School of Life Sciences awards

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School of Life Sciences awards

Award Year Awarded to
2024 People's Award
Individual Award
2024 Howard Elder Prize
Ricardo Moreno Ballesteros
2024 Innovator of the Year
Media Kitchen (Lisa, Karen and Aileen)
2024 People's Award
Team Award
2024 Brian Cox Prize for Excellence in Public Engagement with Research
Marianna Longo and Aniketh Bishnu
2024 Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize
2024 Dean’s Professional Services Excellence Award
2023 PiCLS Best Mentor Award
Engaged Researcher of the Year: Fred Simeons
Team of the Year : CeTPD Outreach Team
Project of the Year: MRC-PPU’s ‘Exchanges: Inspiring Parkinson's Conversations’
2023 Brian Cox Prize for Excellence in Public Engagement with Research
Dr Joshua Peter
2023 Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize
2023 Dean’s Professional Services Excellence Award
Dr Alejandro Brenes Murillo
2023 PiCLS Best Postdoctoral/Technician Mentor Award
Derek Bateman and Ruth Hernandez (PhD student)
Team Award went to the Scottish Parasitology Partnership in Research, Innovation and Training (SPPIRIT) Committee ​
2023 People's Award
Dr Tom Snelling
2023 Howard Elder Prize
Research focused award - Peter Ibrahim
Business focused award - Ricardo Moreno Ballesteros ​
2023 Innovator of the Year
2022 PiCLS Best Postdoctoral Mentor Award
Best Innovation was awarded to a team comprising of Simone Altmann, Sandra Carvalho, Melanie Ridgway, Anna Trenaman, Michele Tinti, Susan Wyllie and David Horn
Best Early-Stage Business Idea was won by Toan Phung (with significant contribution from Raja Nurijogi and team Alessi )
2022 Innovator of the Year
Louise Fraser, Heather Duncan, Team Award went to the Assess Team in CTIL
2022 People's Award
Professor Jennifer Woof
2022 Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching
Dr Thomas Williams
2022 Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize
Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
2022 PiCLS Best Mentor Award
Engaged Researcher of the Year: Thomas Williams
Project of the Year: DNA Daffodil Team
2022 Brian Cox Prize for Excellence in Public Engagement with Research
Professor Stephen Land CSciTeach FRSB FTPS
2021 School of Life Sciences Awards
Chancellor's Award for outstanding achievement in contributions to teaching at the University of Dundee
2021 Brian Cox Prize: Project of the Year
2021 Student nominated Award for Teaching & Impact on the Student Experience
2021 PiCLS Best Postdoctoral Mentor Award
Dr Nicola Darling
2021 People's Award
2021 Howard Elder Prize
Olivia James
2021 Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize
Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM SFHEA
2021 PiCLS Best Mentor Award
Adam Bond
Connor Craigon
2021 Innovator of the Year
Innovator of the Year - Best Early-Stage Business Idea
2021 Brian Cox Prize: Engaged Researcher
Drug Discovery Unit
2021 Innovator of the Year
Innovator of the Year - Best Innovation
Michaela Omelkova
2020 Brian Cox Prize: Engaged Researcher
2020 PiCLS Best Postdoctoral Mentor Award
2020 Dean's Merit Award
Dr Francisco Bustos
2020 Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize
Letty Gibson
2020 Dean's Merit Award
2020 Dean's Special Commendation
2020 PiCLS Best Mentor Award
Our technical and scientific services
2020 People's Award
Claire Gorby
2020 Howard Elder Prize
Letty Gibson
2020 People's Award
Dr Natalie Bamford
2020 People's Award
2019 People's Award
2019 People's Award
Store's Team
2019 People's Award
Professor Stephen Land CSciTeach FRSB FTPS
2019 Student nominated Award for Teaching & Impact on the Student Experience
Dr Joana Faria
2019 Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize
2019 Brian Cox Prize: Engaged Researcher
Dr David Martin FRSB FHEA
2019 Innovator of the Year
Best early-stage business idea
Jalview Educational Resources
