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Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence past recipients

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Explore the full list of VC's Award recipients through the years, who have been recognised for their achievements in education, research and service to the community.

Vice-Chancellor's Award recipients

Sydney Leaders

  • Professor Adam Bridgeman, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Educational Innovation) 
  • Dr Amanda Harris, Sydney Conservatorium of Music 
  • The Modular Professional Learning Framework (MPLF) Program Team, Education Portfolio        
    • Samantha Clarke
    • Danny Liu
    • Jessica Frawley
    • Eszter Kalman
    • Kimberly Baskin
    • Alix Thoeming
    • Sarah Humpreys
    • Michelle Harrison

Diversity and Inclusion Champion

  • Dr Ryan Naylor, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health

One Sydney, Many People

  • Dr Louise Boon-Kuo, Sydney Law School

Better Place to Work

  • Andrew Jeon, ICT, Operations Portfolio
  • Rebecca Dinnie, Education Portfolio 
  • Student Wellbeing Care Reports Team, Education Portfolio 
    • Julian Aroney-Smith
    • Sinnead Cullen
    • Carmen Germain
    • Jamie Gray
    • Lana Newombe
    • Taleen Biberian
    • Natalie Ang
    • Jakeb Gregory Wilkinson
    • Siobhan Ruane
    • Emily Dennis 
  • Digital Behaviour Risk Analysis Working Group, External Engagement, Operations, Research, and Office of General Counsel Portfolios
    • Rachel Fergus
    • Verity Leatherdale
    • Mark Houston
    • Rachel Pevy 
    • Patricia Tzannes
    • Catherine O'Mallon
    • Sarah Holmes
    • Kerrie Henderson
    • Anji Head

Partnering with Impact

  • Rupal Ismin, Sydney Knowledge Hub
  • Rothwell Chair Program Team, Sydney School of Architecture, Design & Planning and the Advancement Portfolio
    • Flora Grant
    • Harriet Ticehurst
    • Catherine Lassen
    • Hannes Frykholm
    • Rachelle Carritt
    • Steven Burns
    • Adrian Thai
    • Linda Wang
  • Team Narrabri: Celebrating the Opening of the International Centre of Crop and Digital Agriculture, Faculty of Science, Advancement & External Engagement Portfolios
    • Kristin Anderson
    • Associate Professor Guy Roth
    • Kristy Faris
    • Marcus Strom
    • Claudia Rowe
    • Isha Dahl
    • Nena Serafimovska
    • Isobelle Rufo
    • Martine Illing Kelly
    • Cassandra Chester 

Teaching and Learning Excellence

  • Dr Garth Tarr, Faculty of Science 
  • Dr Mohammad Polash, Faculty of Engineering
  • SCANA Team, Education Portfolio
    • Katherine Olston
    • Alexandra Garcia Marrugo
    • Josh Aarts
    • Dashiell Moore

Student Experience Excellence

  • Educational Innovation Online Exams Team, Education Porfolio 
    • Leon Huang
    • Oliver Mann
    • Leanne Giobran
    • Sharon Kitching
    • Tom Cramond
    • Sam Poulos
    • Gosia Dossegger
    • Nikki Briones
    • Kirsty Holmes
    • Marianna Koulias
  • A Holistic Approach to the Student Experience in History, Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 
    • Niro Kandasamy
    • James Findlay
    • Sophie Loy-Wilson
    • Helene Sirantoine
    • Cindy McCreery
    • Andres Rodriguez
    • Frances Clarke
    • John Gagne
    • Marco Duranti
    • David Brophy
    • Roberto Chauca

Research Excellence

  • Professor Lina Markauskaite, Sydney School of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Professor Emmanuel (Manos) Stamatakis, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health & Charles Perkins Centre 
  • The OPAL Team, Faculty of Medicine and Health & External Engagement Portfolio
    • Christine Lin
    • Chris Maher
    • Andrew McLachlan
    • Caitlin Jones
    • Jane Latimer
    • Hanan McLachlan
    • Melissa Webb
    • Melanie Hamilton
    • Michelle Blowes
    • Laurie Guthrie 

Early Career Teachers of the Year

  • Dr Alison Wong, Sydney Business School 
  • Dr Shane Wilkinson, Faculty of Science 

Early Career Researcher of the Year

  • Dr Zengxia Pei, Faculty of Engineering

HDR Supervisor of the Year

  • Professor Robyn Gallagher, Sydney Nursing School, Faculty of Medicine and Health 

Special Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to the University

Times Higher Education Conference Multidisciplinary Team

Consisting of colleagues from Education, Research and External Engagement Portfolios, the Business School and Campus Operations Services: 

