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No 6214

Wednesday 16 February 2011

Vol cxli No 18

pp. 509–524

Vacancies, appointments, etc.

Electors to the Professorship of Plant Systematics and Evolution: Notice

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Professorship of Plant Systematics and Evolution as follows:

Dr Kate Pretty, HO, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council

Professor Paul Brakefield

Professor Jane Langdale, University of Oxford

(b) on the nomination of the General Board

Professor Sir Peter Crane, Yale University

Professor Christopher Gilligan, K

Professor Keith Richards, EM

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Biology

Professor Michael Akam, DAR

Professor Sir David Baulcombe, T

Professor Dianne Edwards, Cardiff University

Vacancies in the University

The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Any job application submitted with a curriculum vitae should be accompanied by a Cover Sheet for Employment (form CHRIS/6) which can be downloaded from http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/forms/chris6/, or may be obtained in hard copy from the advertising Department or Faculty. A full list of current vacancies can be found at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/jobs/.

University Lectureship in Palaeoclimatology/Palaeoceanography in the Department of Earth Sciences

Salary: £36,715–£46,510 a year.

Applications are invited for a University Lectureship in Palaeoclimatology/Palaeoceanography, to be held in the Department of Earth Sciences. Applications are welcomed from candidates with an outstanding record of research in field-, laboratory- or computationally-based aspects of past climate change. The Department has a strong tradition of research in this area; for example, in the development and applications of oxygen isotope systematics and stratigraphy, the use of marine and terrestrial archives of past climate change, reconstruction from observations of ocean circulation and ocean chemistry over a range of timescales, and their role in the climate system. The Godwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research houses state-of-the-art facilities for geochemical, isotopic, and sedimentological studies.

The person appointed will be expected to contribute to the Department’s undergraduate teaching at various levels, and to take part in field teaching. Applications are welcomed from persons with degrees in Earth Sciences, Oceanography, Physics, Chemistry, or Mathematics.

Further information about current research in the Department is available at http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/ and further particulars are available from the Administrator (email ab78@esc.cam.ac.uk). Applications, consisting of a full curriculum vitae, list of publications, a 1,000-word statement of research interests and future plans, and the names and contact details of three academic referees, should reach the Administrator (email admin@esc.cam.ac.uk) no later than Wednesday, 6 April 2011. The application should be accompanied by a completed form CHRIS/6 (parts 1 and 3 only).

Quote reference: LB07774.

University Lecturer in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience

Applications are invited for the post of University Lecturer, which is available from 1 October 2011 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful applicant will have a proven research record in comparative vertebrate biology, and will have synergies with our research programme (see http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/research). He or she will be an effective teacher and will contribute to the undergraduate veterinary programme. Prior experience of this teaching area is not assumed and training can be provided.

The pensionable salary scale is £36,715 to £46,510 a year.

Further particulars are available from http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/doc/jobs.html. Applications, including a curriculum vitae, a completed CHRIS/6 form (parts 1 and 3) and the details of three referees, should be sent to Mrs Katia Babayan, the Head of Department’s Secretary, Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience, Anatomy Building, Downing Site, Cambridge, CB2 3DY, so as to reach her by 21 March 2011.

Mellon/Newton Post-doctoral Research Fellowships in the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities

Salary: £27,319–£35,646 a year (two-year limit of tenure).

CRASSH is delighted to announce the first year of a five-year programme of interdisciplinary Post-doctoral Research Fellowships funded jointly by the Mellon Foundation and the Isaac Newton Trust.

Applications are invited for two two-year Post-doctoral Research Fellowships, aimed at researchers working in any field of the arts, social sciences, or humanities, starting in October 2011. The Fellowships will enable Post-doctoral Fellows to consolidate their research and publication record while developing a related project or initiative at CRASSH during their two-year Fellowship.

Further details of the post, and access to the online application system, can be found on the CRASSH website (http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/page/1020/mellonnewton-fellowships-11-12.htm).

Quote reference: VM07711; closing date: 1 April 2011; interview date: 3 May 2011.

Research Associate on ReCOS project in the Department of Linguistics

Applications are invited for the post of Research Associate in the Department of Linguistics, working with Professor Ian Roberts. This vacancy has arisen as a result of the award of an ERC Advanced Grant for the period 2011–16, entitled ‘Rethinking Comparative Syntax’. The project will be based at the University of Cambridge; the research team comprises, in addition to Professor Roberts, Dr Theresa Biberauer (Senior Research Associate), Dr Michelle Sheehan (Research Associate), and Professor Anders Holmberg (Newcastle University, consultant). Five Ph.D. students will also be appointed in October 2011 and 2012.

