Excellence Awards 2026 Results

Winners

Alum of the Year    
Lorna Dawson

Alumni Volunteer of the Year    
Scott McCulloch

Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement Award    
Simon Parson

Young Alum of the Year    
Giulia Marzetti

Winners

Excellence in Assessment and Feedback     
Alyaa Mostafa

Excellence in Digital Education    
Virtu Solano-Collado

Excellence in Employability and Skills Development     
Miles Everett

Excellence in Inclusive Education     
Aravinda Guntupalli

Excellence in Innovation    
Emily Cleland

Excellence in Student Support    
Shane Alcobia Murphy

Winners

Excellence in Creativity & Innovation     
Thomas Connolly

Excellence in Customer Service    
Heather Clark

Excellence in Equality, Diversity & Sustainability    
Maria Grazia Cascio

Excellence in Leadership    
Fiona Urquhart

Outstanding Contribution to a Team or Role    
Johanna Pilskog

Outstanding Team    
The Rowett Institute Knowledge Exchange Team

Rising Star     
Hannah Ekekwe

Excellence in External Engagement
Elizabeth Campbell

Winners

Alyaa Mostafa
Catriona Cunningham

Winners

Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research
Abbe Brown & Marcel Jaspars

Public, Patient and Community Involvement and Engagement
Epidemiology Group / ACAMH PPIE team

Public Engagement with Research
Mauro Manassi & Matthew Johnson

Public Engagement with Research - Early Career Researcher
Shane Strachan

Postgraduate / Early Career Researcher Award (STEM)
Muhammad Assir

Outstanding Postgraduate Research Supervisors Award
Aravinda Guntupalli
Eddy Wifa

Research Impact Award
Marcel Jaspars

Success in Engagement with Industry Award
Scott Doyle

University of Aberdeen Spinout
Brigid Bio Ltd
LectomeBio Ltd

Winners

Best Student Ambassador
Nour El-Shenawy

Best Overall Course
Nathaniel Greene

Best Postgraduate Taught Lecturer
Lorna Stewart

Best Student Class Rep
Rania Husain

Best Support Staff
Steven Kearney

Best Support Team or Service
Melanie Viney & Christopher Knight

Best Undergraduate Lecturer
Tarek Abdelghany

Funniest Lecturer Award
Stephen Fettes

Mental Health Champion Award
Katie Cross

Most Accessible Lecturer Award
Alyson Young

Most Inspiring Award
Paula Duncan

Personal Tutor of the Year
Alessandra Cecolin

Best Supervisor: Undergraduate
Louise Phillips

Winner

Mhairi Carslaw