2025 Winners

Introducing your 2025 winners

2025 Alumni Award winner Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Distinguished Alumni Award

Celebrating the long-term achievements of outstanding alumni

Meet our 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award winner

2025 Alumni Award winner Alastair Kilgour

Alumni Entrepreneur Award

Recognising bold and innovative founders

Meet our 2025 Alumni Entrepreneur winners

2025 Alumni Award winner Jon Arizti Sanz

Emerging Alumni Leader Award

Celebrating the next generation of game-changers

Meet our 2025 Emerging Alumni Leader Award winners

2025 Alumni Award Winners

Our 2025 winners are innovators, STEM role models and trailblazers in their sectors. From tackling climate change to preventing pandemics, their work addresses today’s most pressing problems to create a better tomorrow for everyone.

2025 Alumni Award winner Abdirahman Ismail

Abdirahman Ismail

Abdirahman Ismail (MEng Civil Engineering 2021) is a leading structural engineer, innovating sustainable designs and mentoring aspiring engineers.
2025 Alumni Award winner Alastair Kilgour

Alastair Kilgour

Alastair Kilgour (MSc Management Science 1981) is the co-founder of Parkwalk Advisors who have invested £500 million into university spinouts.
2025 Alumni Award winner Ellin Ivarsson

Ellin Ivarsson

Ellin Ivarsson (MSc Transport and Business Management 2015) is a transport innovator, recognised for her impact in the UK and Latin America.

2025 Alumni Award winner Professor Filipe Pereira

Professor Filipe Pereira

Professor Filipe Pereira (PhD Biomedical Sciences 2009) is an emerging leader in the field of molecular medicine and cellular reprogramming.
2025 Alumni Award winner Jon Arizti Sanz

Jon Arizti Sanz

Jon Arizti Sanz (MEng Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2018) is revolutionising infectious disease diagnostics and pandemic prevention.

2025 Alumni Award winner Lucy Jung

Lucy Jung

Lucy Jung (MSc Innovation Design Engineering 2019) founded Charco Neurotech, a company transforming the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease.
2025 Alumni Award winner Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock (Physics 1990, PhD Mechanical Engineering 1993) is a leading space scientist and science communicator.
2025 Alumni Award winner Shiladitya Ghosh

Dr Shiladitya Ghosh

Dr Shiladitya Ghosh (MEng Chemical Engineering 2016, PhD Chemical Engineering 2021) is co-founder of Mission Zero, a CO₂ capture company.