Department of Mathematics
Davoud Cheraghi
Martin Orr
Mikko Pakkanen
Department of Physics
Jon Marangos
Alan Heavens
Jonathan Eastwood
Prizes for Excellence in the Support of Teaching and Learning
These awards available to any member of staff in the Faculty for excellence in the support of teaching and learning activities including, but not limited to, administrative and technical support for education.
Department of Chemistry
Silvia Diez-Gonzalez
Pete Haycock
Michael Ray
James Wilton-Ely
Department of Life Sciences
Jennifer Bennett
Spencer Cockerell
Linda Giorgi
Andawai Miao
Saul Moore
Michael Sternberg
Clare Wilkinson
Department of Mathematics
Francesco Sanna Passino
Alessandro Milazzo
Kathryn Potten
William Giuliano
Lousie Rowland
Anthony Belotti
Department of Physics
Max Falkenberg McGillivray
Jack Hare
Anita Chandran
Maria Teresa Belmonte Diego
Alonso Alvarez
Brais Lopez Paredes
Jake Lishman
Prize Winners 2023
The winners of the Prizes in 2023 were:
Excellence in Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
- Matteo Tabaro and Christine Zhang, Department of Maths
Excellence in Health and Safety
- Maria Grazia Inghilterra, Department of Life Sciences
Excellence in Innovation in Teaching
- Simon Gerrard, Department of Chemistry
- Darren Crowdy, Department of Maths
Excellence in Outreach
- Jenna Lawson, Department of Life Sciences
Excellence in Supporting the Student Experience
- Charlotte Sutherell, Department of Chemistry
Excellence in the Support of Teaching and Learning
- Kevin Buzzard, Department of Maths
- Nick Brooks, Department of Chemistry
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