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No 6396

Wednesday 23 September 2015

Vol cxlvi No 1

pp. 1–17

Vacancies, appointments, etc.

Electors to the Professorship of Comparative Philology

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Professorship of Comparative Philology as follows:

Professor Graham Virgo, DOW, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council

Professor Michèle Fruyt, University Paris-Sorbonne

Professor Richard Hunter, T

(b) on the nomination of the General Board

Professor Adam Ledgeway, DOW

Professor Martin Millett, F

Professor Gerry Wakker, University of Groningen

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty of Classics

Dr Rebecca Flemming, JE

Professor Stephen Oakley, EM

Professor Donald Ringe, University of Pennsylvania

Electors to the Professorship of Immunology

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Professorship of Immunology as follows:

Professor Duncan Maskell, W, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council

Professor Abby Fowden, G

Professor Fiona Powrie, University of Oxford

(b) on the nomination of the General Board

Professor Jim Kaufman, HH

Professor Sir Andrew McMichael, University of Oxford

Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan

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

Professor Adrian Hayday, King’s College London

Professor Geoffrey Smith, EM

Professor Rose Zamoyska, University of Edinburgh

Electors to the Sir Patrick Sheehy Professorship of International Relations

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Sir Patrick Sheehy Professorship of International Relations as follows:

Professor Eilis Ferran, CTH, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council

Professor Philip Allmendinger, CL

Professor Brendan Simms, PET

(b) on the nomination of the General Board

Professor Alison Bashford, J

Professor Kimberly Hutchings, Queen Mary, University of London

Professor Erik Jones, Bologna Institute for Policy Research

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science

Professor Joya Chatterji, T

Professor Nicola Phillips, University of Sheffield

Professor David Runciman, TH

Electors to the Professorship of Medieval History

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Professorship of Medieval History as follows:

Professor Eilis Ferran, CTH, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council

Professor David Abulafia, CAI

Professor Christopher Wickham, University of Oxford

(b) on the nomination of the General Board

Professor Philip Allmendinger, CL

Professor David D’Avray, UCL

Professor Alexandra Walsham, T

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

Professor Mayke De Jong, University of Utrecht

Dr Lawrence Klein

Dr Carl Watkins, M

Electors to the William Wyse Professorship of Social Anthropology

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the William Wyse Professorship of Social Anthropology as follows:

Professor Martin Daunton, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council

Professor Charles Stewart, University College London

Professor Anne-Christine Taylor, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

(b) on the nomination of the General Board

Professor Phil Allmendinger, CL

Professor Harri Englund, CHU

Professor Sarah Green, University of Helsinki

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science

Professor Martin Jones, DAR

Professor Tanya Luhrmann, Stanford University

Professor Joel Robbins, T

Vacancies in the University

A full list of current vacancies can be found at http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk.

Plumian Professorship of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy in the Institute of Astronomy; informal enquiries: contact Professor Andy Fabian (email: acf@ast.cam.ac.uk); closing date: 2 November 2015; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8087; quote reference: LG07067

Chong Hua Professorship of Chinese Development in the Department of Politics and International Studies; tenure: from 1 October 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter; informal enquiries: contact Professor David Runciman, Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies (email: dwr12@cam.ac.uk); closing date: 15 October 2015; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8015; quote reference: UE06999

Sir Patrick Sheehy Professorship of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies; tenure: from 1 October 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter; informal enquiries: contact Professor David Runciman, Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies (email: dwr12@cam.ac.uk); closing date: 15 October 2015; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8028; quote reference: UE07012

Professorship of Medieval History in the Faculty of History; tenure: from 1 October 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter; informal enquiries: contact Dr Lawrence Klein, the Convenor of the Board of Electors (email: histchm@hermes.cam.ac.uk); closing date: 30 October 2015; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8139; quote reference: JJ07116

Clinical Lecturer in Gastroenterology (with a specific interest in Hepatology) in the Department of Medicine (fixed-term); salary: £31,301–£54,199; tenure: four years; closing date: 1 October 2015; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8060; quote reference: RC07043

Clinical Lecturer in Renal Medicine in the Department of Medicine; salary: £31,301–£54,199; closing date: 5 October 2015; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8036; quote reference: RC07020

Head of Insurance in the Finance Division; salary: £51,702–£54,841; closing date: 9 October 2015; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/7895; quote reference: AG06888

Administrative Officer in the Academic Division (Educational and Student Policy section); salary: £28,695–£37,394; closing date: 30 September 2015; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8006; quote reference: AK06990

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.

Elections, appointments, reappointment, and grants of title

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

Elections

Professor Gareth Meredith Austin, B.A., CL, Ph.D., Birmingham, Professor of African and Comparative Economic History, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, elected Professor of Economic History with effect from a date to be determined.

Professor Michail Dafermos, B.A., Harvard, Ph.D., Princeton, Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University and Professor of Mathematical Physics, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, elected Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry with effect from 1 July 2015.

Professor Matthew Gandy, B.A., CTH, Ph.D., London School of Economics, Professor of Geography, University College London, elected Professor of Historical and Cultural Geography with effect from 1 October 2015.

Dr Yasemin Kor-Sebeczek, B.S., Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, Turkey, M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Associate Professor, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, elected Beckwith Professor of Management Studies with effect from 1 October 2015.

Appointments

Reader

Judge Business School. Dr Jennifer Anne Howard-Grenville, B.Sc., Queen’s, M.A., Oxford, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, appointed from 1 September 2015 until the retiring age.

University Lecturers

Biochemistry. Dr Richard William Broadhurst, EM, B.Sc., D.Phil., Oxford, Dr Helen Ruth Mott, CAI, B.Sc., D.Phil., Oxford, and Dr Darerca Owen, B.Sc., Ph.D., Liverpool, appointed from 18 August 2015 until the retiring age.

