2022 winner

Dr Alexander Lunt, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Find out more about this year's winner of the John Willis Award.

Previous winners

  • 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