The following elections, appointments, reappointments, and grants of title have been made:
Professor Andreas Dress, Habilitation, Kiel, Director, Department of Combinatorics and Geometry, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, elected Rothschild Visiting Professor from 21 November 2007 until 21 December 2007.
Professor Jonathan Mills Thornton III, A.B., Princeton, Ph.D., Yale, elected Pitt Professor of American History from 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2008 assigned to the Faculty of History.
Professor Catherine Volpilhac-Auger, Agrégation de Lettres Classiques, ENS, Sèvres, Doctorat d'Etat, Doctorat de Troisième Cycle, elected French Government Visiting Professor from 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2008 assigned to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
Education. Dr Jo-Anne Margaret Dillabough, B.A., Victoria, B.A., Western Ontario, M.A., British Columbia, Ph.D., McGill, appointed from 1 September 2007 until the retiring age. Dr Ciaran Sugrue, B.A., H.Dip. in Ed., M.A., University College, Dublin, M.Ed., Trinity College, Dublin, P.G.Dip. in Educational Technology, CNAA, Ph.D., Toronto, appointed from 1 October 2007 until the retiring age.
Biochemistry. Dr Sarah Catherine Ruth Lummis, M.A., Ph.D., G, B.Sc., Bath, appointed from 1 October 2007 until the retiring age.
Physics. Dr Crispin Henry William Barnes, G, B.Sc., Ph.D., London, appointed from 1 July 2007 until the retiring age.
Biochemistry. Dr Juan Ignacio Mata, B.Sc., Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Ph.D., London, appointed from 1 October 2006 until the retiring age.
Economics. Dr Sule Alan, N, B.Sc., Middle East Technical University, Turkey, M.A., York University, Toronto, Ph.D., McMaster, appointed from 1 October 2007 until the retiring age. Dr Tiago Vanderlei de Vasconcelos Cavalcanti, CHU, B.A., Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, appointed from 1 September 2007 until the retiring age.
Education. Dr Nidhi Singal, M.Phil., Ph.D., HH, B.A., M.A., Delhi, appointed from 1 August 2007 until the retiring age.
Politics. Dr Devon Elizabeth Anne Curtis, EM, B.A., M.A., McGill, Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science, appointed from 1 September 2007 until the retiring age.
Psychiatry. Dr Ulrich Müller, CLH, Dr.med., Würzberg, Dr.med.habil., Leipzig, appointed from 1 October 2007 until the retiring age.
Surgery. Mr Vincent Jeyaseelan Gnanapragasam, B.Med.Sci., M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Newcastle, FRCS, FRCSUrol, appointed from 30 October 2007 until the retiring age.
Clinical Medicine. Dr Wendy Naomi Erber, M.B., B.S., M.D., Sydney, D.Phil., Oxford, FRCPA, Mr John Alexander Latimer, M.B., B.S., London, M.D., Adelaide, MRCOG, FRACOG, Dr David Charles Pencheon, M.A., CTH, B.M., B.Ch., Oxford, M.Sc., London, MRCP, FFPHM, Dr Ruchi Sinnatamby, M.A., M.B., B.Chir., NH, MRCP, FRCR, appointed from 1 June 2007 for five years.
Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics. Professor John Martin Elliott Hyland, K, appointed from 1 October 2007 for five years.
Sociology. Professor Jacqueline Lilian Scott, Q, appointed from 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2011.
Experimental Psychology. Professor Brian Cecil Joseph Moore, W, appointed from 1 October 2007 for five years.
Library. Mr Huw Eifion Jones, B.A., Manchester, appointed from 1 August 2007 until the retiring age.
University Offices (Finance Division). Mrs Anne-Marie Malinda Newby, B.A., Anglia Polytechnic University, appointed from 1 August 2007 until the retiring age.
Law. Dr Roger Michael O'Keefe, M, reappointed from 1 October 2007 until the retiring age.
History. Dr Carl Stuart Watkins, M, reappointed from 1 October 2007 until the retiring age.
Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Dr Helen Elizabeth Mason, ED, reappointed from 1 October 2007 for five years.
Pathology. Dr Mark Farrington, T, reappointed from 1 October 2006 for five years.
Astronomy. Professor George Petros Efstathiou, K, reappointed from 1 October 2007 for one year.
English. Dr Corinna Russell, EM, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2007 for a further two years.
Social Anthropology. Dr Monica Maria Elena Bonaccorso, K, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2007 for two years.
Social and Political Sciences. Dr Peter Dickens, F, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2007 for two years. Dr Mirca Madianou, LC, Dr Michael Edward Rice, DAR, and Dr Sylvana Palma Tomaselli, JN, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2007 for a further two years. Dr Emile Perreau-Saussine, F, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2006 for two years.
Professor Andrew Michael Gamble, Q, B.A., Ph.D., CAI, M.A., Durham, Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield, elected Professor of Politics with effect from 1 January 2007.