  • Kirsten Andrews
  • Mandy Nelson
  • Amanda Sayan
  • Kathy Belov
  • Kirk Doyle
  • Kathleen Berezay
  • Johanna Lowe
  • Chris Maunder
  • Elise Webster
  • Steph Busby
  • Kathleen Dalziel
  • Lucy Evans
  • Ling Yuen
  • Cristina Dietmann
  • Jocie Evison
  • Andrew Brettell
  • Trixie Baretto
  • Nick Nedeljkovic
  • Grace Hall
  • Heidi Atkins
  • Nathan Gilbert
  • Laurie Guthrie
  • Alex Siegers
  • Nicole Pan
  • Kathryn McNulty
  • Blair Farnsworth
  • Sam Baker
  • Stephen Jago
  • Bev McQueen
  • Sandra Black
  • Rachel Gale
  • Cheryl Wharton
  • Nathan Edwards
  • Victoria Deng
  • Isha Dahal

Outstanding Teaching and Research

  • Omid Kavehei, Faculty of Engineering
  • Christina Abdel Shaheed, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Justine Humphry, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Cameron Kepert, Faculty of Science
  • Mahyar Shirvanimoghaddam, Faculty of Engineering

Outstanding Research Higher Degree Supervision

  • Haryana Dhillon, Faculty of Science
  • Trudy Rebbeck, Faculty of Medicine and Health

 Outstanding Teaching

  • Jamie Glister, Sydney Law School
  • Taronga Wildlife Conservation Degree, Faculty of Science
    • Catherine Herbert
    • Dieter Hochuli
    • Pauline  Ross
    • Lauren Cole
    • Emma Thompson
  • Inventing the Future, The University of Sydney Business School, Faculty of Science, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, and Faculty of Engineering
    • Guy Ford
    • Martin Tomitsch
    • Andrew Harris
    • Maryanne Large
  • Life and Evolution Leadership Team, Faculty of Science
    • Cameron Negus
    • Matthew Pye
    • Francesca van den Berg

Outstanding Early Career Teaching

  • Peyvand Firouzeh, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Stephen George-Williams, Faculty of Science
  • Brad Fuller, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Natali Pearson, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre

Outstanding Contribution to Educational Excellence

  • Buddhi Gunaratne, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Design Modelling & Fabrication Lab, School of Architecture, Design and Planning
    • Dylan Wozniak-O'Connor
    • Lee Tang
    • Zoe Skinner
    • Gracie Guan
    • Sam Choy
    • Lynn Masuda
    • Chris Carroll
  • In-Class Response Team, Central Operations Services
    • Peter Meredith
    • Joshua Ford
    • Emma Brady
    • Michelle Kemp
    • Feng Foo
    • Matthew Etherden
  • Sydney School of Veterinary Science Technical Team, Faculty of Science
    • Lance Proctor
    • James Maxwell
    • Katrina Walker
    • Benjamin Rysnik-Steck
    • Jane Bursill
    • Laura Woolfenden
    • Katrina Gilchrist

Outstanding Educational Engagement and Innovation

  • Frances Barraclough, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Mark Ledbury, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Outstanding Research

  • Susan Park, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Antonio Tricoli, Faculty of Engineering
  • David Raubenheimer and Manfred Lenzen, Faculty of Science and Charles Perkins Centre
  • Peter Cistulli, Faculty of Medicine and Health

Outstanding Early Career Research

  • Olga Boichak, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Chang Xu, Faculty of Engineering
  • Giselle Yeo, Faculty of Science
  • Shenlong Zhao, Faculty of Engineering

Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation

  • Eleanor Bruce, Faculty of Science
  • Stephanie Partridge, Faculty of Medicine and Health

Outstanding Contribution to Research Excellence

  • Toby Passioura, Sydney Analytical Core Research Facility
  • Bonny Tsoi, Faculty of Engineering
  • Nicholas McKay, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • MRFF Frontiers Grant Development Team, Faculty of Medicine and Health and Research Portfolio
    • Ed Hendriks
    • Kailing Wang
    • Idalia Dawidowska
    • David Boyd
    • Andrew Tindell
    • Mark Rees
    • Nicholas McKay

Outstanding Mentoring and Leadership

  • Ainslie Bulmer, Education Portfolio
  • Michele Ford, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre
  • Paul Sheehy, Faculty of Science
  • Elaine Huber, The University of Sydney Business School
  • Sydney Early-Mid Career Academic Network (SEMCAN), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health,  Faculty of Science and Education Portfolio
    • Andrew Grant
    • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl
    • Ollie Jay
    • Jingjing You
    • Melody Ding
    • Elizabeth New
  • The Sydney Educational Fellowship Program Team, Educational Innovation Team
    • Jessica Frawley
    • Kimberly Baskin
    • Danny Liu
    • Eszter Kalman
    • Samantha Clarke
    • Ruth Weeks

Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion

  • Zsuzsanna Dancso, Faculty of Science
  • John Yu Fellowship Team, The University of Sydney Business School and Culture Strategy
    • Clinton Free
    • Betina Szkudlarek
    • Dan Caprar
    • Dimitria Groutsis
    • Helena  Nguyen
    • Tim Soutphommasane
    • Stephanie Wood

