Dr Moon-Sun Nam has been recognised in the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Teaching Awards. The scheme celebrates success and recognises and rewards excellence in innovative teaching practice.
The nomination highlights Dr Nam’s exceptional work as Head of the Condensed Matter and Thermal Physics practical course laboratory. Her role involves the challenging task of maintaining and supporting a wide range of experiments, which she coordinates with remarkable expertise, enthusiasm, and effectiveness.
The nomination emphasises her ‘continuous programme of improvements and extensions’ to the programme which consistently ‘expose our students to cutting-edge techniques’, including her commissioning of a custom-built pulsed magnetic resonance setup.
Student feedback provides compelling evidence of the course’s success under Dr Nam’s leadership. The vast majority of feedback rates the course as 'very good', 'excellent' or 'outstanding'. Students are effusive in their praise, with comments including: 'fantastic lab, one of the best ones we have ever done'; 'really great practical, everything works without too much of a fuss and it’s quite impressive how accurate measurements you can get'; and 'I really liked how much the practical linked to the actual condensed matter course.'
‘This is well-deserved recognition for Moon-Sun,’ comments Professor Andrew Boothroyd, Head of Department. ‘She has been particularly effective in her role as head of one of the teaching laboratories and embodies what we aspire to in teaching – innovation, excellence and passion.’