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No 6323

Wednesday 30 October 2013

Vol cxliv No 6

pp. 52–85

Vacancies, appointments, etc.

Elections, appointments, reappointment, and grants of title

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

Elections

Professor Gerald Jay Postema, A.B., Calvin College, Michigan, M.A., Ph.D., Cornell, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, elected Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science from 1 October 2013 until 30 September 2014.

Professor Mary Ellen Miller, A.B., Princeton, M.A., Ph.D., Yale, Sterling Professor of Art, History of Art, Art of the Ancient New World, Dean of Yale College, elected Slade Professor of Fine Art from 1 October 2014 until 30 September 2015.

Appointments

University Senior Lecturer

Veterinary Medicine. Dr Cinzia Cantacessi, B.V.Sc., Dr. med.vet., Bari, Italy, Ph.D., Melbourne, Australia, appointed from 20 January 2014 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

University Lecturers

Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Dr Christopher Edward Thomas, M.Sci., M.A., CHR, D.Phil., Oxford, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Architecture. Dr Yeonsook Heo, B.S., Chung-Ang, Seoul, Korea, M.Sc., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, appointed from 2 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Biochemistry. Dr Ross Frederick Waller, B.Sc., Ph.D., Melbourne, appointed from 3 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Divinity. Dr Ankur Barua, M.A., Ph.D., T, B.Sc., Delhi, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

East Asian Studies. Dr Michael Dong Shin, A.B., Harvard, M.A., California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Chicago, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

History. Dr Andrew Kerim Arsan, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., JN, Dr Paul Ross Cavill, B.A., M.St., D.Phil., Oxford, Dr Amy Louise Erickson, Ph.D., R, B.A., California, Berkeley, Dr Chai Yi Rachel Leow, M.Phil., Ph.D., CTH, B.A., Warwick, Dr Christopher Stephen Meckstroth, A.B., Harvard, M.A., Ph.D., Chicago, Mr Sunil Purushotham, B.A., Tufts, USA, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Pharmacology. Dr David Jean-Marie Maurice Belin, Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies in Neuroscience, Ph.D., Bordeaux, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Physics. Dr Suchitra Esther Sebastian, B.Sc., Women’s Christian College, India, M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, M.S., Ph.D., Stanford, USA, and Dr Alexander Dimitrov Mitov, M.Sc., Sofia, Bulgaria, M.A., Ph.D., Rochester, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience. Dr Paloma Tamara Gonzalez Bellido, B.Sc., Queensland, Australia, B.Sc., Plymouth, UK, Ph.D., Sheffield, appointed from 15 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Plant Sciences. Dr Andrew Joseph Tanentzap, Ph.D., CAI, B.Sc., M.Sc., York, Canada, appointed from 23 September 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Psychology. Dr Andrew Edward Welchman, B.Sc., Durham, Ph.D., Edinburgh, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Sociology. Dr Manali Sudhir Desai, B.A., Michigan, M.A., Ph.D., California, Los Angeles, appointed from 20 January 2014 until the retiring age.

Assistant Director of Research

Clinical Neurosciences. Dr Guy Barnett Williams, M.A., Ph.D., DOW, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age.

Clinical Lecturers

Clinical Neurosciences. Dr Alexsis Joannides, M.A., Ph.D., M.B. B.Chir., CC, MRCS, and Dr Caroline Helen Williams-Gray, M.A., Ph.D., CAI, B.M. B.Ch., Oxford, appointed from 2 October 2013 until 1 October 2017 and subject to a probationary period of twelve months.

Radiology. Dr Iosif Alexandru Mendichovszky, B.Sc., M.D., Ph.D., Cluj-Napoca, Romania, appointed from 21 October 2013 until 20 October 2017 and subject to a probationary period of twelve months.

Surgery. Dr Reza Motallebzadeh, M.B.B.Chir., M.A., Ph.D., JN, M.D., London, MRCS, appointed from 1 October 2013 until 30 September 2017 and subject to a probationary period of twelve months.

Deputy Heads of Department

Physics. Professor Christopher Haniff, DOW, appointed from 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2016, and Professor Richard Phillips, CL, appointed from 1 August 2013 to 30 September 2016.

Senior Assistant Registrary

University Offices (Finance Division). Mrs Sally Caroline Barker, B.A., Staffordshire, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age.

University Offices (Secretariat). Dr Clara Anne East, Ph.D., W, B.Sc., Nottingham, appointed from 14 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

Assistant Registrary

University Offices (Human Resources Division). Mrs Susan Ruth Davis, appointed from 1 September 2013 until the retiring age.

Departmental Secretary

Engineering. Ms Charmain Siew Yong Allen, B.Sc., Hull, ACA, appointed from 20 January 2014 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

Senior Assistant Curator

Archaeology and Anthropology. Dr Christopher Robert Wingfield, B.A., M.Phil., Oxford, Ph.D., Birmingham, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Assistant Curator

History and Philosophy of Science. Mr Joshua Fordor Kellogg Nall, M.Phil., CHU, M.Chem., Oxford, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

Reappointment

Heads of Department

Sociology. Dr Brendan Burchell, M, appointed from 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2014.

Grants of Title

Affiliated Lecturers

Engineering. Mr Anthony R. M. Roulstone, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2013 for a further year.

Music. Reverend Professor Jeremy Sutherland Begbie, W, Dr David Glen Skinner, SID, Dr Jeremy Robert Yarker Thurlow, R, Dr Geoffrey Andrew Webber, CAI, and Dr Eward Wickham, CTH, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2013 for a further two years.

Corrections

Certain previously published appointment details are incorrect. They should read as follows:

Reporter of 12 June 2013 (Reporter, 6312, 2012–13, p. 626):

Law. Dr David Oliver Erdos, B.A., Oxford, M.A., Ph.D., Princeton, LL.B., London, appointed from 1 October 2013 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Reporter of 31 July 2013 (Reporter, 6317, 2012–13, p. 771):

Architecture and History of Art. Ms Suzanne Caroline Jennings, B.Th., LC, B.A., Open, M.A., Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, appointed from 1 January 2013 until the retiring age.