Outstanding Contribution to the University Community

  • Melissa Burney, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Celebrating the Women of Sydney Law School campaign, Sydney Law School, The Advancement Portfolio, External Engagement Portfolio
    • Penelope Crossley
    • Peter Finneran
    • Carla Viola
    • Felicity Stafford
    • Elissa Blake
    • Sarah Kim
    • Ciara Timlin
  • Expanded Welcome 2022, Education Portfolio, University of Sydney Union, Marketing and Communications, Student Experience Program, Central Operations Services, and Information and Communications Technology
    • Blair Farnsworth
    • Sarah Morris
    • Jennifer Peden
    • Drasko Mitrikeski
    • Becky Matthews
    • Noelle Phegan
    • Clare Van De Wall
  • Esty Marcu, Modern Slavery Unit
  • University Infrastructure Relocations Team, University Infrastructure
    • Heather Ahlfeld
    • Susana  Cortes
  • NSW International Student Arrivals Program Team, Marketing and Communications, External Engagement, Student Life, Student Administration Services
    • Lydia Dutcher
    • Gregory Londish
    • Julia Newton
    • Sladjana Rstic

Outstanding Contribution to the One Sydney, Many People Strategy

  • Procurement Services, Operations Portfolio
    • Zajaja Awan
    • Brett Cooper
    • Zoe Fogg
    • Geetha Baskaran
    • Philip Chan
    • Heather Williams
    • Ferry Tjhin

Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability

  • PRME/SDG Impact Core Team, The University of Sydney Business School
    • Anna Young-Ferris
    • Betina Szkudlarek
    • Rachel Tuitama

Outstanding Teaching and Research

  • Professor Pauline Ross, Faculty of Science
  • Associate Professor Rebekah Moles, Sydney Pharmacy School
  • Professor Laura Shepherd, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Professor Stefanie Schurer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Outstanding Research Higher Degree Supervision

  • Professor Paulo Ferreira, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Professor Richard Payne, Faculty of Science

Outstanding Teaching

  • Associate Professor Steven Lu, Business School
  • DATA1001 Leadership team, Faculty of Science/School of Mathematics and Statistics
    • Dr Diana Warren
    • Professor Jean Yang
    • Dr Michael Stewart
    • Dr Ellis Patrick
    • Dr Garth Tarr
  • FASS1000 team, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    • Associate Professor Bruce Isaacs
    • Dr Alix Thoeming
  • Vaccination Training Program team, Faculty of Medicine and Health
    • Professor Peter Carroll
    • Professor Jane Hanrahan

Outstanding Early Career Teaching

  • Dr Yu Heng Lau, Faculty of Science
  • Dr Reyne Pullen, Faculty of Science
  • Dr Nicholas Bromfield, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Outstanding Contribution to Educational Excellence

  • Tristan Enright, Education Portfolio
  • Educational Integrity team, Education Portfolio
    • Rebecca Dinnie
    • Lucy Nobis

Outstanding Educational Engagement and Innovation

  • Leading in a Post Crisis World, Business School
    • Associate Professor Peter Bryant
    • Associate Professor Juliette Overland
  • SOPHI Education, Engagement and Innovation Team, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    • Dr Julie-Ann Robson
    • Peter Adams
    • Dr Ben Brown
    • Rebecca Hebbard
    • Madeline Robinson
    • Dr Toner Stevenson

Outstanding Research

  • Professor Albert Zomaya, Faculty of Engineering
  • Professor Luigi Fontana, Faculty of Medicine and Health and Charles Perkins Centre
  • Professor Jody Webster, Faculty of Science
  • Professor Muireann Irish, Faculty of Science and Brain and Mind Centre
  • Associate Professor Wanli Ouyang, Faculty of Engineering
  • Melanoma Institute Australia, Faculty of Medicine & Health
    • Professor Georgina Long
    • Professor Richard Scolyer

Outstanding Early Career Research

  • Dr Amandeep Kaur, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Dr Fengwang Li, Faculty of Engineering

Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation

  • Professor Anita Ho-Baillie, Faculty of Science
  • Dr Matthew Griffith, Faculty of Engineering

Outstanding Contribution to Research Excellence

  • Kane Williams, Office of General Counsel
  • All Hands on Deck, Faculty of Medicine and Health, NHMRC Clinical Trial Centre and Research Portfolio
    • Ellen Brodie
    • Vanessa Cochrane
    • Yumi Guo
    • Thalia Hambides
    • Eliza Robinson
    • Helen Towle
    • Nicole Wong
  • FMH Research Support team, Faculty of Medicine and Health
    • Dr George Carayannopoulos
    • Fiona Pearson
  • Sydney Manufacturing Hub team, Research Portfolio
    • Christina Alcover
    • Renee Barber
    • Dr Katja Eder
    • Dr Mehdi Eizadjou
    • John Mai
    • Zachary Stock
    • Dr Hongjian Wang

Outstanding Mentoring and Leadership

  • Dr Amanda Tattersall, Faculty of Science and Sydney Policy Lab
  • Professor Jean Yang, Faculty of Science
  • Professor Julie Redfern, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Associate Professor Lee Wallace, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion

  • Dr Gabrielle Russell, National Centre for Cultural Competence, Indigenous Strategy and Services Portfolio
  • Safer Communities team, Education Portfolio
    • Annabelle Hung
    • Sharon Chung

