The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Frank Ramsey Professorship of Economics as follows:
Dr Kate Pretty, HO, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy
(a) on the nomination of the Council
Professor Francesco Caselli, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti
(b) on the nomination of the General Board
Professor William Brown, DAR
Professor Andrew Harvey, CC
Professor Lucrezia Reichlin, London Business School
(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Economics
Professor Timothy Besley, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Sanjeev Goyal, CHR
Professor Hamid Sabourian, K
Frank Ramsey Professorship of Economics; closing date: 31 August 2011; further particulars: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/academic/secretary/professorships/; quote reference: ZZ08594
The following election, appointments, and reappointment have been made.
Professor Sarah Franklin, B.A., Smith College Massachusetts, M.A., Kent, M.A., New York, Ph.D., Birmingham, Professor of Social Study of Biomedicine, London School of Economics and Political Science, elected Professor of Sociology from 1 October 2011.
In their Report of 8 June 2011 on Senior Academic Promotions (Reporter, 2010–11 p. 920) the General Board recommended the establishment of thirty-one Professorships and thirty-five Readerships. In Paragraph 5 it was stated that the Board would announce the titles at a later date after consultation with the individuals concerned. The recommendations of the Report were approved by Grace 13 of 13 July 2011 (p. 1006). The following list of appointments includes the titles that have been agreed.
(with effect from 1 October 2011)
Dr Christopher Howard Page, SID, appointed Professor of Medieval Music and Literature in the Faculty of English
Dr Robert Samuel Clive Gordon, CAI, appointed Professor of Modern Italian Culture in the Department of Italian
Dr Steven Rowland Boldy, EM, appointed Professor of Latin-American Literature in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Dr Ian Ralph Mckenzie Cross, W, appointed Professor of Music and Science in the Faculty of Music
Dr Michael David Potter, F, appointed Professor of Logic in the Faculty of Philosophy
Dr David Mark Carrington, JN, appointed Professor of Molecular Biology in the Department of Biochemistry
Dr Nicholas Coleman, DOW, appointed Professor of Molecular Pathology in the Department of Pathology
Dr Dino Antonio Giussani, CAI, appointed Professor in Developmental Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience
Dr Ismaa Sadaf Farooqi, appointed Professor of Metabolism and Medicine in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry
Dr Roger Alistair Barker, SID, appointed Professor of Clinical Neuroscience in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Dr Berthold Gottgens, appointed Professor of Molecular Haematology in the Department of Haematology
Dr James Andrew Huntington, appointed Professor of Molecular Haemostasis in the Department of Haematology
Dr Christopher Geoffrey Woods, appointed Professor of Human Genetics in the Department of Medical Genetics
Mr Christopher John Edward Watson, HH, appointed Professor of Transplantation in the Department of Surgery
Ms Morag Chrystine Campbell Styles, HO, appointed Professor of Children’s Poetry in the Department of Education
Dr Eugenio Federico Biagini, SID, appointed Professor of Modern and Contemporary History in the Faculty of History
Dr Neil Howard Andrews, CL, appointed Professor of Civil Justice and Private Law in the Faculty of Law
Mr Richard Griffith Fentiman, Q, appointed Professor of Private International Law in the Faculty of Law
Dr David Tong, T, appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Dr Michail Dafermos, appointed Professor of Mathematical Physics in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Dr Scott Christopher Chapman, appointed Professor in Astrophysics in the Institute of Astronomy
Dr Martin Gerhard Otto Haehnelt, JN, appointed Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics in the Institute of Astronomy
Dr Ali Alavi, T, appointed Professor of Theoretical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry
Dr Michael Paul Hobson, TH, appointed Professor of Astrophysics in the Department of Physics
Dr Michael Karl Koehl, appointed Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics
Dr Michael Ian Barrett, CHU, appointed Professor of Information Systems and Innovation Studies in Judge Business School
Dr Ann Alicia Copestake, W, appointed Professor of Computational Linguistics (2011) in the Computer Laboratory
Dr Marcelo Pablo Fiore, CHR, appointed Professor of Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science in the Computer Laboratory
Dr Andrea Carlo Ferrari, PEM, appointed Professor of Nanotechnology in the Department of Engineering
Dr Clemens Friedrich Kaminski, R, appointed Professor of Chemical Physics in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Dr Alan Garth Tunnacliffe, PEM, appointed Professor of Molecular Biotechnology in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
