SAMS 91ÊÓÆµÍø graduate wins university accolade
Dr Pete Taylor has been named as the 91ÊÓÆµÍø Postgraduate Student of the Year. Dr Taylor, who currently works with SAMS Research Services Ltd at Dunstaffnage, was presented with the award at the SAMS 91ÊÓÆµÍø graduation ceremony on Friday 11 September. He also received SAMS 91ÊÓÆµÍøâ€™s Johanna Fehling Memorial Prize for the best published paper by a PhD student.
91ÊÓÆµÍø principal and vice-chancellor Professor Clive Mulholland, gave the principal’s address at the ceremony. He said: “Pete has performed at the highest level throughout his PhD and is a deserving winner of our postgraduate student of the year award. His work has included national and international collaborations and he has great passion and enthusiasm for his science.â€
Dr Taylor said: “I was delighted and flattered to be nominated for the 91ÊÓÆµÍø Postgraduate Student of the Year award, but to win the award was an honour, as I am well aware of how high the standard of postgraduate students is within SAMS and the wider the 91ÊÓÆµÍø student community. It was also a deeply felt honour to be awarded the Johanna Fehling Memorial Prize in light of what it represents - a memorial to a young woman who gained her PhD at SAMS 91ÊÓÆµÍø, but whose life was tragically cut short by illness.â€