2019 Brian Cox Prize: Project of the Year
Innovative Targets Group
2019 Innovator of the Year
2019 PiCLS Best Mentor Award
Medicine Maker Badge
2019 Brian Cox Prize: Project of the Year
Dr Luke Fulcher
2019 Howard Elder Prize
Dr Ye Hong
2018 Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize
2018 Howard Elder Prize
2018 People's Award
2018 Brian Cox Prize: Engaged Researcher
2018 Brian Cox Prize: Engaged Researcher
Dr Alejandro Brenes Murillo
2018 Innovator of the Year
(Runner-up)
 Dr Xinjin Liang
2018 Innovator of the Year
Best early-stage new business idea
PiCLS
2018 People's Award
2018 Brian Cox Prize: Project of the Year
Wenbin Guo
2018 Innovator of the Year
2018 Brian Cox Prize: Project of the Year
Fascination in Plants Day
2017 Brian Cox Prize: Project of the Year
2017 Howard Elder Prize
2017 Student nominated Award for Teaching & Impact on the Student Experience
2017 Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize
2017 Brian Cox Prize: Engaged Researcher
Dr David Foley
2016 Brian Cox Prize: Engaged Researcher
2016 Innovator of the Year
Dr David Booth FHEA FSS
2016 Teaching Award for Good Practice
(Highly Commended)
Outer Space | Inner Space
2016 Brian Cox Prize: Project of the Year
Professor Stephen Land CSciTeach FRSB FTPS
2016 Teaching Award for Good Practice
(Highly Commended)
2016 Teaching Award for Good Practice
(Highly Commended)
Dr Ruzica Bago
2016 Howard Elder Prize
Professor Jennifer Woof
2016 Teaching Award for Good Practice
(Highly Commended)
Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM SFHEA
2016 Teaching Award for Good Practice
(Highly Commended)
2016 Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize
Dr David Booth FHEA FSS
2016 Teaching Award for Good Practice
Dr Emma Sheils
2015 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
2015 Associate Member of the Higher Education Academy
Miss Agne Kazlauskaite
2015 Dundee Prize for Cell and Molecular Biology
2014 Innovator of the Year
Dr. Laura Hobley
2014 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
Dr Elliot Erskine
2014 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
Dr Marija Maric
2014 Howard Elder Prize
Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM SFHEA
2014 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
John Biddlestone
2014 Anne and Normille Baxter Prize for Cancer Research
Dr Raman Das
2014 Dundee Prize for Cell and Molecular Biology
Mrs Lina Herhaus
2013 Dundee Prize for Cell and Molecular Biology
Ms. Lauren Sullivan
2013 Innovator of the Year
Dr Jeremy Besnard
2013 Innovator of the Year
Dr Kayo Ono
2013 Howard Elder Prize
Dundee iGEM
2013 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
Dr Motoharu Ono
2013 Howard Elder Prize
Dr Richard Bickerton
2012 CLS Innovator of the Year
Mr Ayaz Najafov
2012 CLS Innovator of the Year
Dundee iGEM
2012 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
Dr Kumara Dissanayake
2011 Howard Elder Prize
Miss Amy Gerc
2011 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
Early Career Researcher
2011 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
Senior Researcher 
Helen Woodroof
2011 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
Early Career Researcher
Dr Shuai Chen
2011 Dundee Prize for Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr Anne Seifert
2011 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
Early Career Researcher
Dr Iva Hopkins Navratilova
2011 CLS Innovator of the Year
Dr Craig MacKay
2010 Howard Elder Prize
Dr Laurie Gay
2010 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
Early Career Researcher
Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM SFHEA
2010 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
Senior Researcher
Dr Elton Zeqiraj
2009 Howard Elder Prize
Professor Sue Black OBE FRSE
2009 Brian Cox Award: Public Engagement
Dr Emma Shanks
2008 David Lane Excellence in Public Engagement
Dr Xu Huang
2008 Howard Elder Prize