No 6434
Wednesday 27 July 2016
Vol cxlvi No 39
pp. 792–835
In its Report of 1 June 2016 on Senior Academic Promotions (Reporter, 6429, 2015–16, p. 628), the General Board recommended the establishment of 33 Professorships and 37 Readerships. In Paragraph 5 it was stated that the Board would announce the titles at a later date after consultation with the individuals concerned. The recommendations of the Report were approved by Grace 7 of 13 July 2016. The following list of appointments includes the titles that have been agreed.
Dr Wendy Pullan, CL, appointed Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies in the Department of Architecture
Dr Emily Gowers, JN, appointed Professor of Latin Literature in the Faculty of Classics
Dr Christopher Kelly, CC, appointed Professor of Classics and Ancient History in the Faculty of Classics
Dr Richard Rex, Q, appointed Professor of Reformation History in the Faculty of Divinity
Dr Julian Griffin, K, appointed Professor of Metabolism and Nutrition in the Department of Biochemistry
Dr Florian Hollfelder, TH, appointed Professor of Synthetic and Chemical Biology in the Department of Biochemistry
Dr John Doorbar, HH, appointed Professor of Viral Pathogenesis in the Department of Pathology
Dr David Coomes, F, appointed Professor of Forest Ecology and Conservation in the Department of Plant Sciences
Dr Jeffrey Dalley, CTH, appointed Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology
Dr Brian Huntly, CAI, appointed Professor of Leukaemia Stem Cell Biology in the Department of Haematology
Dr Helena Earl, appointed Professor of Clinical Cancer Medicine in the Department of Oncology
Dr Philip Jones, CL, appointed Professor of Cancer Development in the Department of Oncology
Dr Alexey Onatskiy, CHU, appointed Professor of Econometrics in the Faculty of Economics
Dr Richard Hickman, HO, appointed Professor of Aesthetic Development in the Faculty of Education
Dr Timothy Harper, M, appointed Professor of the History of Southeast Asia in the Faculty of History
Dr James Muldrew, Q, appointed Professor of Economic and Social History in the Faculty of History
Dr Helen Thompson, CL, appointed Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies
Dr Nicholas Hopwood, DAR, appointed Professor of History of Science and Medicine in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Dr Thomas Spencer, M, appointed Professor of Coastal Dynamics in the Department of Geography
Dr Stuart Dalziel, SID, appointed Professor of Fluid Mechanics in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Dr Richard Nickl, Q, appointed Professor of Mathematical Statistics in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Dr Christopher Tout, CHU, appointed Professor of Stellar Evolution in the Institute of Astronomy
Dr Mark Wyatt, PEM, appointed Professor of Astrophysics in the Institute of Astronomy
Dr Markus Kalberer, DAR, appointed Professor of Atmospheric Science in the Department of Chemistry
Dr Zoe Barber, DOW, appointed Professor of Materials Science in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Dr Pietro Cicuta, CC, appointed Professor of Biological Physics in the Department of Physics
Dr Ulrich Keyser, CAI, appointed Professor of Applied Physics in the Department of Physics
Dr Mark de Rond, DAR, appointed Professor of Organizational Ethnography in the Judge Business School
Dr Gabor Csanyi, PEM, appointed Professor of Molecular Modelling in the Department of Engineering
Dr Simon Guest, TH, appointed Professor of Structural Mechanics in the Department of Engineering
Dr Stephan Hofmann, PET, appointed Professor of Nanotechnology in the Department of Engineering
Dr Ashwin Seshia, Q, appointed Professor of Microsystems Technology in the Department of Engineering
Dr Geoffrey Moggridge, K, appointed Professor of Chemical Engineering Science in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Dr Imre Galambos, R, appointed Reader in Chinese in the Department of East Asian Studies
Dr Lucia Prauscello, TH, appointed Reader in Greek Literature and Language in the Faculty of Classics
Dr James Aitken, F, appointed Reader in Hebrew and Early Jewish Studies in the Faculty of Divinity
Dr James Carleton Paget, PET, appointed Reader in Early Christianity and Ancient Judaism in the Faculty of Divinity
