Nominations 2024

Alum of the Year

• Stephen Evans
• Steve Aitken
• Sue Black

Alumni Volunteer of the Year

• Ben Iravani
• Rhod Sharp
• Tadas Cilcius

Young Alum of the Year

• Corey Cowan
• Elliott Martens & Lasse Melgaard Rasmussen
• Rebecca Stewart

Excellence in Creativity & Innovation

• Erin Abercrombie 
• Morag Beedie
• Xavier Lo

Excellence in Customer Service

• Ben Lythgoe
• Corinna Dingwall
• David Rennie

Excellence in Equality, Diversity & Sustainability

• Coreen McIntosh
• Karen Scaife
• Steven Kearney

Excellence in Leadership

• Gary Cameron
• Katherine O'Sullivan
• Tracey Grant

Excellence in Partnership Working

• Katie Wilde 
• Rose Lyne
• Samantha Begg

Outstanding Contribution to a Team or Role

• Jim Urquhart 
• Lisa Kilgour
• Sarah Millar

Outstanding Team

• Digital Communications
• HESA Data Futures
• RAAC Incident Team

Rising Star

• Claire Barranger-Clark
• Hilary MacDonald 
• Will Ewen

Best Class Rep

• Kate Kostick
• Mohsen Lalehparvar
• Sarah Champagne

Best Overall Course

• Daria Shapovalova
• Fabio Manfredini
• Tony Heywood

Best PGT Lecturer

• Colette Savage
• Eddy Wifa
• Kirsty Kiezebrink

Best Student Ambassador

• Prem Nagaraj
• Theodore Williamson
• Zuzanna Wojcicka 

Best Support Service

• Mintu Nath
• Rebecca Coroon
• Ryan Watson

Best Support Staff

• Avril Rossiter
• Deniz Gulen
• Jonathan Boschen-Rose

Best UG Lecturer

• Marcus Campbell Bannerman
• Rodrigo Lopez Martinez
• Scott Styles

Best UG Supervisor

• Judith Sijstermans
• Juliano Morimoto
• Roy Soiza

Funniest Lecturer

• Maria Sanchez-Ortiz
• Moray Watson
• Rodrigo Lopez

Mental Health Champion

• Chinedu Etteh
• Lenka Maderova
• Patience Schell

Most Accessible Lecturer

• Derryck Shewan
• Steven Tucker
• Waheed Afzal

Most Creative Assessment

• Barbara Barreiro
• Charlotta Hillerdal
• Patience Schell

Most Inspiring

• Daria Shapovalova
• Michelle MacLeod
• Thereza Raquel Sales de Aguiar

Personal Tutor of the Year

• Fabio Manfredini
• Lorna Stewart
• Malcolm Harvey

The Emily Drouet

• Campbell Stevenson
• Holly Foster
• Mohsen Lalehparvar

Interdisciplinary Research Award

• Xavier Lambin
• Lucia D'Ambruoso 
• Katherine O'Sullivan, The Semi-Automated Risk Assessment (SARA) Project Team 

Outstanding PGR Supervisor

• Brendan Gabriel
• Eddy Wifa
• Ines Graca

Outstanding Research Award

• Lucia D'Ambruoso
• Brenda Pena Carrillo
• Clarisse de Vries
• Sacha Fop
• Richard Neilson 

Positive Research Culture Award

• Alexandros Zangelidis
• Milan Markovic
• Research Staff Network
• Sarah Sharp

Public Engagement with Research Award

• Fiona Murray
• James Ross
• Shaun Treweek

Public Engagement with Research Early Career Award

• Abdulrauf Bello
• Fiammetta Marini
• Yiming Mao

Research Impact Award 

• Marcin Kapitaniak, National Decommissioning Centre
• Wendy Russell & Madalina Neacsu

Alumni Awards

• Waheed Afzal
• Steve Aitken
• Mohammed Abdulla Alhaider
• Sue Black
• Namitha Cibi
• Tadas Cilcius
• Corey Cowan
• Elliot Martens & Lasse Melgaard Rasmussen       
• Revd Canon Stephen Evans
• Ines Graca
• Ben Iravani
• Pedro Martins
• Richmond Opoku
• Ewan Campbell  Scott
• Rhod Sharp
• Rebecca Stewart
• Oliver Yates

Best Overall Course Award

• Mohammed Abdulla Al-Haider
• John Barrow
• Mirjam Brady-Van den Bos
• Stuart Durkin
• Maria Fernandez
• Anthony Heywood
• Kirsty Kiezebrink
• Fabio Manfredini
• Julia Roeder
• Daria Shapovalova
• Michael Smith
   