The principal activity of the Research Associate will be to undertake research in one of the main areas described in the project proposal (see the Annex to the further particulars), preferably in the area of the cross-linguistic analysis of, broadly speaking, ‘discourse-configurationality’ and related phenomena. The project will also involve conferences and joint publications in which the Research Associate will play a key part. The Research Associate will be expected to be willing to branch into new language areas and areas of specialization, and to be a proactive, productive team player as part of the group.

The successful applicant will hold a Ph.D. Degree and will have demonstrable interests in one or more fields covered by the project. He or she will also demonstrate a thorough command of current Chomskyan syntactic theory, a track record in comparative syntactic research, and excellent writing skills in English. The successful applicant will be aiming to produce an independent monograph in an area relevant to the project, and distinct from her or his doctoral dissertation, preferably by the end of the project in May 2016. The appointee will be involved in supervising and mentoring Ph.D. students and may also be asked to contribute to the teaching within the Department, supervising for undergraduate courses, and assisting in M.Phil. courses and Tripos examinations.

Completed applications, including a form CHRIS/6, a cover letter, a detailed curriculum vitae, an outline (about 1,000 words) of proposed research in contribution to the project, a list of publications, and the names and addresses of two referees who are familiar with the applicant’s work in the relevant field, should be sent to the Secretary of the Appointments Committee, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA (email lb358@cam.ac.uk) by 11 a.m. on 9 March 2011. Applicants should ask their referees to write directly to the Secretary of the Appointments Committee by the same date.

Applicants are also invited to submit up to two recent examples of work for consideration by the Committee, or, in the case of work that has been published, to draw the Committee’s attention to items of special relevance to their application. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to give a short presentation as part of the interview process.

Due to limitations of external funds, the salary for this pensionable post will be in the range of £27,319 to £29,983 a year. The appointment will run from 1 June 2011 for 60 months, and is subject to satisfactory completion of a probationary period of six months.

Further particulars, and a copy of the project proposal, can be found at http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/.

Applicants are welcome to seek further information by contacting Professor Ian Roberts, Principal Investigator (email igr20@cam.ac.uk).

Quote reference: GN07723; interview date: 14 March 2011.

Research Associate on Wrongdoing Project in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Applications are invited for the post of Research Associate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, working with Professor Alison Sinclair. This vacancy has arisen as a result of the award of a 2011 AHRC grant for the project ‘Wrongdoing in Spain 1800–1936: realities, representations, reactions’. The successful applicant will join a thriving graduate research community in Hispanic studies and in modern historical and cultural studies at Cambridge.

The project involves multiple conferences, workshops, and publications in which the Research Associate will play a key part. The successful applicant will hold a Ph.D. Degree and will have demonstrable interests in one or more fields covered by the project. He or she will also demonstrate a good command of Spanish, and excellent writing skills in English. A reading knowledge of Catalan, French, or other European Romance languages (or eagerness to acquire this in Cambridge) could be of interest.

The successful applicant will be aiming to produce an independent monograph in a relevant area of wrongdoing (as defined in the project summary), that is distinct from her or his doctoral dissertation, preferably by the end of 2014. The appointee will work with postgraduates on the organization of events, and publications arising from them, and on the two exhibitions planned for the project at the Cambridge University Library and the British Library. The appointee will be asked to take an active role in the creation and maintenance of the wrongdoing website attached to the project. He or she may also be asked to contribute to the teaching within the Department, supervising for undergraduate courses, and assisting in M.Phil. courses and Tripos examinations.

Completed applications, including a form CHRIS/6, a cover letter, a detailed curriculum vitae, an outline (about 1,000 words) of proposed research in contribution to the project ‘Wrongdoing in Spain 1800–1936: realities, representations, reactions’, a list of publications, and the names and addresses of two referees who are familiar with the applicant’s work in the relevant field, should be sent to the Secretary of the Appointments Committee, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA (email lb358@cam.ac.uk) by 4 p.m. on 21 March 2011. Applicants are requested to ask their referees to write directly to the Secretary of the Appointments Committee by the same date.

Applicants are also invited to submit up to two recent examples of work for consideration by the Committee, or, in the case of work that has been published, to draw the Committee’s attention to items of special relevance to their application. Short-listed candidates will be asked to give a short presentation as part of the interview process.

Due to limitations of external funds, salary for this pensionable post will be in the range of £27,319 to £28,983 a year. The appointment will run from 1 September 2010 for 36 months, and is subject to satisfactory completion of a probationary period of six months.

Further particulars and project details can be found at http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/.

Applicants are welcome to seek further information by contacting Professor Alison Sinclair, Principal Investigator (email as49@cam.ac.uk).

Quote reference: GS07732.

Appointments, reappointments, and grants of title

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

Appointments

Associate Lecturer

Veterinary Medicine. Mr Garret Francis Turley, M.A., Vet.M.B., EM, M.B.A., Henley Management College, M.A., Open, MRCVS, appointed from 1 January 2011 for five years.