Outstanding Contribution to the University Community

  • Professor Ramon Shaban, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Darren Burdon, Office of Senior Deputy-Vice-Chancellor
  • Professor Julie Leask, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Professor Inam Haq, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Nicole Marchhart, University Infrastructure
  • Ismail Larney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
  • Amgen Biotech Experience Team, Faculty of Science
    • Dr Giselle Yeo
    • Eugenia O'Brien
    • Debra Phillips
    • Dr Caitlin Fisher
  • Media & PR, Issues Management team, External Relations
    • Shehana Darda-Teixeira
    • Rachel Fergus
    • Louise Schwartzkoff
    • Tess Gibney
  • Sydney Foreign Relations Act Team, Research Portfolio and Sydney Future Students
    • Victoria Romaniuk
    • Matthew Louie
    • Thommy Gatling
    • Olive Otedola-Olusanya

Outstanding Contribution to the One Sydney, Many People Strategy

  • Dr Antonia Mocatta, University of Sydney Library

Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability

  • Arthursleigh Farm Team, University Infrastructure
    • Stephen Burgun
    • Brian Farrell
    • Matthew Corby
    • Michelle Burgun
  • Procurement Services, Operations Portfolio
    • Philip Chan
    • Wendy Pearse
    • Graeme Yun
    • Sean Green
    • Marcel Rose
    • Zajaja Awan
    • Brett Cooper

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Indigenous Education Strategies

  • Indigenous Outreach in Engineering, Faculty of Engineering 
    • Christina Bacchiella
    • Keiran Passmore
    • Dr Petr Matous

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to the University Community

  • Tim Payne, Office of the Vice-Chancellor 

  • Dr Michelle Dickson, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney School of Public Health 

  • Associate Professor Anthony Masters, Faculty of Science

  • Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health
    • Boe Rambaldini
    • Vita Christie
    • Dr Kylie Gwynne
    • Jemma Chao
    • Professor Tom Calma AO
    • Rachael Moir
    • Abigail Clarkson

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research Excellence 

  • Caroline Wu, Westmead Applied Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health 

  • Dr Neftali Flores Rodriguez, Research Portfolio, Australian Centre for  Microscopy and Microanalysis

  • Sarah Taylor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Educational Excellence

  • Dr Jennifer Dowling, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

  • Psychology Undergraduate Education Support Team, Faculty of Science 
    • Cat Webb
    • James Brown
    • Zoe Britton-Harper

  • School of Electrical and Information Engineering Teaching Laboratories Technical Team, Faculty of Engineering 
    • Rui Chu
    • Thomas Huang
    • Peter Jones

  • Finance Graduate Program committee, Financial Services, Human Resources 
    • Stephen Blunt
    • Christina Fava
    • Russell Taylor
    • Jenni Zhao
    • Dave Goodwill 
    • Zajaja Awan

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion 

  • Staff Networks (All)
    • Lisa Sarago, on behalf of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff Network
    • Dr Helen Paterson, on behalf of the Women at Sydney Network
    • Charles Humblet, on behalf of the Disability at Work Network
    • Daniele Gianotti, on behalf of the Pride Network
    • Dr Kumudika de Silva, on behalf of the Mosaic Network

  • Dr Matthew Pye, Faculty of Science

  • University Centre for Rural Health Aboriginal Staff 'Caucus (not-caucus)' Team, Faculty of Medicine and Health
    • Emma Walke
    • Dr Veronica Matthews
    • David Edwards
    • Tracey Piccoli
    • Susan Parker-Pavlovic
    • Aimmee Waddell

  • Professor Jennie Brand-Miller, Faculty of Science 

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Mentoring and Leadership

  • Professor Louise Sharpe, Faculty of Science

  • Professor Anna DeFazio, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Westmead Institute of Medical Research, Centre for Cancer Research 

  • Associate Professor Kristie Miller, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

  • Coaching and Mentoring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Academics, Human Resources
    • David Meharg
    • Dr Michael Doyle
    • Dr Michelle Dickson
    • Nicole Watson
    • Emma Walke
    • Susan Parker-Pavlovic
    • Carmen Parter

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Supervision 

  • Associate Professor Mark Byron, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

  • Associate Professor Rebecca Johinke, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

  • Dr Elizabeth Dylke, Faculty of Medicine and Health

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation

  • Research Centre for Children and Families, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    • Associate Professor Amy Conley Wright
    • Professor Judy Cashmore AO
    • Dr Lynette Riley
    • Dr Susan Collings
    • Dr Betty Luu
    • Sarah Ciftci
    • Suzanne Pope

  • Professor Fariba Dehghani, Faculty of Engineering

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Educational Engagement and Innovation

  • Dr Frances Di Lauro, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

  • Dr Susan Coulson, Faculty of Medicine and Health

  • Team Aristotle, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Charles Perkins Centre 
    • Associate Professor Kim Bell-Anderson
    • Professor Jean Yang
    • Associate Professor John Ormerod
    • Professor David James