Computer Laboratory. Dr Timothy Martin Jones, M.Eng., Bristol, Ph.D., Edinburgh, appointed from 1 October 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Economics. Dr Kai Liu, B.S., Hong Kong, M.A., Ph.D., John Hopkins, USA, appointed from 1 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Engineering. Dr Tore Simon Butlin, M.Eng., Ph.D., Q, appointed from 1 October 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years. Dr Timothy Sean O’Leary, M.Math., Warwick, M.Sci., Ph.D., Edinburgh, appointed from 1 January 2016 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Genetics. Dr Michaela Frye, Dipl. Mol., Ph.D., J. W. Goethe, Frankfurt, and Dr Aylwyn Olav Scally, Ph.D., M.Phil., DAR, B.A., Trinity College, Dublin, M.Sc., Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, appointed from 1 October 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Judge Business School. Dr David John Stillwell, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Nottingham, appointed from 1 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Pharmacology. Dr Ann Catherine Lindon, N, B.A., Oxford, Ph.D., London, appointed from 1 June 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience. Dr Darren William Logan, M.B., Bath, D.Phil., Edinburgh, appointed from 1 May 2016 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Politics and International Studies. Dr Adam Raphael Branch, B.A., Harvard, Ph.D., Columbia, appointed from 2 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics. Dr Sergio Andres Bacallado de Lara, B.Sc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Stanford, appointed from 1 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Veterinary Medicine. Dr Timothy Lee Williams, M.A., Vet.M.B., CL, D.Phil., London, appointed from 1 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Associate Lecturers

Clinical Medicine. Dr Dominic Gerard O’Donovan, M.B.Ch.B., Liverpool, FRCPath, appointed from 1 October 2015 until 30 September 2016. Dr Alison Deborah Cluroe, B.Med.Sc., B.M.B.S., Nottingham, FRCPA, Dip.Forens.Path., FRCPath, Dr Patrick Brendan Deegan, M.B.B.Ch. B.A.O., University College Dublin, M.D., Trinity College Dublin, MRCPI, DipRCPath, FRCPath, FRCPEdin, Dr Alison Jean Marker, B.Sc., M.B.Ch.B., Glasgow, M.D., London, FRCPath., CCST, Dr Adrian John Park, B.Sc., M.B.B.S., M.Sc., Ph.D., London, MRCP(UK), DipRCPath, MRCPath, Dr Anita Sarker, B.Sc., M.B.B.S., M.Sc., London, MRCP(UK), FRCPath, and Dr Penelope Anne Wright, B.Sc., M.B.B.S., London, FRCPA, FRCPath, appointed from 1 October 2015 until 30 September 2020.

Heads of Department

Archaeology and Anthropology. Professor Martin Jones, DAR, appointed from 1 August 2015 for thirteen months.

German and Dutch. Professor Sarah Colvin, JE, appointed from 1 October 2015 for four years.

Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Dr Brechtje Post, JE, appointed from 1 October 2015 for two years.

Senior Assistant Registrary

University Biomedical Support Services. Dr Anne-Marie Tate Farmer, Ph.D., CHU, B.V.Sc., B.V.Biol., Queensland, appointed from 2 November 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

Departmental Secretaries

Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Mrs Hannah Louise Fox, B.A., Anglia Ruskin, appointed from 1 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

Astronomy. Mrs Mary Howe, B.A., M.A., Oxford, B.Sc., Open, M.A., appointed from 15 August 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

Physics. Ms Renata Alina McLeod, M.Sc., Maria Curie-Skladowska, Poland, appointed from 2 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

Under-Librarian

University Library. Dr Suzanne Louise Paul, M.A., Edinburgh, M.A., Ph.D., Leeds, appointed from 1 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

Assistant Keeper

Fitzwilliam Museum. Miss Henrietta Elizabeth Ward, B.A., Nottingham, M.A., Bristol, appointed from 14 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

Administrative Officers

University Offices (Academic Division). Mrs Jane Clare, appointed from 23 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months. Dr Ellen Nicola Friel, B.Sc., London, M.Sc., Loughborough, Ph.D., Nottingham, appointed from 7 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

University Offices (Finance Division). Mr Thomas Darren O’Neill, B.A., Keele, appointed from 10 August 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months. Mr Abdul Noor Khalique, B.A., Anglia Ruskin, appointed from 14 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months. Mr Philip Andrew Gooding, ACMA, appointed from 1 October 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

University Offices (Office of External Affairs and Communications). Miss Claire Louise O’Reilly, Pg.Dip., Hertfordshire, B.Sc., Open, appointed from 10 August 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months. Mr Glynn David Thomas, B.A., Sheffield, appointed from 28 September 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

Computer Officer

History. Dr Hardip Singh Sanghera, B.Sc., Leeds, Ph.D., Manchester, appointed from 24 August 2015 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.

Reappointment

Head of Department

Spanish and Portuguese. Professor Bradley Epps, K, reappointed from 1 January 2016 for two years.

Grants of Title

Affiliated Lecturers

Architecture and History of Art. Dr Jana Gajdosova, Dr Katherine Graham Isard, Ms Nicola Kozicharow, PEM, Dr Jose Ramon Marcaida Lopez, CC, Dr Jeffrey A. K. Miller, and Dr Laura S. Slater, K, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2015 until 30 September 2016. Reverend Dr John Millington Munns, F, and Mr Paul Shakeshaft have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2015 for a further year.

Education. Professor John MacBeath has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2015 until 30 September 2016.

Music. Professor Jeremy Sutherland Begbie, W, Dr Davis Glenn Skinner, SID, Reverend Dr Jeremy Robert Yarker Thurlow, R, and Dr Geoffrey Andrew Webber, CAI, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2015 for a further two years.