(with effect from 1 October 2011)
Dr Boping Yuan, CHU, appointed Reader in Chinese Language and Linguistics in the Department of East Asian Studies
Dr Christopher Mark Kelly, CC, appointed Reader in Ancient History in the Faculty of Classics
The Reverend Dr Timothy David Jenkins, JE, appointed Reader in Anthropology and Religion in the Faculty of Divinity
Dr Emma Katherine Widdis, T, appointed Reader in Russian Studies in the Department of Slavonic Studies
Dr Louise Margaret Haywood, TH, appointed Reader in Medieval Iberian Literary and Cultural Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Dr Henriette Petronella Josepha Maria Hendriks, LC, appointed Reader in Language Acquisition and Cognition in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Dr Ruth Frances Davis, CC, appointed Reader in Ethnomusicology in the Faculty of Music
Dr Florian Hollfelder, TH, appointed Reader in Synthetic Biology in the Department of Biochemistry
Dr Alexander Arundel Ross Webb, CHU, appointed Reader in Cell Signalling in the Department of Plant Sciences
Dr Nicholas Ian Mundy, MUR, appointed Reader in Vertebrate Evolutionary Genetics in the Department of Zoology
Dr James Benedict Rowe, appointed Reader in Cognitive Neurology in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Dr Francesco Colucci, K, appointed Reader in Immunology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dr Jonathan Mark Lawrence, EM, appointed Reader in Modern British History in the Faculty of History
Dr Ulinka Rublack, JN, appointed Reader in Early Modern European History in the Faculty of History
Dr James Harold Barrett, appointed Reader in Medieval Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology for as long as he holds the office of Deputy Director in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Dr Marie Louise Stig Sorensen, JE, appointed Reader in European Prehistory in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Dr Amrita Narlikar, DAR, appointed Reader in International Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies
Dr Matthew Damian John Conaglen, TH, appointed Reader in Equity and Trusts in the Faculty of Law
Dr Nicholas James Butterfield, SE, appointed Reader in Evolutionary Palaeobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences
Dr Ian Farnan, CLH, appointed Reader in Earth and Nuclear Materials in the Department of Earth Sciences
Dr Thomas Spencer, M, appointed Reader in Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology in the Department of Geography
Dr Neshan Geethike Wickramasekera, CHU, appointed Reader in Geometric Analysis in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Dr Anthony David Challinor, Q, appointed Reader in Astrophysics and Cosmology in the Institute of Astronomy
Dr Mark Charles Wyatt, appointed Reader in Astrophysics in the Institute of Astronomy
Dr Melinda Jane Duer, R, appointed Reader in Biological and Biomedical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry
Dr Jonathan Russell Nitschke, appointed Reader in Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry
Dr David Robert Spring, T, appointed Reader in Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the Department of Chemistry
Dr Mete Atature, JN, appointed Reader in Physics in the Department of Physics
Dr Crispin Henry William Barnes, G, appointed Reader in Quantum Physics in the Department of Physics
Dr Richard John Gibbens, CAI, appointed Reader in Network Modelling in the Computer Laboratory
Dr Julian Mark Allwood, CAI, appointed Reader in Engineering in the Department of Engineering
Dr Albert Guillen i Fabregas, TH, appointed Reader in Communications Engineering in the Department of Engineering
Dr Ashwin Arnukumar Seshia, Q, appointed Reader in Microsystems Technology in the Department of Engineering
Dr Nedunchezhian Swaminathan, R, appointed Reader in Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Engineering
Dr Geoffrey Dillwyn Moggridge, K, appointed Reader in Chemical Product Design in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Archaeology and Anthropology. Professor Christopher Nick Mascie-Taylor, CHU, appointed from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2015.
Pathology. Professor Geoffrey Lilley Smith appointed from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2016.
Experimental Psychology. Professor Brian Cecil Joseph Moore, W, appointed from 4 October 2011 to 18 March 2012.
Biochemistry. Professor Paul Dupree, M, appointed from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2012.
Biochemistry. Professor Christopher William Joseph Smith, appointed from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2014.
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (Teaching). Dr Patrick Barrie, EM, appointed from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2015.
University Offices (Secretariat). Dr James Alexander Knapton, B.A., Durham, M.Phil., D.Phil., Oxford, appointed from 1 August 2011 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.
Pharmacology. Professor John Michael Edwardson, CHR, reappointed from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2014.