SAMS ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ graduate wins university accolade

Dr Pete Taylor has been named as the University of the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ and Islands 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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ graduation ceremony on Friday 11 September. He also received SAMS ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´â€™s Johanna Fehling Memorial Prize for the best published paper by a PhD student.

University of the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ and Islands 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 University of the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ and Islands 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 University of the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ and Islands 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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, but whose life was tragically cut short by illness.â€