Unsung Heroes of Science: 2022 winners
Discover the winning videos in our 2022 competition.
Our congratulations go to all of those recognised in this year’s prizes. We had very many excellent videos to choose from in our shortlist which spanned a huge range of stories told in so many different ways. It has been a pleasure to watch and consider everyone’s entries, and we would like to thank everyone who has been a part of the competition this year.
1st prize
Vidarshana Sriram & Megan Twum-Barima for ‘Nettie Stevens’

2nd prize
Mikan McDonald for ‘Dorothy Hodgkin’

3rd prize
Xavier Doni for ‘Alan Turing’

International winner
Charlotte Quintanar for ‘Katherine Johnson’

Highly commended
- Calum Baptie for ‘Eldering, Gordon & Kendrick’
- Zaara Karim for ‘Caroline Herschel’
- Emily Coates for ‘Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’
- Satrio Ario Bimo & Ava Raisian for ‘Abbas Ibn Firnas’
International highly commended
- Frances Aisika Burnett, Pyncha Soottreenart & Nanticha Boontaveekit for ‘Hedy Lamarr’
- Norah Solaiman for ‘Alice Ball’
- Guido Lafarga for ‘John Ray’
Audience Award for most-watched video
- Catherine James for ‘Alice Ball’
- Runner up: Sagana Baskar & Abdullah Kassim for ‘Claude Bernard’