Best Postgraduate Taught Lecturer Award

• Tarek Abdelghany
• Waheed Afzal
• Jonathan Ainslie
• Jackson Armstrong
• Tom Bentley
• Matyas Bodig
• Calvin Burns
• Aliakbar Jamshidi Far
• Aravinda Guntupalli
• Hugh Seton
• James Johnson
• Kirsty Kiezebrink
• Karl Kinsella
• Zaibin Lin
• Donna Maccallum
• Kathryn Martin
• Alfonso Martinez
• Samantha May
• Piotr Niewiadomski
• Elisabeth Niklasson
• James O’Neil
• John Paterson
• Joost Rommers
• Colette Savage
• Stella Smyth
• Frank Thies
• Stephanie Thompson
• Steven Tucker
• Andy Welch
• Eddy Wifa
   

Best Student Ambassador Award

• Max Charles Vallarino
• Molly Fraser
• Prem Nagaraj
• Theodore Williamson
• Zuzanna Wojcicka
   

Best Student Class Rep Award

• Marthe Banken
• Sarah Champagne
• Aisha Fakhroo
• Kate Kostick
• Mohsen Lalehparvar
• Kelechi Azubuike
• Bethany Blakey
• Andre J. Carpio
• Peter Catterall
• Harriet Duffus
• Tom Flannery
• Anuj Giri
• Oghenemine Golley
• Kevhvan Graham
• Rhona Grant
• Barbara Hoehnke
• Harrison Chibuzo Idimogu
• Babak Jazayeri
• Mohsen Lalehparvar
• Joao Pedro Martins
• Guy Miller
• Sadia Naveed
• Ali Neamah
• Andrew Paton
• Wafa Rahman
• Benjamin Saber-Sheikh
• Daniel Sanchez Suarez
• Philip Ukwamedua
• Alexander Wallace
• Kerin Waterston
   

Best Supervisor: Undergraduate Award

• Hannah Burrows
• Brett Cochrane
• Sacha Fop
• Alexander Lorenz
• Brian Mathias
• Heather Morgan
• Juliano Morimoto
• Gareth Norton
• Thomas O'Donoghue
• Derryck Shewan
• Judith Sijstermans
• Marion Slater
• Victoria Sleight
• Roy Soiza
• Kathrin Thomas
• Helen Vosper
   

Best Support Staff (Individual Award)

• Wendy Arthur
• Jonathan Boschen-Rose
• Deniz Cem Gülen
• Michaela Matejova
• Louise McKenzie
• Avril Rossiter
• Steven Tucker
   

Best Support Team or Service Award

• Rebecca Coroon
• Mintu Nath
• Ryan Watson
   

Best Undergraduate Lecturer Award

• Tarek Abdelghany
• Shane Alcobia-Murphy
• Joanne Anderson
• John Baird
• Derek Ball
• Marcus Bannerman
• Philippe Beauregard
• Keith Bender
• Anna Bokedal
• Mirjam Brady-Van den Bos
• Alex Brasier
• Constanza Celis del Valle
• Ramakrishna Chakravarthi
• Catriona Cunningham
• Thereza Raquel Sales de Aguiar
• Peter Dunning
• Stuart Durkin
• Sone Erikainen
• Luisa Gandolfo
• Linus Girdland Flink
• Monika Gostic
• Thomas Green
• Flora Groening
• Eleanor Haward
• Sara Heim
• Richard Hepworth
• Helena Ifill
• Alison Jack
• Thomas James
• Nadia Kiwan
• Rodrigo López Martínez
• Alex Mackrell
• Neil MacRae
• Fabio Manfredini
• Doug Martin
• Lenka Mbadugha
• Amy Mcfarlane
• Aaron McGregor
• David Muirhead
• Samantha Newington
• Ballal Prem
• Hossein Radmard
• Roger Ravet
• Alejandra Rodriguez
• Juila Roeder
• Susan Ross
• María T Sánchez-Ortiz
• Derek Scott
• Daria Shapovalova
• Kate Smith
• Michael Smith
• Ian Stansfield
• Ingrid Stanyer
• Lorna Stewart
• Scott Styles
• Daniel Sutton
• Thangavel Thevar
• Asha Venkatesh
• Moray Watson
• Edward Welch
• Euan West
   

Funniest Lecturer Award

• Arnar Arnason
• Douglas Bain
• John Barrow
• Daniel Bennett
• Alexander Brasier
• David Chorn
• Maria Fernandez
• Seungho Lee
• Rodrigo Lopez
• Donna MacCallum
• Alex Mackrell
• Ross Macpherson
• María Sánchez-Ortiz
• Mitchell Skilling
• Lorna Stewart
• Steven Tucker
• Moray Watson
   

Mental Health Champion Award

• Susan Cowie
• Chinedu Etteh
• Rodrigo Lopez Martinez
• Lenka Maderova
• Samantha May
• Samantha Newington
• Patience Schell
• Derryck Shewan
   

