Vacancies, appointments, etc.

Elections and appointment

The following elections and appointment have been made:

Elections

Professor Katja Röper, Diploma, Freie Universität Berlin, Ph.D., Heidelberg University, Principal Investigator, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, elected Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Biology with effect from 1 January 2027.

Professor Amir Yacoby, M.Sc., Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University, elected Ray Dolby Professor of Theoretical and Experimental Physics with effect from 1 September 2026. Professor Yacoby will act as a Visiting Research Professor from September 2026 to September 2027.

Appointment

Correction

An entry published on 1 October 2025 (Reporter, 6797, 2025–26, p. 22) was listed under the wrong office. The entry should read as follows:

University Associate Professor (Grade 10)

Materials Science and Metallurgy. Dr Shijing Sun, M.A., M.Sci., Ph.D., T, appointed from 1 September 2025 until the retiring age and subject to a probationary period of five years.

Electors to the Dobson Professorship of Materials Science and Metallurgy

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Dobson Professorship of Materials Science and Metallurgy as follows:

Professor Nicola Padfield, F, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council:

Professor Neil Alford, Imperial College London
Professor Jason Robinson, JN

(b) on the nomination of the General Board:

Professor Nigel Peake, EM
Professor Christopher Pickard, CHR
Professor Rachel Thomson, Loughborough University

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Materials Science and Metallurgy:

Professor Serena Best, JN
Professor Manish Chhowalla, CHU
Professor David Knowles, Henry Royce Institute

Electors to the Hatton Professorship of Sustainability

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

Professor Deborah Prentice, CHR, Vice-Chancellor, in the Chair

(a) on the nomination of the Council:

Professor Dame Sally Davies, T
Professor Jerome Neufeld, T
Professor Dame Diane Coyle, CHU

(b) on the nomination of the General Board:

Professor Jonathan Simons, EM
Professor Nigel Peake, EM
Professor Dame Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland, University of Oxford

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of the School of the Physical Sciences:

Professor Bhaskar Vira, F
Professor Lucia Reisch, Q
Professor Declan Conway, London School of Economics and Political Science

Electors to the Professorship of Material Culture and Advisory Committee to the Directorship of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Professorship of Material Culture and Advisory Committee to the Directorship of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology as follows:

Professor Richard Gilbertson, CAI, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council:

Professor Rebecca Cassidy, TH
Professor Joel Robbins, T

(b) on the nomination of the General Board:

Professor Carine Durand, Musee d’ethnographie de Geneve
Professor Cameron Petrie, T
Dr Tamsin O’Connell, TH

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

Professor Matei Candea, K
Professor Manali Desai, N
Dr Xerxes Mazda, British Museum