Prof. Dirk Slotboom wins FSE Teaching Award 2017
On the FSE Education Day, Friday November 16th, the winner of the Faculty Teaching Award 2017 was revealed: Prof. Dirk Slotboom has been chosen as FSE’s teacher of the year 2017. Slotboom teaches in the Bachelor's degree programmes in Biology and in Life Science and Technology.
The jury picked him out of 17 nominated teachers. Lecturers are nominated each year by the Programme Committees of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, based on their didactic and subject-specific skills. The jury comprised of:
- Prof. Anton Scheurink (Chair; Biology, FSE award winner 2013 and UG Lecturer of the Year 2014)
- Prof. Niels Taatgen (Artificial Intelligence, FSE award winner 2014 and UG Lecturer of the Year 2015)
- Prof. Jan Anton Koster (Physics, FSE PhD Supervisor of the Year 2018)
- Joeri ten Kate (Faculty Board student assessor)
- Marie-Claire Lankhorst (Computing Science student)
Prof. Dirk Slotboom will represent the Faculty in the UG Lecturer of the Year election, which will take place later on January 30th, 2019.
Nominated for the Faculty Teaching Award 2017 were:
|
Degree Programme(s) |
Nominee |
|---|---|
|
Astronomy |
Dr. P. (Pratika) Dayal |
|
Artificial Intelligence/Human Machine Communication |
Prof. dr. L.C. (Rineke) Verbrugge |
|
Energy and Environmental Sciences |
Prof. H.A.J. (Harro) Meijer |
|
Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences |
Dr. P. (Peter) Meerlo |
|
Nanoscience |
Dr. G.R. (Graeme) Blake |
|
Education and Communication |
Drs. L.T.J. (Lemke) Kraan |
|
Pharmacy (Bachelor’s) |
Prof. dr. R. (Reinoud) Gosens |
|
Pharmacy (Master’s) |
Dr. H.J. (Herman) Woerdenbag |
|
Computing Science |
Dr. A (Arnold) Meijster |
|
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering |
Prof. dr. E (Edwin) Otten |
|
Biomedical Engineering |
Dr. R.J. (Remco) Renken (UMCG) |
|
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics |
D. (Daniel) Rodrigues Valesin, PhD |
|
Physics |
Prof. dr. R.G.E (Rob) Timmermans |
|
Biology and Life Science & Technology |
Prof. dr. D.J. (Dirk) Slotboom |
|
Industrial Engineering and Management |
Prof. dr. B. (Bayu) Jayawardhana |
|
Biomedical Sciences/Medical Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Drs. S. (Saskia) Grooters |
|
Biology (Master’s) |
Prof. dr. F.J. (Franjo) Weissing |
| Last modified: | 27 February 2024 4.58 p.m. |
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