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Awards and Prizes

Dr Thamali Ayagama, Physiology 2023 Poster Prize, July 2023

Professor Manuela Zaccolo, ISHR-ES Ketty Schwartz Award, July 2023

Wade-Martins GroupLaboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) Gold award, June 2023

Cragg Group, Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) Bronze award, June 2023

Ni Li 2023 Peter Beaconsfield Prize in Physiological Sciences, June 2023

Dr Raffaele Sarnataro, GRS 2023 Poster Award, May 2023

Sian Wilcox and Yitao ZhuGoodger and Schorstein Award, May 2023

Professor Dame Frances AshcroftDebrecen Award for Molecular Medicine, May 2023

Mark Selwood, Gold and Bronze medals at the 24th World Transplant Games, April 2023

Professor Dame Frances AshcroftVanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, March 2023

Professor Gero Miesenböck, 2023 Japan Prize, January 2023

Dr Mootaz SalmanNational Medal of Distinctive Scientific Achievement by the Government of Iraq, January 2023

Professor Denis NobleLomonosov Gold Medal, January 2023

Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft2022 Manpei Suzuki International Prize for Diabetes Research, January 2023

Marcos Castro Guarda, IMPRES 2022 best oral presenter, December 2022

Professor Jaideep Pandit, RCoA Gold Medal, November 2022

Dr Louisa Zolkiewski2022 Bruce Cattanach Prize, November 2022

Dr Peregrine Green, HRC 2022 Young Investigator Award, October 2022

Kaitlyn Dennis, William C. Stanley Early Investigator Award, September 2022

Professor Gero Miesenböck2022 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, September 2022

Adam WellsKrebs Memorial Scholarship by the Biochemical Society, August 2022

Wade-Martins Group, Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) Silver award, July 2022

Dr Mootaz Salman, International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) Young Scientist Lectureship Award, July 2022

Judith SayersUniversity College senior G A Paul Scholarship for research excellence, July 2022

Professors Randy Bruno and Scott Waddell, Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards, July 2022

Professor Anant Parekh, The Physiological Society Annual Review Prize Lecture 2023, June 2022

Associate Professor Neil Herring, 2022 Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture, Physiological Society, June 2022

Dr Peregrine Green, British Cardiovascular Society "Best of the Best" abstract award for cardiac rhythm management, June 2022

DPAG members of The Molecular Flow Sensor Team: Professor Peter Robbins, Asma Alamoudi, Dr Matthew Frise, Dr Chris Fullerton, Snapper Magor-Elliott, David O’Neill, the late Tim Pragnell, Dr Peter Santer, Dr Nick Talbot, Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize, June 2022

Dr Nikita Vedappointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), June 2022

Professor Randy Bruno, named Academy of Medical Sciences Professor, May 2022

Dr KC Park, European Society of Cardiology Young Investigator Award, May 2022

Associate Professor Ana Domingos2023 Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship, April 2022

Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft, Banting Medal, March 2022

Professor Gillian Morriss-Kay, Anatomical Society Prize Medal, January 2022

Wade-Martins Group, Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) Bronze award, October 2021

Kaitlyn DennisWilliam C. Stanley Young Investigator Award, September 2021

Dr Richard Tyser and Dr Jack MillerBernard and Joan Marshall Early Career Investigator Prize winner and runner-up, September 2021

Gosia Cyranka and Sian WilcoxPhysiology 2021 Early Career Researcher Poster Competition Prize, August 2021

Associate Professor Nicola Smart, The John French Memorial Lecture, June 2021

Professor Gero Miesenböck, The Physiological Society Annual Review Prize Lecture 2022, April 2021

Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft, 2020 Dale Medal, October 2020

Dr Lukas Krone, 2020 Christian Guilleminault Young Investigator Award, October 2020

Sonali Munshaw, 2020 International Vascular Biology Meeting E-poster Award, October 2020

Dr Richard Tyser, 2020 British Science Association Award lecturer, July 2020

Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton, 2021 Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture, Physiological Society, June 2020

Professor Anant Parekh, Honorary Guest Speaker at the 108th Indian Science Congress 2021, June 2020

Oliver Neely, 2020 Peter Beaconsfield Prize, June 2020

Professor Gero Miesenböck, The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, May 2020

Britt Hanson and Dr Lukas Krone, 2020 Goodger and Schorstein Award, March 2020

KC Park, OXION 2019 Poster Prize, October 2019

Associate Professor Lisa Heather, Associate Professor Robert Wilkins, Teaching Excellence Awards, September 2019

Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft, Jacob Henle Medal, July 2019

