2017 ABTA Doctoral Researcher Awards
UCL 'Darwin' Lecture theatre, with its technological equipments, high quality sound system and soft seats has a reputation, among students of University College London, as a nice and comfy place to listen and learn. Darwin is well aware of His capacity and abilities for being the best place in London to teach young academics and is rightfully proud of it. While the 'Darwin' treats all of his guests (that are the students) with kindness and respect, His real passion is for hosting the most unique event for the most talented PhD students in the UK.
On May 20th 2017, UCL Darwin Hall was the happiest hall among all lecture theatres in the UK for, once again, He was the centre for the most elevating, most inspiring, most pleasant, and most entertaining, and most celebrated event of the year 2017: the 6th Doctoral Researcher Awards 2017.
Most elevating it was. Out of nearly two hundred high quality applications, forty excellent candidates were chosen for the ceremony. The qualified young academics illustrated their research by posters (honourable mentions) or by giving a short presentation in front of prominent academics who came from various Higher Education Institutes in the UK.
Most inspiring it was. Two world renowned scientists Sir Professor Michael Pepper (University College London) and Professor Josef Kittler (Surrey University) delivered tremendously inspiring and informative talks which had the power of not only expanding our narrow view of the technical science but also broadening our fixed perspective as being future generation of academics.
Most pleasant it was. After being fascinated by the superb performances of the finalists' thrilling research achievements, the audience quenched their hunger for science (and for food) in the poster hall viewing, listening and talking with awardees (honourable mentions) while enjoying plenty of refreshments.
Most entertaining it was. The grand final of the ceremony was truly the most exciting and entertaining part of the day. While the rumours and gossips flow around the audience everyone had their own best candidate which was actually the right perspective to view this competition. As pointed out by Professor Joseph Kittler, the Olympic spirit is more important than who comes ahead by a small margin.
Most celebrated it is. Each year, bringing together, from all parts of the UK, hundreds of most talented young academics to a single location with the single purpose of uniting in the good effort to cultivate intellectual activity among the young academics, truly makes DRA a one of its kind event.
Finally, we would like to thank all of our guests of honour as well as our generous supporters, who donated for the 2017 ABTA Doctoral Researcher Awards and congratulate all winners and wish them the best in their academic career.
Winners:
Management & Social Sciences
1st Hannah Baker - University of Cambridge
The Demolition and Adaptation of Existing Buildings on Masterplan Sites
2nd Eliza Garnsey - University of Cambridge
The Art of Justice and The Justice of Art in 'Post-Apartheid' South Africa
3rd Ayten Bilgin - University of Warwick
Infant Regulatory Problems: Neurodevelopmental Vulnerability and Sensitive Parenting
Engineering Sciences
1st Adarsh Ganesan - University of Cambridge
Probing Nonlinear Resonances in Microelectromechanical Systems
2nd Jing Wang - Bournemouth University
Matrix Factorization with Application on Clustering
3rd Isha Gupta - University of Southampton
Extracellular Neural Signal Compression with Nanoscale Memristors
Natural & Life Sciences
1st Julius Bier Kirkegaard - University of Cambridge
Physics to Understand Biology
2nd Katarzyna Sokol - University of Cambridge
Photoelectrochemistry of Photosystem II Integrated into Tailor-Made 3-D Electrodes
3rd Kent Griffith - University of Cambridge
Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Next-Generation Energy Storage Materials
Honourable Mentions
Management & Social Sciences
• Shuangmiao Han* - University of Oxford
The Trying Game: Policy Experimentation and Higher Education Reforms in Contemporary China
• Yuli Shan* - University of East Anglia
Development of China's Emission Accounts and Datasets
• Adelie Chevee - SOAS, University of London
• Andreas Ferrara - University of Warwick
• Biye Gao - SOAS, University of London
• Brian O'Shea - University of Warwick
• Donatella Bonansinga - University of Birmingham
• Julianne Viola - University of Oxford
• Laura Diorella Islas Liminana - University of Bath
• Longjie Lu - University of Leeds
• Marina Charalampidi - University of Warwick
• Mary Zhang - University of Cambridge
• Tania Cheng-Davies - University of Bristol
• Willa Zhen - SOAS, University of London
Engineering Sciences
• Shuping Dang* - University of Oxford
Relay Technology for The Next Generation Communication Networks
• Yuanwei Liu* - King's College London
Cooperative Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access with Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer
• Ahmed Mohammed - University of Portsmouth
• Anmar Dulaimi - Liverpool John Moores University
• Chrysoula Voulgari - University of Warwick
• Dongwei Du - University of Warwick
• Guotai Wang - University College London
• Mohammed Shbeh - University of Sheffield
• Mohammed A. M. Abdullah - Newcastle University
• Prabhuraj Balakrishnan - University of Manchester
• Ricardo da Conceicao Ribeiro - Newcastle University
• Rossana Castaldo - University of Warwick
• Stephen Chan - University of Manchester
• Tongyang Xu - University College London
• Zhe Li - University College London
• Zhijin Qin - Imperial College London
Natural & Life Sciences
• Angelo Di Bernardo* - University of Cambridge
Superconducting Spintronics
• Jolene Reid* - University of Cambridge
Computational Methods for Predicting Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyst Performance
• Abdulrahman Baki - University of Nottingham
• Anita Toscani - Imperial College London
• Helena Stage - University of Manchester
• Isabel Abanades Lazaro - University of Glasgow
• Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne - University of Essex
• Lucy Hutchinson - University of Oxford
• Marco Silipo - Newcastle University
• Marta Fiacconi - Liverpool John Moores University
• Naomi Moris - University of Cambridge
• Patrick Flagmeier - University of Cambridge
• Yavuz Kulaberoglu - University of Cambridge
* Who were the finalists.
