Congratulations to Unit postdoctoral researcher Dr Vitor Lopes dos Santos on winning the Director’s Award for Open Research for 2024.

The Award is given annually, on the basis of nominations made by Unit members, to recognise and celebrate the exemplary contributions of an individual or small collective to the Unit’s Open Research activities. The Award reflects diverse contributions to Open Research, from the sharing of data, code, experimental protocols and materials, to the promotion of best practice and the provision of enabling infrastructure.

Professor Peter Magill announced Vitor’s Award at the Unit’s recent Science Day. Professor Magill commented “It is a great pleasure to recognise and reward Vitor in this way. He has demonstrated outstanding leadership in disseminating best practice in Open Research. He has not only made important contributions to the Unit’s Data Sharing Platform but has also worked with and empowered external researchers to curate data and share code to enhance their reuse and reproducibility. The Award Committee was also impressed by Vitor’s sustained commitment to supporting his early-career researcher colleagues in their own Open Research activities.”