2025 awards
June 2025
Department of Biology
- Dr Keith Kirby appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Ecology, Forestry and Woodland Management.
Department of Chemistry
- Professor Yimon Aye and Professor Madhavi Krishnan awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council.
- Biocatalytic Nitro Hydrogenations team, led by Professor Kylie Vincent awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's 2025 Chemistry Biology Interface Horizon Prize: Rita and John Cornforth Award.
Department of Computer Science
- Professor Rahul Santhanam awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council.
Department of Materials
- Professor Mauro Pasta awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's 2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry.
- Professor Saiful Islam awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's 2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy open Prize: Environment Prize.
Mathematical Institute
- Professor Ursula Martin appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to Science and Education.
Department of Physics
- Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell has been appointed a Companion of Honour (CH) for services to Astronomy and Physics and to Diversity.
May 2025
Department of Biology
- Professor Philip Poole elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
Department of Chemistry
- Professor Véronique Gouverneur, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry elected a an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences
- Professor Philipp Kukura elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
Department of Earth Sciences
- Professor David Pyle elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
Department of Engineering Science
- Professor Dame Molly Stevens elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Department of Physics
- Professor Ian Walmsley named a member of the National Quantum Strategic Advisory Board (SAB)*, advising the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
- Professor Shivaji Sondhi elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
- Professor Daniela Bortoletto awarded the European Physical Society’s Emmy Noether Distinction 2024
Mathematical Institute
- Professor Mike Giles elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
April 2025
Department of Biology
- Professor David Macdonald awarded a Linnean Medal 2025
March 2025
Department of Statistics
- Professor Charlotte Deane selected as a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology in the Class of 2025
Mathematical Institute
- Professor Patrick Farrell awarded the Germund Dahlquist prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
February 2025
Department of Computer Science
- Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt appointed to the UK Government’s Council for Science and Technology
Department of Earth Sciences
- Professor Hugh Jenkyns awarded the Geological Society of London's 2025 Lyell Medal for his pioneering research in 'soft'-rock studies
Department of Materials
- Professor Sir Peter Bruce elected to membership of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
January 2025
Department of Engineering Science
- Dr Joana Pinto recognised with the inaugural 'Leading Researcher of the Year: Sex/Gender in Neuroscience' Award by Women in Neuroscience UK
Department of Physics
- Professor James Binney awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal for lifetime achievement in the study of the structure and evolution of galaxies
- Dr Patrick Heighway awarded the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser facility (XFEL) Young Scientist Award