Testimonials of my students

"We love you, Eva. Thank you!", Research Methods, class of 2023.

"You have such an impressive and inspirational history of work! I hope to be like you", AI Master student, 2022.

"Thank you for your amazing classes and all well-organised modules", Research Methods, 2023.

"You are amazing and I love how you teach", Research Methods, 2023.

"This was the great module!", "Diolch yn fawr iawn (Thank you very much in Welsh)", "Thank you, Eva, for the module. It was a great learning experience", "Thanks Eva, always interesting to be in your class", "Thank you, Eva, for everything in this module", "Thank you, Eva, for this exciting and informative module", "Quite a rewarding module!!", "Thank you for this module, Eva", Research Methods, class of 2023.

"What an interactive session we had today. The topics were quite captivating", Research Methods, 2023.

"Thank you for instilling so much knowledge and discipline into us, you taught us all well and I hope we make you proud soon and some day", Research Methods and Data Science, 2023.

"We love you, Eva", Data Science, classes of 2021 and 2022.

"I want to thank you for your wonderful weeks of lectures. Like you said at the beginning, it was a wonderful adventure. Now, I have a totally new outlook to life", Data Science, 2022.

"My 7 year-old daughter is already your mentee as she keeps talking about average path length and complex networks", Data Science, 2022.  

"Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I have learned so much in the last few weeks and it is an honour and privilege to learn from you", Data Science, 2022.

"You have contributed so much to my knowledge and growth in data science, and I will be forever grateful for this opportunity of learning under your tutelage [...]. Thank you so much for sharing and giving", Data Science, 2022.

"You continue to inspire many students every day with your work!", AI Master student, 2022.

"Thanks again for this very interesting and challenging course.  What can I say, it really opened my eyes. I knew a bit about data science, but knew nothing about complex networks and the budding field of graph-based data science. This course has really excited me about group analysis that can influence individual behaviours [...]. Thank you for making this subject more interesting", Data Science, 2022. 

"Thanks Eva for all the knowledge you have passed on to us. I now think of and analyse networks because you taught us passionately", Data Science, 2022. 

"This course was amazing and the assignment as well. Thank you for such interesting topics", Data Science, 2022.

"Thank you again for all you have taught me during the six weeks, It has been an amazing course and I hope to work with you again in the future", Data Science, 2022.

"Amazing assignment and module, thanks for it!", Data Science, 2022.

"Officially, thank you, Eva, for the last course of "Research Methods", amazing! We understand how you teach, we understand how much you expect from us to put into our work. You accept nothing less than an excellent work, or work that is original and well done. I want to thank you for giving us that push. We are very grateful and happy to be with you in another class again", a student interrupting the class of Data Science to thank me on behalf of the class, 2022.

"You are amazing. Thanks for being very supportive through the course!", "We love you and appreciate you", "Thank you Eva for all your guidance and support", "Thank you Eva, you are the best. Love you plenty!", "We will miss you, Eva", Data Science, class of 2022.

"Thank you for all you do. You inspired me a great deal this year. Many thanks", Data Science and Research Methods, 2022.

"From Data Science to Research Methods, you have never failed to impress me. You’ve been an amazing and inspiring lecturer. You are very unique! I love how you are so passionate about your work and this is very evident in your lectures. I thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of your lectures [...] I hope you continue to inspire many more students like me!", Data Science and Research Methods, 2022.

"You are a very inspiring teacher"', "You are wonderful", "Your passion is inspiring", "Thank you for your classes and enthusiasm", Research Methods, class of 2022.

"Thank you so much. I scored good because you always encouraged me to think and gave me tools to sharpen my thinking. I had an idea which was unclear in the beginning but slowly things got sorted out when I followed the research wheel. Now I feel confident enough for doing a PhD in the future", Research Methods, 2021.

"Thank you for your detailed feedback regarding the assignment [...], it was lovely to read and even more so for the improvements! I am taking on board your suggestions and hopefully I can apply this to future assignments. I'm glad that it came across that I was really interested and intrigued with data science and it was one of the most enjoyable classes I have taken so far. I was particularly interested in your response to the case study I included [...]. If it wasn't for you enlightening me with these fascinating networks, I wouldn't have put them together!", Data Science, 2021.

"I want to say thank you for giving us the best gift ever (LaTeX) and making us to get to know a lot about research", Research Methods, 2021.

"I found the module quite challenging to begin with as it was completely new to me, but incredibly interesting throughout. Thank you for teaching us so well under the difficult circumstances of online lectures and workshops. Thank you for the comprehensive and helpful feedback", Data Science, 2021.

"Thanks so much for the wonderful lectures", Research Methods, 2021.

"Key things about the module. The way in which Eva is delivering the module and making herself available for further interaction with the class if extra support is needed. Eva's enthusiasm for the subject. The recordings being available to go back through if needed - this is extremely helpful in order to grasp the content. The way it is structured it is extremely organised and interesting. All information is available and really useful. Group work is vital for core skills, and making us interact virtually!", Data Science, 2020.

"The module structure covers important topics. Eva is very good at explaining and clarifying doubts. The guest lectures for this module are very useful in understanding how data science is important in different fields", Data Science, 2020.

