UCL staff and alumni recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

UCL staff and alumni recognised in King's Birthday Honours - Top row: Professor Eva Sorensen,  George Imafidon. Bottom  row: Professor Bencie Woll, Janet Zmroczek Congratulations to members of UCL's community who have been recognised in King Charles' first Birthday Honours for their outstanding contributions to engineering, sign language and deaf studies, technology, young people and literature and heritage. The King's Birthday Honours List 2023 marks the incredible public service of individuals from across the UK in a range of sectors, and this year includes a number of UCL staff, alumni and members of our wider community. Professor Eva Sorensen (UCL Chemical Engineering) has been awarded an MBE for services to Education and Chemical Engineering. Professor Sorensen has been a valued member of UCL staff for over two decades. Her highlighted achievements include winning the UCL Faculty of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award in 2002, becoming an ExxonMobil Teaching Fellow in 2013, winning the PROSE Award for Chemistry & Physics in 2015, as well as winning the IChemE's Frank Morton Medal in 2017 and a SEFI Fellowship Award in 2018. In 2020 she was appointed Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, becoming the first female to hold this position since the department opened 100 years ago.