Most Accessible Lecturer Award

• Waheed Afzal
• Constanza Celis del Valle
• Claudia Fernandez-Martin
• Toni Gibson
• Ines Graca
• Nathaniel Greene
• Rodrigo Lopez Martinez
• Wu Kejian & Rafti Roozbeh
• Derryck Shewan
• Lorna Stewart
• Steven Tucker
   

Most Creative Assessment

• Waheed Afzal
• Barbara Barreiro
• Charlotta Hillerdal
• Patience Schell
   

Most Inspiring Award

• Shane Alcobia Murphy
• John Behr
• Jon Martin Collinson
• Thereza Raquel Sales de Aguiar
• Chinedu Etteh
• Aisha Fakhroo
• Ines Graca
• Rodrigo Lopez Martinez
• Michelle Macleod
• Alisdair MacPherson
• Juliano  Morimoto
• Samantha Newington
• Anastasios Papadam
• Daria Shapovalova
• Asha Venkatesh
• Kieran Watson
   

Personal Tutor of the Year Award

• Waheed Afzal
• Graeme Brown
• Susan Cowie
• Malcolm Harvey
• Karl Kinsella
• Kirstie MacLeod
• Fabio Manfredini
• Javier Martin-Torres
• Peter McCaffery
• Ann Rajnicek
• Anke Roelofs
• Lorna Stewart
• Marc Walton
• Heather Wilson

Excellence in Contribution to a Team or Role Award

• Claire Akparanta
• Ruth Banks
• Samantha Begg
• Graeme Benvie
• Jane Bourque
• Louise Calder
• Selma Carson
• Antonietta Chaliou
• Tracy Collier
• Thomas Connolly
• Owen Cox
• Julie Davidson
• Jennifer Dick
• Corinna Dingwall
• Jackie Duncan
• Mark Ferguson
• Paul Fisher
• Karen Grant
• Tracey Grant
• Angela Hadden
• Diane Hewitt
• Lucy Holmes
• Eleanor Hutcheon
• Ana Ivanovic
• May-Edith Jamieson
• Connor Keegan
• Lisa Kilgour
• Lee Kiloh
• Christopher Knight
• Laura Ludvigsen
• Donna Maccallum
• Lucy MacDonald
• Claire McArthur
• Joyce Michie
• Sarah Miller
• Teresa Morris
• Mark Perry
• Daniel Powell
• Yu Qi
• Jennifer Salmond
• Karen Scaife
• Lyndsey Scott
• Alison Sharman
• Lauriel Simpson
• Elena Sinclair
• Adam Smith
• Chris Sojka
• Jean Stevenson
• Alice Toulson
• Jim Urquhart
• Melanie Viney
• Susan White
• Ashley Whyte
• Irmina Zborowska
   

Excellence in Creativity & Innovation Award

• David Bremner
• Dr. Ines Graca
• Daniel Johnstone
• Erin Abercrombie
• Estrid Jonsson
• Morag Beedie
• Xavier Lo

Excellence in Customer Service Award

• Jessica Bird
• Nicola Brand
• Teresa Costanza
• Kelly Deans
• Corinna Dingwall
• Stephane Dumont
• Gillian Duncan
• Graeme Euington
• Anna Gaw
• Lyn Grant
• Liam Gunn
• Diane Hewitt
• Carolyn Johnston
• Nathalie Kemp
• Lee Kiloh
• Laura Kruitbos
• Kieran Leith
• Ben Lythgoe
• Sheryl Mackay
• Saffron Maitland
• Sam May
• Louise McKenzie
• Joyce Michie
• Janice Montgomery
• Anna Perlinski
• Wanda Petrie
• Yu Qi
• Iona Rae
• David Rennie
• Anna Shea
• Karen Taylor
• Amy Thain
• Ruth Tweedie
• Susan White
• Dawn Younie
   

Excellence in Equality, Diversity & Sustainability Award

• Anna Goldhawk
• Margaret Jackson
• Estrid Jonsson
• Steven Kearney
• Coreen  Macintosh
• Morgan McFarlane
• Coreen  McIntosh
• Rebecca Rodger-Jones
• Karen Scaife
• Karen Scott
   

Excellence in Leadership Award

• Jane Black
• Liza Boffen-Yordanov
• Jon Cameron
• Gary Cameron
• Amie Connolly
• Cherie Connon
• Agni Connor
• Julie Davidson
• Linda Engles
• Kirsten Ferguson-Jones
• Tracey Grant
• Seton Hugh
• Mehmet Kartal
• Julia Kotzur
• Laura Kruitbos
• Carol Lawie
• Stephanie Marajh
• Claire McArthur
• Julie McLennan
• Graeme Mutch
• Katherine O'Sullivan
• Rona Patey
• Bob Philp
• Anna Shea
• Kate Smith
• Mike Whyment
   