"Key things about the module: 1) The vast knowledge of the module leader, 2) its relevance to data science, 3) guest speakers", Data Science, 2020.

"The materials that have been provided in advance are excellent. I believe this was important for the conversion course. The support so far has been of a high quality. I know where to go to access tutors and content. It is well paced although there is a lot to get your head around for those from non-computing backgrounds", Data Science, 2020.

"The topics are very well subdivided to make us understand everything easily", Data Science, 2020.

“I took the time to read your ‘who am I’ page on your website, and was struck by nostalgia for my third year studying at Manchester, and for how much I enjoyed your advanced algorithms course. Your enthusiasm for dynamical systems infected me for quite some time (I loved reading Strogatz’s book, I can see it on my shelf now!). I was also very impressed by the fact that you have developed and published your manifesto; I really hope that I am developing into a person that can write something similar about myself. Should Manchester lose you as a lecturer, then Manchester would have lost one of its best lecturers and teachers. I only hope that you will go on to continue to be a force for good in the world in whatever you decide to do next”, student from 2016 who has recently contacted me.

“Your part of the course has been my favorite this semester. I loved your way of presenting the material, your passion, and your involvement. I could see you are very passionate about the subject, but also about the teaching. You’re the only lecturer I’ve ever had who remembers students’ names and who is so excited about the pleasure of learning new things. I want to thank you for that!”, 2019 after only 4 of my classes.

 “Very valuable course, I’m glad that I had the chance to take it because I’m using it at my work at Google”, 2016.

“This is the course I enjoyed the most throughout my Bachelor studies. Not only it was interesting and made me think a lot in various areas, it is also challenging and better paced than most other modules. The material, although complex, was well presented with a lot of real-world examples”, 2016.

“My favorite module this semester”, 2016.

“Many thanks for a fun course! It was great to see ways of artificially creating networks, modelling real ones –great for those spur-off-moment projects!”, 2015.

 “I really appreciated all your help this year, you definitely kept me sharp and motivated! I also really enjoyed algorithms, it was a great course”, 2015.

“It has been a very interesting course, very enjoyable, I find it absolutely awe-inspiring: capturing and modelling natural phenomena and potentially using these models to solve problems! I feel like doing this kind of science aids in constructing a truer model of the world in our minds, one of elegance and of beauty, but of extreme intricacy (I believe we are however, only scratching the surface!). Basically, it’s very interesting stuff!”, 2015.

“You have been a great teacher who has successfully enabled your students to think critically about the concepts introduced throughout your section of the course! So I believe I speak on behalf of all your students when I say, Thank You!”, 2015.

“The assessment is novel and examine more than just understanding (team work, organisation and design)”, 2013.

“Relevant material, fantastic lecturing, interesting (and challenging) coursework with a group project element that actually worked”, 2012.

“Thank you for your support throughout the year which have motivated me to achieve a higher standard. I appreciate your continuous help not only in maths but also towards our group. Thank you for patiently helping me with maths and thank you for being so kind and friendly, helping our group to become a perfect group!”, 2017.

“Thank you for being the most amazing and inspiring tutor!”, 2019.

“I really need to mention how happy I am with my programme tutor, Dr. Eva Navarro-López, who is not only an excellent mind and researcher, but also a wonderful human being. She is the most inspiring, motivating and sincere academic I have met and I do believe that my success in my third year project and perhaps my whole life from now on, will be partly thanks to her”, 2019. More at this link. 

“I want to thank my supervisor Dr. Eva M. Navarro-López for having introduced me to hybrid automaton theory. She has been a wonderful supervisor and I enjoyed a lot working under the supervision of such a brilliant scientist”, 2018.

“I would like to thank my supervisor, Dr. Eva M. Navarro-López, for her help in moments when I was stuck. She gave me important suggestions every time I had a problem. She was enthusiastic about this project and about the required work. This was very inspiring and helpful in moments when I didn’t know what to do. Moreover I would also like to mention that she helped me not only professionally but also on a personal plan, helping to take important decisions and prioritising my work/life balance”, 2018.

“Many students see you in a most positive way, I remember when I was looking for a third year project and some students recommended me to have a look for one of your projects. They were talking with a lot of respect about you and they expressed how kind you are. I have exactly this view of you. You have always taken some time to help me with the project. Our meetings have sparked a passionate flame in me which contributed massively to the result I (/we) obtained in the end. HyMAT is truly an interdisciplinary project to which you contributed more than you might imagine”, student from 2018 who has recently contacted me.

“I would like to thank Dr. Eva M. Navarro-López for her consistent enthusiasm throughout my research, and for always having faith in my capabilities. Her enthusiasm for neuronal networks is one that has quickly become my own”, 2016.

“I would like to thank my supervisor, Dr. Eva M. Navarro López, for her academic wisdom, her caring manner and her constant help throughout the year which was essential for completing this project”, 2013.

"I would like to thank my supervisor Doctor Eva Navarro, who always encouraged me to strive for excellence in my work and became a fantastic friend", 2023.

