{"id":1737,"date":"2025-10-31T13:09:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/icpostgrad\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:45:05","slug":"ecri-awards-and-celebration-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/icpostgrad\/2025\/10\/31\/ecri-awards-and-celebration-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"ECRI Awards and Celebration 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1741\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/icpostgrad\/files\/2025\/10\/pic-1-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-institute\">The Early Career Researcher Institute<\/a> is delighted to share the highlights from this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-institute\/networks-events-and-funds\/events\/awards-and-celebration\/\">ECRI Awards and Celebration<\/a>, held on Tuesday 16 September 2025 at Eastside!<\/p>\n<p>This event, held during Postdoc Appreciation Week, celebrated the outstanding contributions of Imperial\u2019s postdocs and fellows, recognising their vital role in fostering a positive and supportive research environment. The celebration included a lunch, the ECRI Awards ceremony and an opportunity to network with colleagues from across Imperial.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Award Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Creating a Positive Research Environment Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zhenzhu Li \u2013 Department of Materials<\/li>\n<li>Lyes Kahouadji \u2013 Department of Chemical Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Supporting Research Staff and Students Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fabio De Sousa Ribeiro \u2013 Department of Computing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1740\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/icpostgrad\/files\/2025\/10\/pic-2-300x196.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Postdoc and Fellows Reps Team Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Department of Life Sciences: Julia Sanchez Garrido, Alex Cocker, Satya Prakash, Anna Bajur, Hannah Jagoe, Smitha Maretvadakethope, Rahwa Osman, Valentina Carannante, Jessica Williams and Katie Willis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1739\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/icpostgrad\/files\/2025\/10\/pic-3-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Postdoc and Fellows Champions Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stella Pedrazzini \u2013 Department of Materials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1738\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/icpostgrad\/files\/2025\/10\/pic-4-300x231.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ECRI team would like to extend their congratulations to all winners, finalists and nominees \u2013 all of whom have had a positive impact on those around them and the research culture at Imperial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Early Career Researcher Institute is delighted to share the highlights from this year\u2019s ECRI Awards and Celebration, held on Tuesday 16 September 2025 at Eastside! 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