Directors

Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies. Dr Fraser Watts, Q, appointed from 30 September 2010 to 29 September 2015.

Statistical Laboratory. Professor James Norris, CHU, appointed from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2014.

Acting Director

Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies. Professor Judith Lieu, R, appointed from 18 January 2011 to 18 March 2011, and 17 January 2012 to 16 March 2012.

Assistant Director

HRH Prince Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies. Mr Paul Anderson, appointed from 1 February 2011 to 31 January 2015.

Deputy Head of Department

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (Research). Professor Elizabeth Hall, Q, appointed from 1 October 2010 to 31 March 2013.

Reappointments

Associate Lecturers

Pathology. Dr Barrie Cottrell, HH, reappointed from 1 October 2010 for five years. Dr Hamid Jalal reappointed from 1 January 2008 for five years.

Head of Department

Oncology. Professor Bruce Ponder, JE, reappointed from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2015.

Grants of Title

Affiliated Lecturers

Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Dr Frederick Peter Treasure, CAI, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for two years. Miss Irena Borzym, CTH, and Dr Orsolo Rath-Spivack, LC, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for a further two years.

Classics. Dr Richard Flower, SID, Dr Alexandra Mullen, M, and Dr Michael James Squire, CHR, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for two years. Mr Terence Rodney Volk has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for a further two years.

Divinity. The Reverend Dr Grant David Bayliss, JN, the Reverend Canon Dr Adrian Francis Chatfield, Dr Jessica Frazier, K, the Reverend Dr Carolyn John-Baptist Hammond, CAI, Dr Joshua Hordern, W, Dr Dirk Jongkind, ED, the Reverend Dr William Lamb, PET, the Reverend Dr Jeremy Nigel Morris, K, the Reverend Canon Martin Seeley, JE, the Reverend Alison Claire Walton, H, Dr Peter John Williams, JE, and Dr Susan Ann Woan, R, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for two years. Mrs Nadira Auty, Professor Richard Bauckham, JN, the Reverend Duncan James Dormor, JN, the Reverend Dr James Theordore Douglas Gardom, PEM, Dr Nicholas James St John Gibson, Q, Dr Peter Macaulay Head, ED, Dr David Nicol Gordon Macleod, Dr Jane Deanne McLarty, W, Dr Justin James Meggitt, W, Dr Philip Pattenden, PET, Dr Elizabeth Phillips, ED, Dr Anna Frances Rowlands, G, Dr Léon Paul Turner, Q, and the Reverend Dr Peter Waddell, SID, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for a further two years.

Education. Professor Tony Booth has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for two years. Mr David Colin Andrews, Mr Roger Green, Ms Carol Ann Holliday, Ms Helen Kitching, Ms Joanne Waterhouse, HH, and Mrs Mary-Anne Wolpert have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 September 2010 for a further two years.

Geography. Dr Christopher Guy Sandbrook, SID, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for two years.

German and Dutch. Mrs Erna Eagar has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for two years.

Italian. Mrs Cristiana Brown, Mrs Emanuela M. Davey, NH, and Dr Alessandra Lombardi, HO, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer for a further two years.

Land Economy. Dr Flavio Vasconcellos Comim, ED, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for one year. Dr Nigel Allington, DOW, Dr Natalie-Jane Bayfield, Dr Michael Robert Carroll, Mr Lawrence Chadwick, Dr Danilo Camargo Igliori, PEM, Mr Kelvin Macdonald, Ms Jill Morgan, Dr Alexandra Morris, Dr Maria Teresa Ruiz-Tagle, JE, Mr David Stott, and Ms Mary Margaret Campbell Young, F, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for a further year.

Modern and Medieval Languages. Dr Aglaia Giannakopoulou has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for two years. Dr Paul M. White, SID, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for a further two years.

Philosophy. Dr Sacha Yevgeny James Golob, PEM, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for a further year.

Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics. Dr Julius A. Ross, SID, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for two years. Dr Christopher John Bewick Brookes, CC, Dr Rachel Deborah Camina, F, Dr Nilanjana Datta, PEM, Dr Thomas Edward Forster, PEM, and Dr Stuart Martin, M, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for a further two years.

Slavonic Studies. Dr John Philip Kingman, Mrs Galina Scott, and Dr Vera Tsareva-Brauner have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for a further two years.

Social and Developmental Psychology. Dr Terri Apter, N, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for two years.

Spanish and Portuguese. Dr Miriam Bouzouita and Dr Emma Gatland, TH, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2010 for two years.

Corrections

Certain of the details published in the 15 December 2010 issue of the Reporter (p. 349) are incorrect. They should read as follows:

Education. Ms Helen Shelbourne has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 September 2010 for a further two years.