Dr Nathan MacDonald, JN, appointed Reader in the Interpretation of the Old Testament in the Faculty of Divinity
Dr Katriona Boddy, F, appointed Reader in American Literature in the Faculty of English
Dr Robert Grant Macfarlane, EM, appointed Reader in Literature and the Geohumanities in the Faculty of English
Dr Napoleon Katsos, DAR, appointed Reader in Experimental Pragmatics in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Dr Arif Ahmed, CAI, appointed Reader in Philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy
Dr Ross Waller, appointed Reader in Cell Biology and Evolution in the Department of Biochemistry
Dr Ian Henderson, CAI, appointed Reader in Genetics and Epigenetics in the Department of Plant Sciences
Dr Peter Rentfrow, F, appointed Reader in Personality and Individual Differences in the Department of Psychology
Dr Andrew Welchman, appointed Reader in Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology
Dr Stefano Pluchino, SID, appointed Reader in Regenerative Neuroimmunology in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Mr Colin Watts, PET, appointed Reader in Neurosurgical Oncology in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Dr Yorgo Modis, appointed Reader in Virology and Immunology in the Department of Medicine
Dr Kenneth Poole, CL, appointed Reader in Metabolic Bone Disease in the Department of Medicine
Dr Alison Dunning, appointed Reader in Molecular Cancer Genetics in the Department of Oncology
Dr Toke Aidt, JE, appointed Reader in Economics in the Faculty of Economics
Dr Debopam Bhattacharya, T, appointed Reader in Econometrics in the Faculty of Economics
Dr Nidhi Singal, HH, appointed Reader in Education in the Faculty of Education
Dr Andreas Stylianides, appointed Reader in Mathematics Education in the Faculty of Education
Dr Augusta McMahon, N, appointed Reader in Mesopotamian Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Dr Cameron Petrie, T, appointed Reader in South Asian and Iranian Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Dr Lorand Bartels, TH, appointed Reader in International Law in the Faculty of Law
Dr Louise Merrett, T, appointed Reader in International Commercial Law in the Faculty of Law
Dr Jens Scherpe, CAI, appointed Reader in Comparative Law in the Faculty of Law
Dr David Skinner, T, appointed Reader in Theoretical Physics (2016) in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Dr Thomas Fisher, T, appointed Reader in Number Theory in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Dr Debora Sijacki, appointed Reader in Astrophysics and Cosmology in the Institute of Astronomy
Dr Andreas Bender, K, appointed Reader in Molecular Informatics in the Department of Chemistry
Dr Jason Robinson, JN, appointed Reader in Materials Physics in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Dr Nikolaos Nikiforakis, SE, appointed Reader in Computational Multiphysics in the Department of Physics
Dr Wah Mak, appointed Reader in Marketing and Decision Sciences in the Judge Business School
Dr Andreas Richter, appointed Reader in Organizational Behaviour in the Judge Business School
Dr Graham Pullan, TH, appointed Reader in Aerothermal Engineering in the Department of Engineering
Dr Graham Treece, Q, appointed Reader in Information Engineering in the Department of Engineering
In the Report of the General Board, dated 9 May 2012, on the Senior Academic Promotions (SAP) procedure (Reporter, 6266, 2011–12, p. 606), it was noted that the General Board had exercised its authority, following approval of Grace 8 of 25 November 1998, to make some minor changes to the SAP annual procedure with effect from 1 October 2012. These changes included the introduction of a rule permitting a maximum of two applications in a three-year period, in order to encourage applicants to seek advice about the appropriate timing of applications.
The General Board, at its meeting on 6 July 2016, received a paper on the conduct of the SAP exercise in 2015–16 and agreed to enable exemptions to the above rule to be granted in exceptional circumstances, provided that any such exemption has the sanction of the relevant Head of Institution and Head of School. This amendment will be incorporated into the procedure and guidance for use in the SAP exercise from 2016–17 onwards.