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Early Career Research

  • Dr Arnold (Lining) Ju, Faculty of Engineering

  • Dr Liam Grealy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Early Career Teaching

  • Dr Arunima Malik, Faculty of Science

  • Dr Victoria Rawlings, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research

  • Professor Geraint Lewis, Faculty of Science

  • Professor Dacheng Tao, Faculty of Engineering

  • Professor Vanessa Hayes, Faculty of Medicine and Health

  • Professor Sharon Naismith, Faculty of Science, Brain and Mind Centre 

  • Professor Philip Gale, Faculty of Science

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Teaching

  • Associate Professor Mark Melatos, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

  • Professor Peter Rutledge, Faculty of Science

  • Dr Kevin Walton, Sydney Law School

  • Dr Fiona Stanaway, Faculty of Medicine and Health 

  • 'BUSS2000: Leading and Influencing in Business' unit of study team, University of Sydney Business School 
    • Associate Professor Helena Nguyen
    • Associate Professor Anya Johnson
    • Dr Maria Ishkova
    • Mesepa Paul

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Teaching and Research

  • Professor Martijn de Sterke, Faculty of Science

  • Professor Stefan Williams, Faculty of Engineering

  • Professor Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Faculty of Science, Charles Perkins Centre

  • Dr Leanne Hassett, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health 

Special Award for Excellence (2020)

  • University Academic Response Team, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Information Communication Technology, Marketing and Communications, Sydney Future Students
    • Leah Hill
    • Trevor Woods
    • Johanna Lowe
    • Shane Griffin

  • Leah Hill, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

  • Dr Emily Miller, Research Portfolio

  • Property and Development Team, University Infrastructure
    • Chris Watts
    • Kathy Tilbury
    • Hannah Leach
    • David Johnstone
    • Gloria Rodgers

  • Covid-19 Tracing Phone Calls and Containment Team, Sydney Future Students, University Infrastructure 
    • Wencong Chai
    • Sophie Burrows
    • Brenda Wu
    • Roseanne Du
    • Chris Watts

  • Associate Professor Danny Liu, Education Portfolio 

  • Zoomers, Education Portfolio 
    • Eszter Kalman
    • Nicole Pappalardo
    • Sarah Craske

  • Communications Team, External Relations Portfolio
    • Johanna Lowe
    • Sarah Liebetrau
    • Jennifer Peterson-Ward
    • Bethany England
    • Chris Beaumont
    • Becky Matthews
    • Jenny Crosbie

  • Semester 2 2020 Student Recruitment Campaign Team, Marketing and Communications, Sydney Future Students, Education Portfolio
    • Kerry Capsanis
    • Julia Newton
    • Tim Field
    • Bonnie Cousins
    • Wen Chai
    • Nerida Olson
    • Lydia Dutcher

  • Physics Undergraduate Lab Team, Faculty of Science
    • Dr Alexander Samarian
    • Adam Israel
    • Professor Manjula Sharma
    • Brian Ford
    • Professor Scott Croom
    • Peter Verwayen
    • Associate Professor Sergio Leon-Saval

  • Admissions Team, Sydney Future Students, External Relations Portfolio
    • Brenda Wu
    • Mariana Heuser
    • Iva Buconjic
    • Amanda Barbosa
    • Madeleine Gray
    • Scott Ward
    • Sunil Chand

  • Professor Pauline Ross, Faculty of Science

  • Sydney Global Mobility Inbound Team, Sydney Future Students
    • Jessica Davis
    • Priya Sivaraj
    • Honey Abbott
    • Kristin Johnson
    • Jane Andrews
    • Reegan Myers
    • Sarah Nelson

  • Student Affairs and Engagement Team, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    • Alessia Pagano
    • Alexander Chetner
    • Caitlyn Sinclair
    • Eleonora Tsiknas Kazantzis
    • Freia Kirkaldy
    • Jack Gibson
    • Karen Walker

Outstanding Indigenous Education Strategies

  • Indigenous STEM Workshop Program (Mathematics Learning Centre) Team, Education Portfolio
    • Dr Collin Phillips
    • Dr Fu Ken Ly
  • Poche Centre Scholarship Program Support Team, Faculty of Medicine and Health
    • Jemma Chao
    • Folau Talbot
    • Vita Christie
    • Boe Rambaldini
    • Dr Kylie Gwynne

Outstanding Contribution to the University Community

  • Jackie Randles, Faculty of Science
  • Transformational Buildings Project Team, Campus Infrastructure and Services
    • Kathy Tilbury
    • Victoria Bolton
    • Alan Crowe
    • Simone Boski
    • Renee Barber
    • Gillian Cameron
    • Heather Ahlfeld
    • Kirsty Leo
    • Adam Goff
    • Drew Bagnall
    • David Watt
    • Chris Murray
    • Peter Mellows
    • Sam Gibson
    • David Clarke
    • Elliott Castle
    • David Dunn
  • Tim Robinson, Archives and Records Management Services, Office of General Counsel
  • Dr Jennifer Whiting, Research Portfolio
  • TRIM Workflow Systems Team, Archives and Records Management Services, Office of General Counsel
    • May Robertson
    • Neil Bateman
    • Thinh Luong
    • Leith Pearman
    • Simon Luo
    • Skye Richens
    • Cameron Bates
    • Alan Woo

