PhD Supervisor of the Year Award 2021 for Prof. Avraamidou
Prof. Lucy Avraamidou of the Institute for Science Education and Communication (ISEC) has been awarded the PhD Supervisor of the Year Award 2021. From 2018 onwards, the GSSE PhD Council, in collaboration with the sounding board, annually awards the PhD Supervisor of the Year Award within the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
The winner has been announced during the online faculty opening of the academic year on Monday, September 6. According to her students Lucy Avraamidou is very approachable, she gives constructive feedback with a positive tone and she also checks for her students' mental health. Next to Prof. Lucy Avraamidou, the top four nominees consisted of Prof. Gerard Roelfes – Stratingh Institute, Prof. Beatriz Noheda – ZIAM and Dr. Jelmer Borst – Bernoulli Institute.
A picture of Avraamidou will soon join that of Prof. Filippo Fraternali, Prof. Jan Anton Koster and Prof. Reinoud Gosens in the PhD Supervisor’s hall of fame, in the Faculty Room in the Bernoulliborg.
| Last modified: | 07 September 2021 1.11 p.m. |
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