Excellence in Partnership Working Award

• Samantha Begg
• Alexandra Johnstone
• Rose Lyne
• Fiona Macmillan
• Giles O'Donovan
• Jennifer Salmond
• Colm Sheenan
• Katie Wilde
   

Rising Star Award

• Claire Barranger-Clark
• Catriona Bergman
• Ewan Bottomley
• Iain Duff
• Kit Dunster
• Will Ewen
• Chris Forman
• Lydia Gahr
• Anna Goldhawk
• Rachael Gray
• Saskia Harper
• Jordan Higley
• Helen Knight
• Kieran Leith
• Hilary Macdonald
• Roy MacQueen
• Samantha May
• Sara Misuri
• Anna Shea
   

Outstanding Team

• Brand Communications
• Business School Accreditation Team
• Careers and Employability Service
• Central Timetabling Team
• Communications
• Confucius Institute
• Counselling Team
• CPD Services & Events
• Database Development
• Design Team
• Digital Communications
• Go Abroad
• Grampian Data Safe Haven (DaSH)
• HESA Data Futures Project Team
• HSRU Admin Team
• Human Intervention Studies Unit
• Institute of Dentistry Timetabling team
• Interdisciplinary Research Support/Executive Team (Alice Toulson and Emma Morrison)
• International Centre Student Ambassadors
• LLMVC Professional Service Team
• MBChB & PA Admin Team
• Medical Sciences Undergraduate Team
• Multi-Faith Chaplaincy
• Museums & Special Collections public engagement team
• Operations and Business Support Team
• Public Affairs & Stakeholder Engagement (PASE)
• RAAC Incident Team
• School of Education Administration & Academic Support Team
• School of Education Teaching and Learning Administration Team
• School of Psychology Admin Team
• SDR Library front-end staff
• Service Desk
• Site Reliability
• Student Advice & Support Team
• Student Support Services
• Subject & Enquiry Team
• University of Aberdeen Research Radiographers
• Widening Access Team

Outstanding Research Awards

• Barbara Barreiro Leon
• Lucia D'Ambruoso
• Clarisse de Vries
• Sacha Fop
• Weihao Han
• Xavier Lambin
• Katherine O'Sullivan
• Brenda Pena Carrillo
   

Research Impact Award

• The Hemp Team at Rowett
• Wendy Russell and Madi Neacsu
• Marcin Kapitaniak
   

Public Engagement with Research Awards

• Abdulrauf Bello
• Alex Cameron, Anthony Myhill, Edna Bell, Fumiko Nakamaru, Laila Saeid, Mike Melvin, Noura El Masri, Oluyemi Fagbemi, Peter Flockhart, Rhoda Hulme, Richard Caie, Terry Mackie          
• Katie Cross
• Mirela Delibegovic
• Beatriz Goulão
• Yiming Mao
• Fiammetta Marini
• Fiona Murray
• James Ross
• Daria Shapovalova
• Dawn Thompson
• Shaun Patrick Treweek

Positive Research Culture Award

• Milan Markovic
• Sarah Sharp
• Research Staff Network
• Alexandros Zangelidis

Outstanding PGR Supervisor

• Titilayo Adebola
• Waheed Afzal
• Sumeet Aphale
• Patric Bach
• Jesse Barker
• Huan Cao
• Chantal Den Daas
• Davide  Dionisi
• Brendan Gabriel
• Linus Girdland Flink
• Ines Graca
• Aliakbar Jamshidi Far
• Anand Lalli
• Lesley Lancaster
• Fabio Manfredini
• Sam Martin
• Madalina Neacsu
• Roy Andrew Partain
• John Paterson
• Wayne Price
• James Ross
• Simon Sawhney
• Patience Schell
• Srinivas Sriramula
• Ian Stansfield
• Sandra Telfer
• Vahid Vaziri
• Gordon Waiter
• Eddy Wifa
• Heather Wilson

Development Trust Award for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

• Anne Kiltie
   

Success in Engagement with Industry Award

• Richard Neilson

Emily Drouet Award

• Ritaj Abuomar
• Saifeldeen Afifi
• Thomas Alexander
• Maymunah Azad
• Muhammad Azam
• Hannah Campbell
• Amy Coutts
• Aisha Fakhroo
• Hazel Faunce Smith
• Holly Foster
• Mohsen Lalehparvar
• Aurelien Mir
• Christopher Moore
• Ali Neamah
• Sharlyn Podlesny
• Ben Saber-Sheikh
• Campbell Stevenson
• Kirsty Young