Lemke Kraan wins FSE Teaching Award 2018
On the annual FSE Education Day, on Tuesday December the 10th, the winner of the Faculty Teaching Award 2018 was revealed: Lemke Kraan has been chosen as FSE’s teacher of the year 2018. Kraan teaches in the Master’s degree programme Science Education and Communication.

The jury picked her out of 15 nominated teachers. Lecturers are nominated each year by the Programme Committees of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, based on their didactic and subject-specific skills. The jury comprised of:
- Prof. dr. A.J.W. Scheurink (Biologie, winnaar Facultaire Onderwijsprijs 2013, winnaar Docent van het Jaarverkiezing RUG 2014, juryvoorzitter)
- Prof. dr. D.J. Slotboom (Biologie, winnaar Facultaire Onderwijsprijs 2017)
- L. van Beek (student MSc Physics)
- M.E. Kopmels (student BSc Artificial Intelligence)
- Drs. C.D. Visser (Beleidsmedewerker Onderwijs, secretaris jury)
Kraan will represent the Faculty in the UG Lecturer of the Year election, which will take place later on January 29th, 2020.
Nominated for the Faculty Teaching Award 2018 were:
Degree programme(s) |
Nominee |
Astronomy |
Prof. F. Fraternali |
Artificial Intelligence/Human Machine Communication |
Dr. J.K. Spenader |
Energy and Environmental Sciences |
G.A.H. Laugs, MSc |
Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences ReMa |
Dr. W.F.A. den Dunnen (UMCG) |
Nanoscience |
Prof. R.M. Hildner |
Science Education and Communication |
L.T.J. Kraan |
Pharmacy |
Dr. H.J. Woerdenbag |
Computing Science |
Prof. G.R. de Lavalette |
Chemistry/Chemical Engineering |
Dr. J.E.M.N. Klein |
Mathematics/Applied Mathematics |
Dr. A.V. Kiselev |
Physics/Applied Physics |
Prof. M.S. Pchenitchnikov |
Biology/Life Science and Technology |
Dr. R. Havekes |
Industrial Engineering and Management |
Prof. F. Picchioni |
Biomedical Sciences/Medical Pharmaceutical Sciences |
P.H.C. Åberg, PhD |
Biology/Biomolecular Sciences/Ecology & Evolution/Marine Biology |
Prof. F.J. Weissing |

Last modified: | 11 December 2019 10.40 a.m. |
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