Appointments, reappointments, and grants of title

The following appointments, reappointments, and grants of title have been made:

Appointments

University Lecturers

Computer Laboratory. Dr Andrew William Moore, Ph.D., CC, B.Comp., M.Comp., Monash, appointed from 1 April 2007 until the retiring age.

Spanish and Portuguese. Dr Rory Robert O'Bryen, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., TH, appointed from 1 December 2006 until the retiring age.

Head of Department

Politics. Dr Helen Elizabeth Thompson, CL, appointed from 1 January 2007 to 30 September 2007.

Acting Heads of Department

Radiology. Professor David John Lomas, EM, appointed from 1 January 2007 to 31 March 2007.

Zoology. Professor Nicholas Barry Davies, PEM, appointed from 16 January 2007 to 31 March 2007. Professor Simon Barry Laughlin, CHU, appointed from 1 April 2007 to 15 June 2007.

Assistant Treasurer

University Offices (Finance Division). Mr Robert David Shephard, M.A., Aberdeen, appointed from 13 November 2006 until the retiring age.

Director

Centre of South Asian Studies. Professor Christopher Alan Bayly, CTH, appointed from 1 January 2007 for five years.

Reappointments

John Couch Adams Astronomer

Institute of Astronomy. Dr Christopher Adam Tout, CHU, reappointed from 1 October 2006 for five years.

Curator of the Herbarium

Plant Sciences. Professor John Stewart Parker, CTH, reappointed from 1 October 2006 for five years.

University Lecturers

Economics. Dr Petra Maria Geraats, JN, reappointed from 1 October 2007 until the retiring age.

Engineering. Dr William Joseph Byrne, CL, reappointed from 1 September 2007 until the retiring age. Dr Tim Herbert Warren Minshall, CHR, and Mr Ashwin Arunkumar Seshia, Q, reappointed from 1 October 2007 until the retiring age.

Head of Department

Engineering. Professor Keith Glover, SID, reappointed from 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2009.

Grants of Title

Affiliated Lecturers

Classics. Dr Richard Timothy Miles, TH, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2006 for a further two years.

Divinity. Dr Suzanne McDonald has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2006 for one year. Mrs Nadira Auty, Reverend Duncan James Dormor, JN, Dr Peter Macaulay Head, ED, Reverend Professor Michael J. Langford, Q, Dr David Nicol Gordon Macleod, Ms Jane Deanne McLarty, LC, Dr Justin James Meggitt, HH, Dr Paul Thomson Nimmo, CC, Dr Fáinche Ryan, Reverend Martin A. Seeley, and Dr Leon Paul Turner, Q, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2006 for two years.

Economics. Dr Khaled Soufani has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2006 for a further year.

Land Economy. Dr Nigel Allington, DOW, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2006 for a further year.

Linguistics. Dr Deborah L. Anderson has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2006 for a further two years.

Pharmacology. Dr Peter John Richardson, SID, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 November 2006 for two years.