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Science, Engineering and Medicine Prizes and Fellowships 2015-2016

2016

  • Professor David Hutchins from the School of Engineering has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his outstanding and continuing contributions to his profession. Read more...
  • Professor Jozef R. Lewandowski from the Department of Chemistry has won the 2016 Marlow Award. This was awarded for his research into the development and applications of solid-state NMR methodology to study structure and dynamics of biomolecule. Read more...
  • Dr Ross Hatton from the Department of Chemistry has been awarded an EPSRC Fellowship for a research project on transformational concepts in window electrode design for emerging thin film photovoltaics. Read more...
  • Dr Zushu Li from Warwick Manufacturing Group has been awarded an EPSRC Fellowship for a research project entitled "Uncovering Fundamental Mechanisms to Enable Sustainable Steel Manufacturing." The project will help address the urgent need for a strong UK research base in process metallurgy that will help make the steel industry more sustainable. Read more...
  • Dr Amy Grove from Warwick Medical School has been awarded a five year NIHR Advanced Fellowship. Her research will focus on advancing clinical leadership in healthcare organisations to mobilise evidence into practice. Read more...

  • Robb Johnston from the Department of Physics has won the inaugural Papin Prize for “Contribution to Infrastructure” at the 2015 Higher Education Technician Summit, which celebrated the skills, talent and experience of technicians from midlands universities. Read more...
  • Dr Grant Kennedy from the Department of Physics has been awarded a Royal Society Fellowship for a project entitled "Emergence and Evolution of Planetary Systems." His research focuses on the study the dusty belts of asteroids and comets that orbit other stars, known as "debris disks." Read more...
  • Professor Mark Achtman from Warwick Medical School has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Since the 1960s, Professor Achtman has made a wide range of important contributions to bacteriology. Read more...
  • Dr Grant Kennedy from the Department of Physics has been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship to work on various theoretical and observational aspects of planet formation and the end results – planets and debris disks – as seen around nearby stars. Read more...
  • Professor Jozef Lewandowski from the Department of Chemistry has won the 2015 Anatole Abragam Prize. He was awarded the prize for his outstanding accomplishments to date and his ongoing work to develop solid-state NMR methodology. Read more...
  • Dr Adrian Chaplin from the Department of Chemistry has won the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize. The prize recognises the most promising original investigations in chemistry. Read more...
  • Professor Matt Gibson from the Department of Chemistry has won the Royal Society of Chemistry's Emerging Technologies Award for the identification of the latest technologies in chemical sciences with significant potential impact for the UK economy. Read more...
  • Professor Valery Nakariakov from the Department of Physics has received the Institute of Physics Award in recognition of his pioneering work on a major new field in solar physics. His research has helped change our understanding of the solar atmosphere. Read more...
  • Professor David Hutchins from the School of Engineering has won an IET Achievement Medal for his research into applying ultrasound technologies to various industrial problems. These include nuclear safety, the prevention of accidents in deep hard-rock mines, non-destructive testing (NDT) and instrumentation for a future Mars lander. Read more...