Matthew Dennis wins Postdoc Best Paper Awards

June 22, 2021

Matthew Dennis (P&E group) won with his paper ‘Towards a theory of digital well-being: reimagining online life after lockdown,’ which he managed to pitch in a compact clear manner.

The first ever Postdoc Best Paper Awards were presented on Thursday, June the 10th. The award is an initiative from the Postdoc Association and the three research institutes at TU/e. 25 TU/e postdocs submitted their papers, of which 10 were selected. The postdocs held pitches during the online award ceremony, but for the sake of suspense, they hadn’t been told in advance. In the end, three winners were picked: Matthew Dennis, Juliëtte van Duijnhoven and Tommaso Pini.

The winner, Matthew Dennis, won 500 euros for his paper ‘Towards a theory of digital well-being: reimagining online life after lockdown,’ which he managed to pitch in a compact, clear manner. Runner up Juliëtte van Duijnhoven received 250 euros for ‘Personal lighting conditions of office workers: An exploratory field study,’ and number three, Tommaso Pini, was awarded 100 euros for his research ‘Deformation and failure kinetics of polyvinylidene fluoride: Influence of crystallinity.’ Maria Pastrama, vice-chair of the PDA: “Someone asked us whether the winners are required to spend the money on science. We strongly encourage it, but it isn’t required. If you want to buy your friends some drinks to celebrate, that’s fine as well,” the researcher says with a big smile on her face. The postdocs are very satisfied with the result and would like to organize a second award ceremony, only physically this time, Pastrama says.

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