Outstanding Contribution to Research Excellence

  • Deborah Hook, Office of General Counsel
  • Sophie Ellwood, Faculty of Science
  • Dr Elizabeth Carter, Faculty of Science
  • Nikki Whipps, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Outstanding Contribution to Educational Excellence

  • Canvas Transition Team, Education Portfolio
    • Ruth Weeks
    • Colin Lowe
    • Jane Thompson
    • Marianna Koulias
    • Mark Henderson
    • Sue Atkinson
    • Dr Ricky Connor
    • Sharon Kitching
    • Kimberley Baskin
    • Leon Huang
    • Pamela Brañas
    • Rosemary Saul
    • Kirsty Holmes
    • Dominique Briones
    • Rebecca Denham
    • Anna Nguyen
    • Joanne Lockwood
    • Lachlan Pearce
    • Samantha Haley
    • Jennifer Burn
    • Roven Dsouza
    • Anna Garratt
    • Sarah Craske
    • Nicole Pappalardo
    • Barbara You
    • Pulkit Ahuja
    • Ross West
    • Rebecca Goldsworthy
    • Radhika Dutt
    • Roman Tantiongco
  • Education – Enterprise and Engagement Professional Team, Education Portfolio
    • NikiFlame
    • Anita Kroess
    • Agnieszka Switala
    • Danielle Godbier
    • Imogen Barwick
    • Joanne Webb
    • Adrian Boyd
    • Camilla Chau
  • Student Writing Fellows Team, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    • Gabriela Bourke
    • Joshua Harper
    • Thomas Jurkiewicz
    • Anastasiya Byesyedina
    • Megan Ivory
    • Tom Paech
    • Alyssa Hutchings

Outstanding Contribution to Disability Inclusion

  • Sustained Leadership and Excellence Team, Faculty of Science
    • Dr Emma Calgaro
    • Professor Dale Dominey-Howes

Outstanding Mentoring and Leadership

  • Associate Professor Martin Tomitsch, Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
  • Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Program Team, Office of the Vice-Chancellor and Principal
    • Professor Renae Ryan
    • Annie Fenwicke

Outstanding Research Higher Degree Supervision

  • Professor Catherine Driscoll, Faculty of Arts and Social Science
  • Professor Fariba Dehghani, Faculty of Engineering
  • Professor Joshua Burns, Faculty of Health Sciences

Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation

  • Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation Team, Faculty of Medicine and Health
    • Professor Julie Leask
    • Dr Nina Berry
    • Professor Lyndal Trevena
    • Dr Penelope Robinson
    • Dr Sue Randall
  • Professor Michael Biercuk, Faculty of Science

Outstanding Educational Engagement and Innovation

  • Education – Enterprise and Engagement Academic Team, Education Portfolio
    • Dr Sascha Callaghan
    • Dr Rosalind Deaker
    • Associate Professor Tess Lea
    • Corina Raduescu
    • Professor Lorraine Smith
  • Dr Alice Motion, Faculty of Science

Outstanding Early Career Research

  • Dr Fiona Kumfor, Faculty of Science
  • Dr Samantha Solon-Biet, Faculty of Science

Outstanding Early Career Teaching

  • Dr Mahyar Shirvanimoghaddam, Faculty of Engineering
  • Dr Nesrine Basheer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Outstanding Research

  • Professor David Hunter, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Professor Danielle Celermajer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Professor Paul McGreevy, Faculty of Science
  • Professor Peter Harrowell, Faculty of Science

Outstanding Teaching

  • Anatomy Teaching Team, Faculty of Medicine and Health
    • Associate Professor Leslie Nicholson
    • Dr Cliffton Chan
  • Dr Andrew Stuart Lane, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Tim English, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Dr Guien Miao, Faculty of Engineering

Outstanding Teaching and Research

  • Dr Girish Lakhwani, Faculty of Science
  • Associate Professor Lynette Mackenzie, Faculty of Health Sciences

Outstanding Indigenous Education Strategies

  • Mana Yara Student Support Team 
    • Tanya Griffiths 
    • Elizabeth Blower 
    • Carmel O’Connor

Outstanding Contribution to the University Community

  • Juliette Churchill, Campus Infrastructure Services
  • University Grounds
    • Mark Moeller, Campus Infrastructure Services)
  • Sydney University Press
    • Susan Murray 
    • Dr Agata Mrva-Montoya
    • Denise O’Dea
    • Alexandra Guzman
    • Phil Jones
  • Marketing and Communications 
    • Julia Newton
    • Felicity Stafford
    • Ellen Gregory
    • Martin Foster
    • Katynna Parry
    • Verity Leatherdale

Outstanding Contribution to Research Excellence

  • Annette Tredrea, Faculty of Science
  • Monika Dzidowska, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Dr Jeffrey Shi, Faculty of Engineering and IT
  • Donna Sheedy, Faculty of Medicine and Health

