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Honouring the Scientific Mind

Dr June Raine (1971, Physiology) meets the artist Hilary Puxley (1970, English) to unveil the portrait commissioned on the occasion of being made an Honorary Fellow of the College. Dr Raine’s Fellowship was conferred in recognition of her role in approving and supporting the distribution of the vaccines as CEO of the MHRA (see feature, p8). June and Hilary were in College to attend the 1970/71 reunion on the 22nd-23rd September.

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FELLOWS AND STAFF

Honorary Fellow, Professor Dame Averil Cameron (1958, Lit.Hum.) was awarded the British Academy’s Kenyon Medal for her contribution to Byzantine studies. Honorary Fellow, Professor Dame Julia Higgins (1961, Physics) received the Sir Frank Whittle Medal of the Royal Academy of Engineering at the Academy and the Sir Sam Edwards prize of the Institute of Physics. Dr June Raine (1971, Physiology) was elected to an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her contribution to medical science during the pandemic. Professor Richard Stone was recognised with Fellowships at both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Society of Automotive Engineers. Professor Steve Roberts was named a 2021/22 Turing Fellow in recognition of his contribution to the fields of data science and AI. Associate Professor Noa Zilberman, was named a Google Research Scholar 2021 in recognition of her work developing sustainable computing infrastructure. Professors Almut Suerbaum and Annie Sutherland published Medieval Temporalities, the third book from the Somerville Medievalist Research Group. Professor Renier van der Hoorn received a €2.5m grant from the European Research Council to continue his work on developing crop protection strategies by unlocking extracellular immunity. Dr Elena Seiradake was elected to a Professorship in Molecular Biology within the Department of Biochemistry. Dr Renaud Lambiotte was elected to a Professorship in Networks and Nonlinear Systems within the Mathematical Institute. Dr Radhika Khosla, Research Director at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, was elected to an Associate Professorship in the School of Geography and the Environment. Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow Patricia Kingori released her podcast series ‘Genuine Fake’, featuring conversations on authenticity with the V&A, De Beers and London College of Fashion. Junior Research Fellow Dr Eoghan Mulholland won the Lee Placitio Research Fellowship in Gastrointestinal Cancer.

ALUMNI

Diana Evans (1978, English) received an MBE for services to Heritage in her capacity as the Head of Places of Worship Advice for Historic England. Mary Jones (2005, Jurisprudence) received an OBE for Public Service in her capacity as Deputy Director for Home Affairs and EU Exit within the Cabinet Office. Narmada de Silva (1989, Exp. Psychology) received an OBE for public service in recognition of her work to promote equitable taxation at the HMRC. Professor Farah Bhatti (1984, Physiol. Sci) received an OBE for her contributions to equality, diversity and inclusion within the medical profession. Dr Rachel Glennerster (1985, PPE) received a CMG for Services to International Development in recognition of her contribution as Chief Economist for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Kata Escott (1997, Lit Hum) received a CB for Public Service in recognition of her contribution within the Cabinet Office during the early stages of the pandemic and as Strategy Director of the MOD. Daniel York-Smith (1998, Modern History) received a CB for public service in recognition of his contribution as Director of Strategy, Planning and Budget at HM Treasury. Martin Desmond Roe (1997, Lit.Hum.) received an Academy Award for Best Short Film for Two Distant Strangers. Dr. Anne Tropper (1972, Physics) won the 2021 Maiman Laser Award.

Dr Young Kim

STUDENTS

Pratishta Deveshwar (2020, MPP) was awarded the Diana Prize, the UK’s highest accolade for young people’s social action. Dr Young Kim (2016, Clinical Medicine) was selected as the Nuffield Department of Medicine’s overall prize winner for best DPhil student. Dr Cristian Trovato (2017, Computer Science) won Best Research Paper of 2020 from the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. Abi Punt (2019, Medicine) and Eva Zilber (2015, Medicine) were named proxime accessit for their performances in the First and Second BM examinations, respectively. Rebecca Bowen (2016, Medieval and Modern Languages) won the Society for Italian Studies’ 2020 prize best postgraduate thesis in Italian studies. Shah Moore (2018, Psychology) won the British Neuropsychological Society’s Undergraduate Project Prize 2021.