The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Professorship of Chemistry (1968) as follows:
Professor Dame Anne Dowling, SID, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy
(a) on the nomination of the Council
Professor Clare Grey, PEM
Professor David Wales, DOW
(b) on the nomination of the General Board
Professor Lindsay Greer, SID
Professor Teresa Head-Gordon, University of California, Berkeley
Professor Thomas McLeish, University of Durham
(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry
Professor Dame Athene Donald, CHU
Professor Yuko Okamoto, Nagoya University
Professor John Pyle, CTH
The following election, appointments and grants of title have been made:
Professor Jennifer Lee Roberts, A.B., Stanford, Ph.D., Yale, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University, elected Slade Professor of Fine Art from 21 January 2019 until 31 March 2019, assigned to the Department of History of Art.
Haematology. Dr George Stelliou Vassiliou, Ph.D., CAI, B.Sc., M.B.B.S., London, MRCP, FRCPath, appointed from 1 October 2018 until the retiring age.
Oncology. Dr Jean Abraham, Ph.D., CAI, B.Sc., M.B.Ch.B., Liverpool, MRCP, appointed from 1 January 2019 until the retiring age.
Engineering. Dr Ignas Budvytis, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., HO, appointed from 1 June 2019 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.
Psychiatry. Dr Petra Eszter Vertes, B.A., Libre de Bruxelles, M.A., M.Sci., Ph.D., TH, appointed from 1 October 2019 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.
Medicine. Dr Akhilesh Jha, B.Sc., M.B.B.S., Ph.D., London, M.Med., Dundee, MRCP, FHEA, appointed from 6 February 2019 until 5 February 2023 and subject to a probationary period of twelve months.
Oncology. Dr Stephen John Sammut, Ph.D., CLH, M.D., Malta, MRCP, SCE, AFHEA, appointed from 18 February 2019 until 17 February 2023 and subject to a probationary period of twelve months.
Public Health and Primary Care. Dr John Alexander Ford, M.Sc., M.B.Ch.B., Aberdeen, D.T.M.&H., Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Ph.D., East Anglia, MFPH, FRSPH, FHEA, appointed from 1 February 2019 until 31 January 2023 and subject to a probationary period of twelve months.
University Offices (Estate Management). Mr David Stuart Green appointed from 1 February 2019 until the retiring age.
Engineering. Ms Lynne Meehan, B.Sc., Manchester, M.A., P.G.Cert., London, appointed from 2 February 2019 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of nine months.
Divinity. Dr Jonathan E. Soyars has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2019 until 30 September 2020.
Human, Social and Political Science. Dr Andrew David Turner has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2019. Dr Saradamoyee Chatterjee, LC, has been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2020.