Outstanding Contribution to Educational Excellence

  • Rebecca Plumbe, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Student Affairs & Engagement Team
    • Karen Walker
    • Shannon Hurst
    • Freia Kirkaldy
  • Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School Professional Team
    • Annie Williams
    • Dr Zoe Terpening
    • Louise Cameron
    • Geraldine Eggenhuizen
    • Natasha Easson
  • ArtSS Career-Ready Team
    • Dr Julie Ann Robson
    • Karen Walker

Outstanding Contribution to Disability Inclusion

  • Sarahjane Thompson, Student Administration Services

Outstanding Mentoring and Leadership

  • Associate Professor Kay Double, Faculty of Medicine & Health
  • Professor Allan McConnell, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

Outstanding Research Higher Degree Supervision

  • Professor Patrick Brennan, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Professor Michele Ford, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
  • HDR Team Sydney Bioinformatics and Biometrics
    • Professor Samuel Mueller, Faculty of Science
    • Dr John Ormerod, Faculty of Science
    • Professor Jean Yang, Faculty of Science

Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation

  • Associate Professor Brian Hawkett, Faculty of Science
  • Professor Anthony Weiss, Faculty of Science

Outstanding Educational Engagement and Innovation

  • Data Driven Astronomy MOOC team
    • Associate Professor Tara Murphy, Faculty of Science
    • Dr Simon Murphy, Faculty of Science
    • Dr Chris Stewart, Faculty of Science
    • Associate Professor John O’Byrne, Faculty of Science
    • Dr Nic Scott, Faculty of Science
    • Marianna Koulias, Education Portfolio
  • Living Data team
    • Professor Philip Poronnik, Faculty of Medicine and Health
    • Professor Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Faculty of Science
    • Dr Luke Gemming, Faculty of Science
    • Dr Philip Gough, Faculty of Science
    • Dr Martin Brown, Office of the Vice-Chancellor & Principal
    • Professor Pauline Ross, Faculty of Science

Outstanding Early Career Research

  • Dr Sally Gainsbury, Faculty of Science
  • Dr Shelley Wickham, Faculty of Science
  • Dr Markus Muellner, Faculty of Science

Outstanding Early Career Teaching

  • Dr Remy Low, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Mr James Kite, Faculty of Medicine and Health

Outstanding Research

  • Professor Leanne Togher, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Professor Nick Enfield, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Professor Tony Keech, Faculty of Medicine and Health

Outstanding Teaching

  • Dr Sharon Herkes, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Associate Professor Daniel Daners, Faculty of Science
  • Dr James Humberstone, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Dr Penelope Crossley, Sydney Law School

