Endowed Postgraduate Awards 2011/12

1. Endowed Postgraduate Awards 2011/12 Congratulations to all the students who have received an Endowed Postgraduate Prize Adrian Gardner, Alex Kolassa, Andreas Leidenroth, Annika Jones, Bo Li, Christopher Burgess, Darshil Shah, Derwin King-Chung Chan, Laura Millen, Natasa Lackovic, Stuart James Smith, Susann Lehmann, Saoirse Tracy Endowed awards 2011/12

2. Background to the Endowed Awards Heymann Research Scholarships (£150): Founded in 1892 by Henry Heymann of Nottingham. Preference given to students in the Faculty of Arts but may be awarded to a student in another Faculty in default of candidates of sufficient merit in Arts. Andrew Hendry Postgraduate Scholarship (£150): Founded in 1968 from subscriptions raised in memory of the late Mr Andrew Hendry, Bursar of the University, 1948-66. It is open to all students in all Faculties. Endowed awards 2011/12

3. Gertrude Cropper Scholarship (£100): Founded in 1949 by a bequest under the will of Miss Gertrude N H Cropper, formerly of Woodthorpe, Nottingham. It is open to all students in all Faculties. Endowed awards 2011/12

4. Award winners Adrian Gardner Chemistry Andrew Hendry Award “Adrian Gardner has a highly-impressive list and range of publications, demonstrating his skills across experimental and theoretical spectroscopy of metal complexes and substituted benzenes; he has presented a number of high-quality talks and posters, and is also very amenable in helping fellow students and project students; he is also very active in the Postgraduate Forum; in summary, he is an all-round “good guy”, but probably needs to work harder on his badminton skills.” Prof Tim Wright Endowed awards 2011/12

5. Award winners Alex Kolassa Humanities Heymann Award “Creatively imaginative, musically ambitious, technically sensitive towards instrumentalists, reassuringly certain of his compositional intentions - Alex is an inspiring student.” Dr Nicholas Sackman Endowed awards 2011/12

6. Award winners Andreas Leidenroth Biology Andrew Hendry Award “Andreas is an exceptionally talented scientist who has made some important contributions to the field during his PhD. He has been very proactive in outreach programmes and in disseminating his findings to the public.” Prof Jane Hewitt Endowed awards 2011/12

7. Award winners Annika Jones Law Andrew Hendry Award “Annika has an excellent track record in the delivery of high quality research and has already made a significant contribution within the field of international criminal law. Annika is without a doubt a young leader in her field.” Dr Olympia Bekou Endowed awards 2011/12

8. Award winners Bo Li Engineering Gertrude Cropper Award “Bo has made an excellent progress over the past three years; he is a hard working student and has a lot of motivation for innovation.  I am really happy for his prize and hope he can maintain the current momentum and become a good academic in the near future.” Prof Yuying Yan Endowed awards 2011/12

9. Award winners Christopher Burgess Politics Heymann Award “Chris has made more of an impact – through his exhibition, his blog posts, and the interest they have provoked in political posters – than most established academics have in a whole lifetime!” Prof Steven Fielding Endowed awards 2011/12

10. Award winners Darshil Shah Engineering Andrew Hendry Award “Darshil has shown strength and skill in driving forward a challenging interdisciplinary project that has allowed him to pioneer new areas of engineering materials science with a dedication that is matched by his professionalism and kind nature.” Dr Peter Schubel Endowed awards 2011/12

11. Award winners Derwin King-Chung Chan Psychology Andrew Hendry Award “Derwin is a remarkably accomplished student and one of the best students I have ever met. Not only is he academically very able (having published 7 papers during his PhD), and a very skilled programmer/statistician, he is also an international athlete.” Prof Eamonn Ferguson Endowed awards 2011/12

12. Award winners Laura Millen Engineering Heymann Award “Laura Millen is a talented and dedicated researcher, with initiative and all-round competence that goes beyond even the best students we have seen. Her research has already demonstrated benefits to schools in the local community.” Dr Harshada Patel Endowed awards 2011/12

13. Award winners Natasa Lackovic Education Andrew Hendry Award “Natasa has excelled through achieving academic recognition for her research, student respect for her teaching, and community admiration for her music-making - and good humour.” Dr Charles Crook Endowed awards 2011/12

14. Award winners Stuart James Smith Clinical Sciences Andrew Hendry Award “Stuart is an outstanding student. Having identified a significant clinical need, Stuart has applied his intellect and scientific rigour to improve the biological understanding and treatment of childhood and adult high grade glioma.” Prof Richard Grundy Endowed awards 2011/12

15. Award winners Susann Lehmann Graduate Entry Medicine & Health Andrew Hendry Award “Susann has conducted herself in the laboratory, the wider academic community, and in writing up her work in a manner superior to the post-docs that have been in my group throughout her tenure and this is reflected in the external awards and recognition that her work has received.” Dr Nathaniel J. Szewczyk Endowed awards 2011/12

16. Award winners Saoirse Tracy Biosciences Andrew Hendry Award “Saoirse is the complete package; a truly interdisciplinary scientist who is industrious, dedicated, passionate, forward thinking and determined to make a difference - essentially a joy to supervise!” Dr Sacha Mooney Endowed awards 2011/12

17. The Graduate School would like to congratulate you all on your outstanding achievements! Endowed awards 2011/12