2023 winner
Dr Lee Bryant, Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
Find out more about this year's winner of the John Willis Award.
Previous winners
2022: Dr Alexander Lunt, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2021: Dr Anna Young, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2020: Dr Stijn Wuyts, Department of Physics
2019: Dr Javier Gonzalez, Department for Health
2018: Dr Kate Fraser, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2017: Dr Richard Burke, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2016: Dr Carl Sangan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2015: Dr Lorenzo Caggiano, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
2014: Dr Peter Mosley, Department of Physics
2013: Dr Simon Lewis, Department of Chemistry
2012: Dr Jason Hart, Department of Social & Policy Sciences
2011: Dr Marcelle McManus, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2010: Dr Jun Zang, Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
2009: Dr Sabina Gheduzzi, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2008: Dr Andrew Heath, Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
2007: Dr Eric Anderson, Department of Education
2006: Dr Nigel Wilding, Department of Physics
2005: Dr Rajani Naidoo, School of Management
2004: Dr James Dowden, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, and Dr Joanna Phoenix, Department of Social & Policy Sciences
2003: Dr C Bowen, Department of Engineering & Applied Science
2002: Dr Steve McGuire, School of Management
2001: Bernard Grimm, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2000: Dr Stephan Wolff, Department of European Studies & Modern Languages
1999: Dr Marion Demossier, Department of European Studies & Modern Languages
1998: Dr Gary Lock, Department of Mechanical Engineering
1997: Dr Simon Crampin, Department of Physics
1996: Dr Merrilee Hurn, Department of Mathematical Sciences
1995: Dr Mark Chaplain, Department of Mathematical Sciences