UCL 'Darwin' Lecture theatre, with its technological equipments, high quality sound system and soft seats has a reputation, among students of University College London, as a nice and comfy place to listen and learn. Darwin is well aware of His capacity and abilities for being the best place in London to teach young academics and is rightfully proud of it. While the 'Darwin' treats all of his guests (that are the students) with kindness and respect, His real passion is for hosting the most unique event for the most talented PhD students in the UK.
On May 20th 2017, UCL Darwin Hall was the happiest hall among all lecture theatres in the UK for, once again, He was the centre for the most elevating, most inspiring, most pleasant, and most entertaining, and most celebrated event of the year 2017: the 6th Doctoral Researcher Awards 2017.
Most elevating it was. Out of nearly two hundred high quality applications, forty excellent candidates were chosen for the ceremony. The qualified young academics illustrated their research by posters (honourable mentions) or by giving a short presentation in front of prominent academics who came from various Higher Education Institutes in the UK.
Most inspiring it was. Two world renowned scientists Sir Professor Michael Pepper (University College London) and Professor Josef Kittler (Surrey University) delivered tremendously inspiring and informative talks which had the power of not only expanding our narrow view of the technical science but also broadening our fixed perspective as being future generation of academics.
Most pleasant it was. After being fascinated by the superb performances of the finalists' thrilling research achievements, the audience quenched their hunger for science (and for food) in the poster hall viewing, listening and talking with awardees (honourable mentions) while enjoying plenty of refreshments.
Most entertaining it was. The grand final of the ceremony was truly the most exciting and entertaining part of the day. While the rumours and gossips flow around the audience everyone had their own best candidate which was actually the right perspective to view this competition. As pointed out by Professor Joseph Kittler, the Olympic spirit is more important than who comes ahead by a small margin.
Most celebrated it is. Each year, bringing together, from all parts of the UK, hundreds of most talented young academics to a single location with the single purpose of uniting in the good effort to cultivate intellectual activity among the young academics, truly makes DRA a one of its kind event.
Finally, we would like to thank all of our guests of honour as well as our generous supporters, who donated for the 2017 ABTA Doctoral Researcher Awards and congratulate all winners and wish them the best in their academic career.
Winners:
Management & Social Sciences
1st Hannah Baker - University of Cambridge
The Demolition and Adaptation of Existing Buildings on Masterplan Sites
2nd Eliza Garnsey - University of Cambridge
The Art of Justice and The Justice of Art in 'Post-Apartheid' South Africa
3rd Ayten Bilgin - University of Warwick
Infant Regulatory Problems: Neurodevelopmental Vulnerability and Sensitive Parenting
Engineering Sciences
1st Adarsh Ganesan - University of Cambridge
Probing Nonlinear Resonances in Microelectromechanical Systems
2nd Jing Wang - Bournemouth University
Matrix Factorization with Application on Clustering
3rd Isha Gupta - University of Southampton
Extracellular Neural Signal Compression with Nanoscale Memristors
Natural & Life Sciences
1st Julius Bier Kirkegaard - University of Cambridge
Physics to Understand Biology
2nd Katarzyna Sokol - University of Cambridge
Photoelectrochemistry of Photosystem II Integrated into Tailor-Made 3-D Electrodes
3rd Kent Griffith - University of Cambridge
Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Next-Generation Energy Storage Materials
Honourable Mentions
Management & Social Sciences
• Shuangmiao Han* - University of Oxford
The Trying Game: Policy Experimentation and Higher Education Reforms in Contemporary China
• Yuli Shan* - University of East Anglia
Development of China's Emission Accounts and Datasets
• Adelie Chevee - SOAS, University of London
• Andreas Ferrara - University of Warwick
• Biye Gao - SOAS, University of London
• Brian O'Shea - University of Warwick
• Donatella Bonansinga - University of Birmingham
• Julianne Viola - University of Oxford
• Laura Diorella Islas Liminana - University of Bath
• Longjie Lu - University of Leeds
• Marina Charalampidi - University of Warwick
• Mary Zhang - University of Cambridge
• Tania Cheng-Davies - University of Bristol
• Willa Zhen - SOAS, University of London
Engineering Sciences
• Shuping Dang* - University of Oxford
Relay Technology for The Next Generation Communication Networks
• Yuanwei Liu* - King's College London
Cooperative Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access with Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer
• Ahmed Mohammed - University of Portsmouth
• Anmar Dulaimi - Liverpool John Moores University
• Chrysoula Voulgari - University of Warwick
• Dongwei Du - University of Warwick
• Guotai Wang - University College London
• Mohammed Shbeh - University of Sheffield
• Mohammed A. M. Abdullah - Newcastle University
• Prabhuraj Balakrishnan - University of Manchester
• Ricardo da Conceicao Ribeiro - Newcastle University
• Rossana Castaldo - University of Warwick
• Stephen Chan - University of Manchester
• Tongyang Xu - University College London
• Zhe Li - University College London
• Zhijin Qin - Imperial College London
Natural & Life Sciences
• Angelo Di Bernardo* - University of Cambridge
Superconducting Spintronics
• Jolene Reid* - University of Cambridge
Computational Methods for Predicting Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyst Performance
• Abdulrahman Baki - University of Nottingham
• Anita Toscani - Imperial College London
• Helena Stage - University of Manchester
• Isabel Abanades Lazaro - University of Glasgow
• Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne - University of Essex
• Lucy Hutchinson - University of Oxford
• Marco Silipo - Newcastle University
• Marta Fiacconi - Liverpool John Moores University
• Naomi Moris - University of Cambridge
• Patrick Flagmeier - University of Cambridge
• Yavuz Kulaberoglu - University of Cambridge
* Who were the finalists.