The following elections, appointments, reappointments, and grants of title have been made:
Dr Richard Durbin, M.A., Ph.D., CHU, Group Leader, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, elected Al-Kindi Professor with effect from 1 October 2017.
Professor Ioannis Kontoyiannis, M.A.St., DAR, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, elected Professor of Information and Communications with effect from 1 January 2018.
Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Dr Robert Logan Jack, M.A., M.Sci., EM, Ph.D., London, appointed from 1 September 2017 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of three years.
Chemistry. Dr Anja Schmidt, Diplom, Leipzig, Ph.D., Leeds, appointed from 1 September 2017 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.
Computer Laboratory. Dr Nada Amin, B.S., M.Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, appointed from 1 September 2017 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years. Dr Evangelia Kalyvianaki, Ph.D., LC, B.Sc., M.Sc., Crete, appointed from 1 October 2017 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.
East Asian Studies. Dr Victoria Young, M.A., TH, M.A., London, Ph.D., Leeds, appointed from 1 September 2017 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.
Education. Dr Karen Forbes, M.Ed., Ph.D., HO, M.A., St Andrew’s, appointed from 1 October 2017 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.
French. Dr Claire Emma White, B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., PET, appointed from 1 September 2017 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.
Law. Dr Christina Joanna Angelopoulos, LL.B., Athens, LL.M., Edinburgh, Ph.D., Amsterdam, appointed from 1 October 2017 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years. Dr James Alexander Glister, M.A., Ph.D., R, M.Jur., Durham, appointed from 25 September 2017 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.
Medicine. Dr Claire Shelley Waddington, B.Med.Sci., B.M.B.S., M.Sc., Nottingham, D.Phil., Oxford, MRCP (UK), appointed from 3 July 2017 until 2 July 2021 and subject to a probationary period of twelve months.
Public Health and Primary Care. Dr Oliver Tristan Mytton, M.A., JE, B.M.B.Ch., Oxford, M.A., Harvard, MRCP, MFPH, FHEA, appointed from 1 May 2017 until 30 April 2021 and subject to a probationary period of twelve months.
Institute of Astronomy. Professor Richard McMahon, CLH, appointed from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2022.
Research Operations. Ms Lisa Joanne Christie appointed from 12 June 2017 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.
Scott Polar Research Institute. Professor Julian Dowdeswell, JE, reappointed from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2022.
Computer Laboratory. Professor Peter Robinson, CAI, reappointed from 1 October 2017 until 31 December 2017.
Engineering. Dr Ignas Budvytis, HO, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2017 until 30 September 2018. Dr Timothy Howard Hughes, F, Dr Elena Punskaya, CHR, and Dr Jossy Sayir, R, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2017 for a further year.