The following appointments have been made:
In their Report dated 20 May 2008 on Senior Academic Promotions (Reporter, p. 820) the General Board recommended the establishment of twenty-two Professorships and thirty-five Readerships. In Paragraph 5 the Board stated that they would announce the titles at a later date after consultation with the individuals concerned. The recommendations of the Report were approved by Grace 3 of 18 June 2008. The following list of appointments includes the titles that have been agreed.
(with effect from 1 October 2008)
Dr Simon Peter Jarvis, R, appointed Gorley Putt Professor of Poetry and Poetics, in the Faculty of English
Dr Charles Peter Melville, PEM, appointed Professor of Persian History in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies
Dr Richard William Farndale, F, appointed Professor of Matrix Biochemistry in the Department of Biochemistry
Dr Mark Christian Field, ED, appointed Professor of Cell Biology and Parasitology in the Department of Pathology
Dr Ashley Moffett, K, appointed Professor of Reproductive Immunology in the Department of Pathology
Dr Sarah Jane Bray, DOW, appointed Professor of Developmental Biology in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience
Dr Anne Carla Ferguson-Smith, DAR, appointed Professor of Developmental Genetics in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience
Mr Michael Edward Herrtage, ED, appointed Professor of Small Animal Medicine in the Department of Veterinary Medicine
Dr William Amos, G, appointed Professor of Evolutionary Genetics in the Department of Zoology
Dr Jonathan Harvey Gillard, CHR, appointed Professor of Neuroradiology in the Department of Radiology
Dr Christopher Munro Clark, CTH, appointed Professor of Modern European History in the Faculty of History
Dr Brendan Peter Simms, PET, appointed Professor of the History of European International Relations in the Centre of International Studies
Dr Catherine Sarah Barnard, T, appointed Professor of European Union and Employment Law in the Faculty of Law
Dr Edward Paul Scott Shellard, T, appointed Professor of Cosmology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Dr Catherine Jane Clarke, CL, appointed Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics in the Institute of Astronomy
Dr David John Wales, DOW, appointed Professor of Chemical Physics in the Department of Chemistry
Dr Judith Louise Driscoll, T, appointed Professor of Materials Science in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Dr John Robert Cooper, DAR, appointed Professor of Experimental Physics in the Department of Physics
Dr Mark Andrew Thomson, EM, appointed Professor of Experimental Particle Physics in the Department of Physics
Dr Gabriel Pedro Paternain, T, appointed Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Dr Robert Stuart Cant, SE, appointed Professor of Computational Engineering in the Department of Engineering
Dr Richard William Prager, Q, appointed Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering
(with effect from 1 October 2008)
Dr Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, JN, appointed Reader in Celtic in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic
Dr Andrew Norman Chester, SE, appointed Reader in Early Jewish and Christian Thought in the Faculty of Divinity
Dr Christopher John Young, PEM, appointed Reader in Modern and Medieval German Studies in the Department of German and Dutch
Dr Kathryn Susan Lilley, appointed Reader in Protein Chemistry in the Department of Biochemistry
Dr Steven Russell, appointed Reader in Genome Biology in the Department of Genetics
Dr Paul Anthony Wright Edwards, CL, appointed Reader in Cancer Biology in the Department of Pathology
Dr Jane Margaret Dobson, DAR, appointed Reader in Veterinary Oncology in the Department of Veterinary Medicine
Mr Peter John Ashton Hutchinson, R, appointed Reader in Neurotrauma in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Dr Frances Lucy Raymond, JN, appointed Reader in Neurogenetics in the Department of Medical Genetics
Dr Anna Philpott, CL, appointed Reader in Cancer and Developmental Biology in the Department of Oncology
Dr John Ernest Robb, F, appointed Reader in European Prehistory in the Department of Archaeology
Dr Linda Mary Hargreaves, HO, appointed Reader in Classroom Learning and Pedagogy in the Department of Education
Dr Richard Douglas Hickman, HO, appointed Reader in Art and Education in the Department of Education
Dr Mark Adrian Goldie, CHU, appointed Reader in British Intellectual History in the Faculty of History
Dr Istvan Hont, K, appointed Reader in the History of Political Thought in the Faculty of History
Dr Peter Andrew Harris, CHU, appointed Reader in Tax Law in the Faculty of Law
Dr Harri Mikael Englund, CHU, appointed Reader in Anthropology of Africa in the Department of Social Anthropology
Dr Patrick Jacques Nicole Baert, SE, Reader in Social Theory in the Department of Sociology
Dr Natalia Berloff, JE, appointed Reader in Mathematical Physics in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Dr David Tong, appointed Reader in Theoretical Physics in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Dr Sophie Elizabeth Jackson, PET, appointed Reader in Biophysical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry
Dr Michele Vendruscolo, CLH, appointed Reader in Theoretical Chemical Biology in the Department of Chemistry
Dr Nigel Howard Woodcock, CL, appointed Reader in Structural Geology in the Department of Earth Sciences
Dr Sarah Anne Radcliffe, NH, appointed Reader in Latin American Geography in the Department of Geography
Dr Neil David Mathur, CHU, appointed Reader in Materials Physics in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Dr Paul Alexander, JE, appointed Reader in Radio Astronomy in the Department of Physics
Dr John Stephen Dennis, SE, appointed Reader in Chemical Reaction Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr Michael Leslie Johns, CTH, appointed Reader in Engineering Colloids in the Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr Simon William Moore, TH, appointed Reader in Computer Architecture in the Computer Laboratory
Dr Peter Michael Sewell, W, appointed Reader in Computer Science in the Computer Laboratory
Dr William Joseph Byrne, CL, appointed Reader in Information Engineering in the Department of Engineering
Dr Vikram Sudhir Deshpande, PEM, appointed Reader in Materials Engineering in the Department of Engineering
Dr Thomas Paul Hynes, JN, appointed Reader in Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Engineering
Dr Glenn Vinnicombe, CAI, appointed Reader in Control Engineering in the Department of Engineering
Dr Paul Antony Kattuman, CC, appointed Reader in Economics in Judge Business School