"I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor, Dr. Eva Navarro, whose unwavering commitment to excellence has been a constant source of inspiration throughout my Master’s journey. Under her guidance, I have developed an interest in graph-based data science and witnessed remarkable growth in my research and academic writing abilities. I must emphasize that Dr. Eva Navarro’s teaching has been the most influential during my Master’s programme. Furthermore, I am truly impressed by her notable contributions to various fields of science and engineering".

"I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor, Dr. Eva Navarro, whose unwavering commitment to excellence has been a constant source of inspiration throughout my Master’s journey. Under her guidance, I have developed an interesting graph-based data science and witnessed remarkable growth in my research and academic writing abilities. I must emphasize that Dr Eva Navarro's teaching has been the most influential during my Master’s programme. Furthermore, I am truly impressed by her notable contributions to various fields of Science and Engineering", 2023.

"I would like to thank my supervisor Dr. Eva M. Navarro-López for all her support and quick responses throughout my research. Her enthusiasm in this area of research is fascinating. She is an inspiration to me and I am so grateful to have worked and learned so much from her", 2023.

"Thank you for all your help and support. You have been a great supervisor. It has been an honour and privilege to have worked with you", 2023.

"Thank you for holding my hands and telling me not to be scared. I couldn’t have asked for a better supervisor", 2022.

"Words cannot express how grateful I am to my supervisor, Dr. Eva Navarro López, for her enthusiasm, patience, informative comments, relevant data, practical advice, and never-ending ideas, which have greatly aided me during my research and the completion of this dissertation. Her vast knowledge, extensive experience, and professional skill in this sector helped me to effectively accomplish my research. This project would not have been achievable without her help and advice. I could not have asked for a better supervisor for my research", 2022.

“Today I finished my all required research [PhD]. I always remember your guidance, support and patience. I still remember the first time you corrected my terrible-language report and how serious you were, how supportive you were, how humble you were. And in the second meeting after my update, you put the confidence inside the learner in me, you smiled, you cheered as I was not just foreign new student but a member of your family. I learned many things from the scientist represented by you and your manners”, from a former MSc student who had just submitted his PhD thesis, 2019.

“Thanks a lot to my supervisor Dr. Eva Navarro-López. You did help me a lot and have shown the greatest patience to me and huge passion in out project which made me benefit a lot. Through the whole year, Dr. Eva Navarro-López guided the whole project in a meticulous and creative way, inspiring each member, including me, to be devoted to scientific research and to new areas that we have never touched. The experience of the research with you will make a big difference for me and make me benefit for my whole life”, 2018.

“I would like to give my deepest gratitude to Dr. Eva Navarro-López, my supervisor, for her utmost support, constant encouragement and excellent guidance. It was a good time to attend her lectures and meetings and it is good fortune to be her student”, 2018.

“I sincerely thank my thesis adviser, Dr. Eva Navarro-López. Her unwavering enthusiasm and positivity from the first day of my project has left a lasting impression. I would not have been able to meet my goal without her patience and expert advice”, 2017.

“I owe you every single minute you have spent to help me, every mistake that you corrected in my poor writing. When you put faith in me, it was a big responsibility and an appreciated confidence by which I have been inspired and made a good progress. You are a person I respect and appreciate every day we worked together in the project”, 2015.

“First I wish to thank my supervisor, Eva Navarro-López, who has encouraged me and pushed me all the way through my PhD. Eva, I am so grateful for the way you have questioned everything I have done, forcing me to really know what I am talking about! Also, I thank you for the hours you have put into reading all my writing, but particularly this thesis. This work only exists because of your passion for research.”

“First and foremost, I must acknowledge that I owe a great debt to my supervisor, Dr. Eva Navarro-López. I’m certain this would be far lesser work without her unwavering support and strength. I do not know how she does it”.

“First, I would like to thank my supervisor, Dr. Eva Navarro López. She gave me the opportunity to study here, and she provided guidance and advice throughout the project (even when I did not appear very willing to listen). She also spent considerable time and effort helping me edit this manuscript into a presentable form.”

“As I understand, you’re creating a real intelligence, like a human brain, not the simplified version of neurones (that ML uses). And it’s in the collaboration with neuroscientists. It’s just a dream research. I wish I can do something like that in the future”, 1st-year tutee, 2018.

“May I just say that, given the broad range of topics you have covered in your career and as a supervisor, as well as the unique perspective towards research and learning you have set out in your manifesto, I would be very keen for any opportunity to work with you, and learn from you”. PhD prospective unsuccessful student, 2016.

“You are the most caring and sweetest lecturer in this Department”. A group of first-year students in the lab I was the coordinator for, 2016.

“My tutor is a free minded individual that in my opinion thinks outside the box as she is not quite strict to certain practises, and this is very encouraging. Eva has been very helpful and I must say that the tutorial sessions have indeed kept my sanity. Reflections are now becoming a habit of mine”, 1st-year tutee, 2012.

“I am sending this email to show you my support and my strong belief in your work. I like your unorthodox way of developing new ideas and breaking the ‘protocol’, as a sign of this creativity you put art and life into your work. I felt proud yesterday and the motivation of being a member of your project increased in me”, a prospective MSc student after attending a seminar of mine.