Professor Gero Miesenböck, Warren Alpert Foundation Award, July 2019 

Professor Kieran Clarke, William C. Stanley Award Lecture, June 2019

Professor Gero Miesenböck, Rumford Prize, April 2019

Dr Elizabeth HaythornePoster Awards from Diabetes UK and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, April 2019

Professor Dame Kay Davies, Biochemical Society's Centenary Award 2020, March 2019

Dr Lukas Krone, Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar Poster Prize, March 2019

Professor Anant Parekh, Batsheva de Rothschild Prize, January 2019

Professor Zoltan Molnar, Anatomical Society New Fellow of the Year Award 2018, November 2018

Professor Scott Waddell, 2018 Bindra Lecture, November 2018

Professor Gero Miesenböck, 2018 Francis Crick Lecture, October 2018

Professor Dame Kay Davies, Royal Society Croonian Medal and Lecture 2019, July 2018

Professor Sir Colin Blakemore, President's Research Medal, UK College of Optometrists, January 2018

Associate Professor Esther Becker, 2016 UK Golden Triangle Discovery Fast Track Challenge winner

Professor Gero Miesenböck, Weizmann Memorial Lecture 2017

Dr Samira Lakhal-Littleton, International BioIron Society Gunshin Levy Award 2017

Professor Andrew Parker, UK Physiological Society GL Brown Prize lecture, 2017

Professor David Paterson, American Physiological Society Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lecture 2018, April 2017

Professor Gero Miesenböck, Massry Prize 2016, October 2016

Professor Gero Miesenböck, Wilhelm Exner Medal 2016, October 2016

Professor Gero Miesenböck, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2015, Jan 2016

Professor Gero Miesenböck, Heinrich Wieland Prize 2015, Sept 2015

Professor Dame Kay Davies, William Allan Award 2015, American Society of Human Genetics, July 2015

Dr Lisa Heather, 2016 Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture, Physiological Society, July 2015

Professor Dame Kay Davies, 2015 WHRI Outstanding Contribution to Science Lecture & Medal, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, June 2015

Professor David Paterson, 2016 Brookhart Lecture at the School of Medicine, Oregon Health Science University, U.S., June 2015

Professor Dame Kay Davies, British Neuroscience Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Neuroscience 2014

Professor Scott Waddell, Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences 2014

Professor Dame Kay Davies, WISE Lifetime Achievement Award 2014, Nov 2014

Professor Frances Ashcroft, Novo Nordisk Foundation Jacobæus Prize 2014, Nov 2014

Professor Dame Kay Davies, one of Britain’s top ten ‘Explorer Scientists’, Science Council, Jan 2014

Professor Gero Miesenböck, Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and Medicine, 2013

Professor Gero Miesenböck, Brain Prize, 2013

Professor Anant Parekh, UK Physiological Society GL Brown Prize lecture, 2013

Professor Frances Ashcroft, European Laureate, L’Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Award, 2012

Professor Gero Miesenböck, InBev Baillet-Latour International Health Prize, 2012

Dr Nicola Smart, British Cardiovascular Society Michael Davies Early Career Award, 2012

Dr Nicola Smart, BHF Research Fellow of the Year, 2011

Professor Andrew Parker, Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award, 2005-2010

Professor Anant Parekh, Lister Prize Fellow, 2001-2005

Professor David Paterson, UK Physiological Society GL Brown Prize lecture, 2000

Appointments

Dr Dan Li, conferral of title of Associate Professor, May 2023

Dr Nicol Harper, conferral of title of Associate Professor, May 2023

Professor Jaideep Pandit, appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of Anesthesia & Analgesia (A&A) and its companion journal, A&A Practice, April 2023

Dr Armin Lak, appointed Associate Professor of Integrative Neuroscience and Tutorial Fellow at St John's College, February 2023

Professor Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, elected Vice President (Basic) of the European Sleep Research Society, October 2022

Associate Professor Ana Domingos, conferral of title of Professor of Neuroscience, August 2022

Associate Professor Nicola Smart, conferral of title of Professor of Cardiovascular Science, August 2022

Associate Professor Nicola Smart, appointed Associate Professor in Cellular and Integrative Physiology and Tutorial Fellow at Christ Church College, May 2022

Dr Charmaine Lang, conferral of title of Departmental Research Lecturer, April 2022

Dr Mootaz Salman, conferral of title of Departmental Research Lecturer, December 2021

Associate Professor Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, conferral of title of Professor of Physiology, December 2021

Associate Professor Ana Domingos, appointment as Editor-in-Chief for the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, November 2021, assuming office July 2022

Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton, appointed Associate Professor in Cell Physiology and Tutorial Fellow at Brasenose College, April 2021

Associate Professor Pawel Swietach, conferral of title of Professor of Physiology, October 2020

Associate Professor Ana Domingos, appointment to the Advisory Board of Cell Metabolism, October 2020

Professor Paul Riley, appointed Director of Oxford's Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, September 2020

Associate Professor Deborah Goberdhan, election to the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles Board of Directors, September 2020

Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly, World Parkinson Coalition Science Ambassador for 6th World Parkinson Congress in June 2022, September 2020

Associate Professor Robin Klemm, appointed Associate Professor of Physiological Metabolism and Tutorial Fellow at Somerville College, June 2020

Dr Megan Cameron NevilleDr Johannes DahmenDr Anna Hoerder-SuabedissenDr Dan LiDr Michael PuljungDr Fernando Rodriquez Nodal and Dr Ben Willmore, conferral of title of Departmental Lecturer, February 2020

Dr Duncan Sparrow, awarded title of Associate Professor, January 2020

Dr Dan Li, awarded title of University Research Lecturer, January 2020

Dr Kerry Walker, awarded conversion from the title of University Research Lecturer to Associate Professor, January 2020

Associate Professor Neil Herring, appointed Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Physiology and Tutorial Fellow at Exeter College, November 2019

Association Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton, election to the International Biolron Society's Board of Directors, May 2019

Associate Professor Damian Tyler, conferral of title of Professor of Physiological Metabolism, August 2018

Associate Professor Sarah de Val, conferral of title of Associate Professor, August 2018

Dr Lisa Heather, conferral of title of Associate Professor, August 2018

Dr Carlo Rinaldi, conferral of title of Associate Professor, August 2018

Dr Samira Lakhal-Littleton, conferral of title of Associate Professor, August 2018

Dr Nicola Smart, conferral of title of Associate Professor, August 2018

Dr Michael Kohl, conferral of title of University Research Lecturer, August 2018

Dr Kerry Walker, conferral of title of University Research Lecturer, August 2018

Dr Nicol Harper, conferral of title of University Research Lecturer, August 2018

Professor Caleb Webber, conferral of title of Professor of Bioinformatics, October 2017

Dr Esther Becker, conferral of title of Associate Professor, July 2016

Dr Deborah Goberdhan, conferral of title of Associate Professor, July 2016

Dr Tim Vogels, conferral of title of Associate Professor, July 2016

Professor Stephen Goodwin, conferral of title of Professor of Neurogenetics, July 2015

Professor Richard Wade-Martins, conferral of title of Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, July 2015

Professor Clive Wilson, conferral of title of Professor of Cell and Developmental Genetics, July 2015

Dr Lisa Heather, conferral of title of University Research Lecturer, April 2015

Dr Samira Lakhal-Littleton, conferral of title of University Research Lecturer, April 2015

Dr Carolyn Carr, conferral of title of Associate Professor of Biomedical Science, April 2015

Dr Neil Herring, conferral of title of Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, April 2015

Dr Peter Oliver, conferral of title of Associate Professor of Neuroscience, April 2015

Dr Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, conferral of title of Associate Professor of Neuroscience, April 2015

Professor Stephanie Cragg, conferral of title of Professor of Neuroscience, October 2014

Dr Victoria Bajo Lorenzana, conferral of title of Associate Professor, July 2014

Dr Kristine Krug, conferral of title of Associate Professor, July 2014

Dr Ji-Long Liu, conferral of title of Associate Professor, July 2014

Dr Damian Tyler, conferral of title of Associate Professor, July 2014

Dr Esther Becker, conferral of title of University Research Lecturer, Dec 2013

Dr Carolyn Carr, conferral of title of University Research Lecturer, Dec 2013

Dr Peter Oliver, conferral of title of University Research Lecturer, Dec 2013

Professor Jaideep Pandit, Difficult Airway Society Faculty Professor, since 2013

Professor Paul Riley, BHF Professor of Regenerative Medicine, 2011-2016

Dr Victoria Bajo Lorenzana, conferral of title of University Reserarch Lecturer, December 2009

Honourary and Visiting

Professor Irene Tracey, Honorary Fellow of The Physiological Society, December 2022

Professor Zoltan MolnarEinstein Visiting Fellowship at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, September 2020 (3 years)

Professor Damian Tyler, Honorary Skou Professor at the University of Aarhus, October 2019

Professor Zoltan Molnar, Allan and Maria Myers International Visiting Fellowship, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia, Nov 2014

