At the gala of the sixth edition of the AGH Teaching Laurel competition (Laur Dydaktyka AGH), held on 13 January 2026, I received the main award in the Thesis Advisor (Promotor) category.
The competition is organised by the AGH University Student Government Council (Uczelniana Rada Samorządu Studentów AGH), and candidates are nominated and voted for by students themselves, which is exactly what makes this award mean so much to me. The Thesis Advisor category is particularly close to my heart, because working with diploma students is less about supervising them than about investigating something together. More than once it was my students who put me on a track I would not have spotted myself, and I learn at least as much from them as they do from me. My thanks to everyone who nominated and voted for me! The full announcement (in Polish) is available on my Faculty website.
The gala of the sixth edition of Laur Dydaktyka AGH. Photo: courtesy of the organisers – AGH University Student Government Council (URSS AGH)
Receiving the award in the Thesis Advisor (Promotor) category. Photo: courtesy of the organisers – AGH University Student Government Council (URSS AGH)
Thanking the audience from the stage. Photo: Kamil Bochenek, KSAF AGH
Nominees and award winners in the Thesis Advisor (Promotor) category. Photo: Kamil Bochenek, KSAF AGH
