Nominations announced for Dean's Commendations for Excellent Teaching

30 Oct 2020

This year's nominations for the Dean's Commendations for Excellent Teaching have been announced by the Faculty of Science.

Each semester the Faculty asks full-time students who achieved a GPA of 6.6 or greater in the previous semester to nominate their most effective teacher. These nominations allow us to celebrate the outstanding efforts of our staff to support students through effective teaching.

The Faculty received a total of 207 nominations across 99 teaching staff for Semester 1, 2020. The most nominated staff members are below.

On behalf of the Faculty, Executive Dean Professor Melissa Brown wishes to personally congratulate nominees and thank them for all they do throughout the year to ensure Faculty of Science students have the best quality of education.

Most nominated teachers

Name

School

Course

No. of Nominations

Dr Sara Herke

School of Mathematics and Physics

SCIE1000

14

Dr Adam Piggott

School of Mathematics and Physics

SCIE1000

10

Dr Artem Pulemotov

School of Mathematics and Physics

MATH1071

9

Dr Chris McGrath

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

ENVM3103, EMVM7123

8

A/Prof Jack Wang

School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences

BIOL1020

8

Prof Malcolm Jones

School of Veterinary Science

VETS1060

5

Dr Mark Turner

School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

MICR3860

5

Schools/institutes ranked by nominations

School/Institute

No. of Nominations

School of Mathematics and Physics

55

School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

31

School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences

30

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

25

School of Veterinary Science

16

School of Biomedical Sciences

11

School of Biological Sciences

10

School of Psychology

9

Institute for Molecular Bioscience

5

Diamantina Institute

3

Queensland Brain Institute

2

School of Communication and Arts

2

School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

2

Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology

2

School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry

1

Mater Research Institute

1

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

1

School of Social Science

1

Total

207

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