Principal’s Research Awardees 2023
Principal’s Award for Best Researcher
Prof. Christine Carrington – Faculty of Medical Sciences
Principal’s Special Innovation Award
Mr. Nizamudeen Mohammed & Dr. Lebert Grierson for the development of asphalt-based sealants, coatings and lubricants
Best Team Research
Prof Christine Carrington & Team
For the team work on “COVID-19: Infectious disease Molecular epidemiology for Pathogen Control & Tracking (COVID-19 IMPACT)”
Most Outstanding Regional/International Research Project
Prof Christine Carrington & Team
For the regional project on “COVID-19: Infectious disease Molecular epidemiology for Pathogen Control & Tracking (COVID-19 IMPACT)”
Team: Dr. Nikita Sahadeo and Dr. Arianne Brown-Jordan; lab technicians Messrs. Vernie Ramkissoon and Nicholas Mohamed; and research assistants Anushka Ramjag and Soren Nicholls.
Most Productive Research Department
Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering – Head of the Department – Dr. Jacqueline Bridge
Most Productive Research Institute, Centre or Unit
Cocoa Research Centre – Director- Prof. Pathmanathan Umaharan
Team: Dr. Lambert Motilal, Geneticist and Dr. Naailah Ali, Food Technologist
Principal’s Award for Most Impactful Community Research
Dr. Angelique Nixon – Institute for Gender and Development Studies
Lead Researcher for the project “A Sexual Culture of Justice: Strengthening LGBTQI and GBV Partnerships, Capacity and Efficacy to Promote and Protect Rights in Trinidad and Tobago”
Team: Jeremy Stephan Edwards, Executive Director, The Silver Lining Foundation and Rae Alibey, Director, Transgender Coalition.
Most Outstanding Researcher of the Centre/Institute/Unit
Institute of International Relations – Professor Michelle Scobie
Most Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award & Mentorship Award
Graduate Researcher – Dr. Stephanie Mohammed
Mentors – Dr. Nikolay Zyuzikov and Dr. Venkatesan Sundaram
Most Outstanding Faculty Researchers
Faculty of Engineering – Professor Kit Fai Pun
Faculty of Food and Agriculture – Professor Mark Wuddivira
Faculty of Humanities and Education – Dr Freddy James
Faculty of Law – Dr Emma Perot
Faculty of Medical Sciences – Professor Chris Oura
Faculty of Science and Technology – Dr Sreedhara Rao Gunakala
Faculty of Social Sciences – Dr Talia Esnard