The following election, appointments, reappointments, and grants of title have been made:
Professor Jürg Fröhlich, Dipl.Phys., Ph.D., ETH Zürich, Professor of Theoretical Physics, ETH Zürich, elected Rothschild Visiting Professor in the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences from 25 July 2008 to 28 August 2008.
Chemistry. Dr Markus Kalberer, Dipl.Natw., ETH Zürich, Dr.phil.nat., Bern, appointed from 1 October 2008 until the retiring age.
Education. Dr Andreas Stylianides, B.A., Cyprus, M.Sc., Ph.D., Michigan, appointed from 1 September 2008 until the retiring age.
Geography. Dr Judith Mary Browne, Ph.D., DOW, B.A., Anglia Polytechnic University, appointed from 1 September 2008 until the retiring age.
History. Dr Philip John Withington, B.A., Ph.D., JE, appointed from 1 October 2008 until the retiring age.
Public Health and Primary Care. Dr Laurence Kingsley Atkinson, B.Med.Sci., M.B.B.S., Newcastle Upon Tyne, MRCP, FRCGP, appointed from 1 July 2008 for three years.
Pathology. Dr Nicholas Brown, M.B., Ch.B., M.D., Bristol, MRCP, FRCPath, appointed from 11 April 2008 for five years.
Astronomy. Professor Robert Kennicutt, CHU, appointed from 1 October 2008 for five years.
Earth Sciences. Professor James Jackson, Q, appointed from 1 October 2008 for five years.
Slavonic Studies. Dr Christopher Ward, R, appointed from 1 October 2008 for one year.
University Offices (Academic Division). Miss Sally-Ann Gannon, M.Phil., NH, B.A., National University of Ireland, appointed from 1 July 2008 until the retiring age.
African Studies. Dr Christopher Edward Warnes, JN, appointed from 1 April 2008 to 30 September 2008. Professor Megan Vaughan, K, appointed from 1 October 2008 to 31 March 2009.
University Offices (Human Resources). Miss Victoria Louise Cornwell, appointed from 19 May 2008 until the retiring age.
University Offices (Secretariat). Mrs Sadie Louise Byrne, F, B.Sc., York, appointed from 16 April 2008 until the retiring age.
Careers Service. Mrs Mary Vanessa Blackman, M.A., SE, appointed from 18 February 2008 until the retiring age.
Language Centre. Dr Karen Ottewell, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., EM, appointed from 1 September 2008 until the retiring age.
East Asian Studies. Ms Emma Lejun Wu, B.A., Dalian, China, M.A., Leeds, appointed from 1 October 2008 until the retiring age.
Judge Business School. Dr Mark Peter Anthony Thompson, TH, reappointed from 1 October 2008 until the retiring age.
Social Anthropology. Dr Nikolai Ssorin-Chaikov, SID, reappointed from 1 October 2008 until the retiring age.
Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Professor Gordan Campbell Sinclair Smith, reappointed from 1 January 2009 for five years.
Pathology. Professor Andrew David Hamilton Wyllie, JN, reappointed from 1 October 2008 for three years.
Plant Sciences. Professor John Clinton Gray, R, reappointed from 1 July 2008 to 30 September 2009.
Social Anthropology. Dr Leopold Eftimios Howe, DAR, reappointed from 1 October 2008 for one year.
Medicine. Professor Timothy Martin Cox, SID, reappointed from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009.
Biochemistry. Dr Philip Huson Rubery, DOW, reappointed from 1 July 2008 to 31 March 2009.
Oncology. Professor Gillian Murphy, W, reappointed from 1 January 2009 for five years.
Physics. Professor Athene Margaret Donald, R, and Professor David Robert Ward, Q, reappointed from 1 October 2008 for one year.
History. Dr Joseph Canning has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 April 2008 for two years.
Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience. Dr Geoffrey Malcolm Weston Cook has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 December 2008 for a further two years.
Social and Political Sciences. Dr Nicola Morant and Dr Sridhar Venkatapuram have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2008 for one year.