Professor David Paterson, Hon Research Professor at the Florey Institute for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, 2011

Professor David Paterson, Hon Professorial Fellow at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, 2008

Fellowships

Life Fellows

Professor Frances Ashcroft DBE, FMedSci, FRS, MAE, FIUPS

Professor Sue Black DBE, OBE, FRSE, FBA, FRAI, FRSB, ChFA, FRS

Professor Kay Davies CBE, DBE, FMedSci, FRCP (hon), FRS, MAE, HonDSc (Kingston), HonDSc (Victoria, BC, Canada)

Professor em. Clive Ellory FMedSci

Associate Professor Neil Herring, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians

Professor Andrew King FMedSci FRS

Associate Professor Kristine Krug FRSB

Professor Gero Miesenböck FMedSci FRS, MAE, Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation EMBO

Professor Zoltan Molnar FAS, FRSB, MAE

Professor em. Denis Noble CBE, FMedSci, FRS, MAE, FIUPS

Professor Anant Parekh FMedSci, FRS, MAE

Professor Andrew Parker FRSB, ScD (Cantab)

Professor David Paterson FRSB, FAPS, MAE, Hon FRSNZ

Professor Paul Riley FMedSci

Professor em. John Stein FMedSci

Professor Molly Stevens FREng FRS

Associate Professor Pawel Swietach FPhysiol

Professor Irene Tracey, CBE, FMedSci, FRS

Professor Damian Tyler, Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)

Professor Scott Waddell FMedSci, FRS, Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation EMBO

Professor Manuela Zaccolo FRSB, MAE, Fellow of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti

Research Fellows (by grant end date)

Dr Hugo Fernandes, Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Research Leader Fellowship, 2023-2028

Dr Annie Park, Wellcome Early-Career Award, 2023-2028

Associate Professor Sarah de Val, BHF Senior Basic Science Research Fellow, 2018 - 2028 (extended from 2023)

Associate Professor Duncan Sparrow, BHF Senior Basic Science Research Fellow, 2017 - 2028 (extended from 2023)

Dr Ian McCracken, BHF Immediate Basic Science Research Fellowship, 2023 - 2027

Dr Filipa Simões, BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship, 2022 - 2027

Dr Charmaine Lang, Parkinson’s UK and Rosetrees Trust Joint Senior Research Fellowship, 2023-2026

Dr Becky Carlyle, Alzheimer's Research UK Senior Research Fellowship, 2022 - 2026

Professor Andrew King, Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow, 2006 - 2026

Dr Jose Prius Mengual, Epilepsy Research UK & NATA Emerging Leader Fellowship Award, 2023-2025

Dr Mootaz Salman, Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, 2022-2025

Dr Huriye AtilganSir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2025

Associate Professor Neil Herring, BHF Senior Clinical Research Fellow, 2020 - 2025

Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton, MRC Senior Non-Clinical Fellow, 2020 - 2025

Dr Oliver Stone, Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow, 2020 - 2025

Associate Professor Lisa Heather, BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow, 2017 - 2025

Dr Armin Lak, Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow, 2019 - 2024

Associate Professor Nicola Smart, BHF Senior Basic Science Research Fellow, 2014 - 2024 (extended from 2019)

Dr Joaquim Miguel Vieira, BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow, 2019 - 2024

Professor Damian Tyler, BHF Senior Basic Science Research Fellow, 2019 - 2024

Dr Adam Packer, Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow, 2018 - 2023

Dr Gitalee Sarker, Novo Nordisk Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2019 - 2022

Professor Gero Miesenböck, Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator, 2015 - 2022

Professor Scott Waddell, Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow, 2016 - 2022

Professor Stephen Goodwin, Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator, 2015 - 2022

ERC Grants (by grant end date)

Dr Armin Lak, ERC Starting Grant, 2022 - 2027

Dr Christoph Treiber, ERC Starting Grant, 2022 - 2027

Dr Adam Packer, ERC Starting Grant, 2019 - 2024

Professor Gero Miesenböck FMedSci FRS, ERC Advanced Grant, 2019 - 2024

Associate Professor Ana Domingos, ERC Consolidator Grant, 2018-2023

Professor Scott Waddell, ERC Advanced Grant, 2018-2023

Associate Professor Pawel Swietach, ERC Consolidator Grant, 2017-2022

Associate Professor Mathilda Mommersteeg, ERC Starting Grant, 2017-2021

College Fellowships

Each member of Faculty at the department (except Departmental Lecturers) holds a College Fellowship at an Oxford College.

 

 

 

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