Outstanding Teaching and Research

  • Associate Professor Tara Murphy (Faculty of Science)
  • Associate Professor Wojciech Chrzanowski (Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine & Health)
  • Associate Professor Sarah Lewis (Faculty of Health Sciences)
Outstanding Contribution to the University Community
  • Chris Lewis, Global Student Recruitment and Mobility
  • Engineering and Sustainability Team, CIS
    • Tracey Ho, Sustainability Officer
    • Susan Kennewell, Program Manager
    • Stephen Huang, Assistant Project Manager
  • Helen Ash, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • James Fletcher, ICT
Outstanding Contribution to Research Excellence
  • Eleanor Kable, Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Nicholas Proschogo, Faculty of Science
Outstanding Contribution to Educational Excellence
  • Dr Ellen Braybon and Dr Shane Wilkinson, Faculty of Science
  • Science Outreach and Engagement, Faculty of Science
    • Cecily Oakley
    • Tom Gordon
    • Jeanette Hurst
  • Tanya Doulaveras, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 
Outstanding Mentoring and Leadership
  • Professor Greg Warr, Faculty of Science
  • Professor Ariadne Vromen, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Strategic Promotion Advice and Mentoring (SPAM) Program
    • Professor Fiona White, Faculty of Science
    • Professor Daniela Traini, Sydney Medical School
    • Emeritus Professor Robyn Overall, Chair of Women in Science
Outstanding Research Higher Degree Supervision
  • Associate Professor Catriona Elder, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • HDR Team from the Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School
    • Associate Professor Nicholas Wood
    • Associate Professor Fabienne Brilot-Turville
    • Professor Ben Marais
    • Professor Rachel Skinner
    • Dr Andrew Biggin
  • Ms Denise Yuille 
Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation
  • Professor Michael Kassiou, Faculty of Science
  • The PRC (Prevention Research Collaboration) Team, Sydney Medical School
    • Sesquicentenary Professor Adrian Bauman
    • Professor William Bellew
    • Associate Professor Philayrath Phongsavan
    • Dr Louise Hardy
    • Dr Becky Freeman
Outstanding Educational Engagement and Innovation
  • Centre for English Teaching MOOC Team
    • Katherine Olston, Director
    • Jessica Blackburn, MOOC Learning Designer
    • Luke Alexander, MOOC Learning Designer
    • Lydia Dutcher, Education Manager (Graduate Programs)
  •  Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC)
    • Prof Michele Ford, Director
    • Dr Thushara Dibley, Deputy Director
    • Dr Elisabeth Kramer, Deputy Director
  • Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
    • Kylie Gwynne, Director
    • Vita Christie, Manager
    • Rachael Moir
    • Yvonne Dimitropoulos
    • Jemma Chao
Outstanding Early Career Research
  • Dr Melody Ding, Sydney Medical School
  • Dr Rona Chandrawati, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies
Outstanding Early Career Teaching
  • Dr Alycia Fong Yan, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Dr Renee Lim, Sydney Medical School
  • Karen Lansdown, Faculty of Dentistry
Outstanding Research
  • Professor Benjamin Eggleton, Faculty of Science
  • Associate Professor Jun Huang, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies
  • Professor John Simes, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
Outstanding Teaching
  • Dr Paul Rickard-Ford, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Dr Kate Edwards, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Professor Peter Gerangelos, Sydney Law School
Outstanding Teaching and Research
  • Associate Professor Alexandre Lefebvre, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Dr Ollie Jay, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Professor Kate Jolliffe, Faculty of Science
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) Indigenous Education Strategic Award
  • Student Accommodation, Financial Support & Mana Yura
    • Ashvin Parameswaran, Head, Student Accommodation Services
    • Oneeva Tu'uhetoka, Coordinator, Mana Yura Student Support Team
Outstanding Contribution to the University Community
  • Marketing and Communications
    • Johanna Lowe, Deputy Director
    • Kerry Capsanis, Head, Brand and Marketing Services
    • Pia McMorran, Brand Campaign Project Manager
  • Daniel Martin, Division of Alumni and Development
  • Keiran Passmore, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies and Deputy Vice- Chancellor (Education) Portfolio
  • Kerrie Henderson, Office of General Counsel
Outstanding Contribution to Research Excellence
  • Ruth Graham, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Kate Gunn, Faculty of Science
  • Jennifer Turner, Deputy Vice- Chancellor (Research) Portfolio
  • Sydney Catalyst Group
    • Danielle Miller, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
    • Carin Cinnadaio, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
    • Bonnie Laxton‐Blinkhorn, Psycho‐Oncology Co‐Operate Research Group
    • Penny Cannan, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
    • Michelle Lai, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
Outstanding Contribution to Educational Excellence
  • Ainslie Bulmer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • May Robertson, Archives and Record Management Services
  • Noah Stewart, Global Student Recruitment and Mobility
  • Rebecca Stoop, Save Sight Institute
Outstanding Mentoring and Leadership
  • Research advisers from the School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    • Associate Professor Ben Goldsmith
    • Associate Professor Julia Horne
    • Associate Professor Lee Wallace
    • Professor Peter Wilson
  • Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences undergraduate curriculum review leadership team
    • Professor Pauline Ross, Faculty of Science
    • Dr Damien Field, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
    • Associate Professor Paul Sheehy, Faculty of Veterinary Science
    • Dr Tina Hinton, Sydney Medical School
    • Dr Sascha Jenkins, Faculty of Science
Outstanding Research Higher Degree Supervision
  • Associate Professor Ross Coleman, Faculty of Science and Director of Graduate Research, Deputy Vice- Chancellor (Education) Portfolio
  • Associate Professor Dieter Hochuli, Faculty of Science
  • Associate Professor Susan Goodwin, Faculty of Education and Social Work
Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation
  • Professor Thomas Maschmeyer, Faculty of Science
  • Associate Professor Xiaoke Yi, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies
Outstanding Educational Engagement and Innovation
  • Health Collaboration Challenge project team
    • Dr Christopher Gordon, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
    • Dr Gillian Nisbet, Faculty of Health Sciences
    • Associate Professor Christine Jorm, Sydney Medical School
Outstanding Early Career Research
  • Dr Avril Alba, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Dr Gregory Fox, University of Sydney Medical School
Outstanding Early Career Teaching
  • Dr Alice Williamson, Faculty of Science
  • Dr Jane Currie, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Outstanding Research
  • Professor Jacob George, Sydney Medical School
  • Professor Dietmar Müller, Faculty of Science
  • Associate Professor Sarah Palmer, University of Sydney Medical School
  • Professor David Hensher, University of Sydney Business School
Outstanding Teaching
  • Primary Mathematics Team, Faculty of Education and Social Work
    • Professor Janette Bobis
    • Associate Professor Jennifer Way
    • Dr Heather McMaster
  • Dr Boris Choy, University of Sydney Business School
  • Andrew Crisp, Faculty of Science
  • Dr Frances Di Lauro, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Outstanding Teaching and Research
  • Associate Professor Rachel Codd, University of Sydney Medical School
  • Associate Professor Scott Byrne, University of Sydney Medical School
  • Dr Anne Marie Thow, University of Sydney Medical School
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) Indigenous Education Strategic Award
  • Professor Michael Tawa, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
Wingara Mura Excellence Award
  • Widening Participation, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Registrar) Portfolio