I have worked with Sandrine for a few years, including a brief period as her line manager when she was developing projects for the Faculty of Science at the University of Sheffield.

Sandrine was always committed to her work developing early career researchers. Her workshops and sessions always received great feedback and her network was such that true experts were made available to the students to augment the work that Sandrine did.

It wasn’t enough that she was committed to providing the best experience, but also it is important to note that she truly cared about the benefit that her work provided to the students. Sheffield was very fortunate in that period to have a number of committed researcher development specialists and it was no surprise to see Sandrine and her colleagues win a Times Higher award in 2014 for their work.

Although the team has to take credit, Sandrine was integral to its success. She comes highly recommended.

- Professor Mark Geoghegan, FInstP FRSC, Roland Cookson Chair of Engineering Materials, School of Engineering, Newcastle University