Dr Ben Breeze is Manager of the Spectroscopy Research Technology Platform (RTP) and supports spectroscopic materials characterisation. He is also responsible for all training in the facility and offers support in experiment design and analysis.

He was nominated for his generous and enthusiastic approach to enabling the research completed at the Spectroscopy RTP, including contributing to the design of bespoke experiments, and supporting researcher development from undergraduate through to postgraduate level.

His award recognises the impact of his work with the facility, which supports the research of over 100 PhD students in addition to postdoctoral researchers and undergraduate students from across 6 Departments, and has been acknowledged in over 100 papers in the past three years.

Dr Ben Green, Assistant Professor in the Physics Department, said: “Ben has been instrumental in the training of users and in many cases has directly contributed to the measurements themselves. His above-and-beyond contributions to the research of so many people should be recognised and celebrated.”

“As noted by a Chemistry PhD candidate: “As someone who works in a different field to the rest of my research group, I'm endlessly grateful for how Ben has taken me under his wing to help me design experiments, improve my experimental confidence and empower my development as a researcher.”