Postdoc and Research Staff Appreciation Padlet 2025 by Megan McLoughlin https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8 As part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW; 15-19 September 2025) we are inviting staff and students from the University of York to nominate a postdoc/member of research staff who excels in what they do, who goes the extra mile, who contributes to the University, who supports their colleagues and students, or for any other reason they deserve a ‘shout-out’ and recognition! Please contribute and share your nominations below. en-us 2025-08-19 15:17:58 UTC 2025-09-19 12:40:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f31f.png Ana Castro Avila, Alyssa Cull, Hannah Rodrick meganmcloughlin3 https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3547755411 Our hardworking, generous, supportive Research Staff Liaison Officers Ana, Alyssa and Hannah have done some incredible work in the last year on behalf of the research staff community. We've loved working with you!

Megan & Hazel

]]> 2025-08-19 15:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3547755411 Tim Passchier, Ryan Pound, Amber Yeoman meganmcloughlin3 https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3548784605 Thanks to the amazing Celebrating Spaces: Connecting Researchers crew for another great event celebrating the role of postdocs, technicians and research professionals at York

]]> 2025-08-20 09:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3548784605 Alex Payne-Dwyer, James Sherwood, Emma Sullivan meganmcloughlin3 https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3548793294 I'd like to thank Alex, James and Emma for setting up the York Research Staff Forum to bring together our research staff community. Your enthusiasm and energy are much appreciated by all involved.

]]> 2025-08-20 09:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3548793294 Susannah Lyon-Whaley https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3548845041 Fabulous work, Susannah (Department of English), on your public engagement initiative for 'A Queen's Book of Flowers', which brought 17th century print into a garden in York! Your help on Student Salon this summer has also been exemplary.

]]> 2025-08-20 10:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3548845041 Sam Greeves, Dustin White, Marc Dickinson, Ellie Nelson, Sheila Taylor https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3548872659 We are so lucky to work with such a great team of research staff - Sam, Dustin, Marc, Ellie & Sheila. Each brings their own perspectives, initiatives, ideas, compassion, generosity and enthusiasm, and we are all the stronger for it - thank you! The NEaar lab :-)

]]> 2025-08-20 11:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3548872659 James Sherwood https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3548894258 Huge thanks to James for his amazing contribution not only to Transpharm but all matters green and sustainable. Hugely appreciated. Avtar Matharu

]]> 2025-08-20 11:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3548894258 Paulina Dani https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3549009290 Corr! Super sharp ideas, incredible research output on the PETAL project. Such a wonderful person to work with, understandably loved by grateful students, keeps a safe eye on everyone, makes all our working days better :) THANK YOU! from Rylott Lab and M2

]]> 2025-08-20 13:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3549009290 Giuliano Pechar https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3549016503 Took a leap of faith to move to York and work with me on Elemental. And we're so pleased you did! We're lucky to have your clever ideas, support, tip top research skills, hard work and wry humour. Such a great postdoc to have on this Mission. THANK YOU! The Rylott Group.

]]> 2025-08-20 13:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3549016503 Smriti Safaya, Rhys Archer and Maria Turkenburg-van Diepen https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3576444067 Thank you Maria, Rhys and Smriti for being the best postdoc team on the CHILI project! Like all early stages of big projects, there's lots of confusion and uncertainty, but you are handling it with patience and good humour, and cracking on with the bits of the project you can. We appreciate you all and your positive, caring and thoughtful approach to work. <3 Thank you!

Sarah West and Lynda Dunlop

]]> 2025-09-09 16:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3576444067 Dimitra Papatziamou, Aisha Syeda and Jemma Betts alexpaynedwyer2 https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3580227595 Thanks for giving your time, effort and project ideas to help me with setting up the new single-molecule instruments (C-Trap and EI-FLEX) in the Biology core facility! You're the best at what you do and very kind!

Alex Payne-Dwyer

]]> 2025-09-11 13:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3580227595 Ciara Loughrey https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3580433478 Biosciences the musical was an incredible success to help celebrate ECRs across the whole biology department and it was a wonderful experience to be a part of!

Ciara deserves a trophy for all her hard work throughout the year!

🥳👏🎉

]]> 2025-09-11 14:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3580433478 Lucas Al-Shok, Kirsten Hawkins, Aniruddha Nag, James Sherwood https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3582183673 Many thanks to the postdocs of the GCCE for all your efforts towards the smooth running of the centre, as well as your own specific research projects. Thank you! Helen Sneddon

]]> 2025-09-12 14:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3582183673 Delali Konu https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3585023577 Thank you for all your support and kindness during the first year of my PhD. I'm so lucky to have you as a colleague! You work so so hard and inspire me with my own research :) Ellen x

]]> 2025-09-15 08:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3585023577 Nathan Leborgne and Davey Kneafsey https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3585939135 Thank you for the amazing support you provide for our group! You are both outstanding scientists and great human beings! We are beyond lucky to have you in our team, The Boucher lab

]]> 2025-09-15 17:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3585939135 Cathy Hawley - post-doc with the most(-doc) katherinebridge2 https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3587706620 A huge thank you to Cathy Hawley in the Bridge laboratory for her daily dose of enthusiasm, knowledge, flow-panel-wizardry and general human awesomeness. Thank you for all you do and all you are.

]]> 2025-09-16 13:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3587706620 Cobus Smit, Lachlan Waddell, Sandesh Swamidatta, Zhouqian Jiang https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3588424514 Major appreciation to the wonderful post-docs in the Lichman Lab for their amazing ideas, brilliant research, mega effort, wise supervision, great patience and positive outlook.

]]> 2025-09-16 21:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3588424514 Lucas Al-Shok, Anna Bachs and Aniruddha Nag https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3589479998 Thank you to the Buchard post-docs! You make the group a better place to be and thank you for helping out (and dealing with us stressed PhD students).


- Jack



]]> 2025-09-17 08:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3589479998 Lucas and Kirsten https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3589501166 Thank you for everything you do - I dread to think what my PhD would be like without you!

]]> 2025-09-17 09:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3589501166 Sarah Wilson carolinedessent https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3589746600 A huge thank you to Sarah who is an incredible post-doc in the DessentLab and Fairlamb Groups. She is an amazing researcher and an outstanding positive force in our groups as well as the Department of Chemistry. Thank you so much for everything you do! Caroline Dessent

]]> 2025-09-17 12:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3589746600 Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre drkatebrown https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3590175252 Thank you for being such a great team of superb researchers. We are so grateful for all the dedication, kindness, rigour and commitment to advancing social justice that you bring with you to everything you do.

]]> 2025-09-17 16:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3590175252 David Kealy https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3591837567 Thanks so much David, for coming in to the middle of a project, picking up the pieces and running with them. Congratulations on the submission of a first author paper to NATURE, all our fingers are crossed that the manuscript is sucessful - it couldn't have gotten there without your hard work and dedication.

]]> 2025-09-18 11:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3591837567 Vincent, Delphine, Elena, Cristina, Adam https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3592006655 To Vincent, Delphine, Elena, Cristina and Adam - thank you for all your professionalism, hard work and dedication to our science. It is a genuine privilege to discover things together with you. Thanks! Gavin.

]]> 2025-09-18 13:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3592006655 To the ABC https://padlet.com/meganmcloughlin3/rdx3f4sa8h8e5qk8/wish/3593922575 Thanks to our ABC:

Alasdair, Ben, Caitlin, Dimi - and Sean

The group works really well with all your excellent input! Keep up the fun.

Dani

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