March 2007
AWARDS, APPOINTMENTS, ELECTIONS & HONOURS
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Society Max Planck Research Award: Professor Ray Dolan (UCL Institute of Neurology)
British School of Archaeology in Iraq Chairman: Professor Roger Matthews (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Cheltenham Science Festival 2007 Co-Director: Dr Mark Lythgoe (UCL Medicine and UCL Institute of Child Health)
Council for British Research in the Levant Honorary Secretary: Dr Andy Garrard (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers Lasers & Electro-Optics Society Board of Governors: Professor Alwyn Seeds (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering)
International & American Associations For Dental Research/Colgate Research in Prevention Travel Awards: Dr Francesco D'Aiuto (UCL Eastman Dental Institute)
Kohn Foundation Ernst Chain Prize: Professor Robin Weiss (UCL Immunology & Molecular Pathology)
Lakatos Award: Dr Hasok Chang (UCL Science & Technology Studies)
Low Pay Commission Member: Professor Steve Machin (UCL Economics)
Medical Research Society Young Investigator Award: Dr Hayden Homer (UCL Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health)
New York University Medical Center and School of Medicine Biotechnology Study Center Dart/NYU Biotechnology Achievement Award: Professor Salvador Moncada (UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research)
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award: Professor Polina Bayvel (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering)
Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellow: Professor Willie Motherwell (UCL Chemistry)
US President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group Member: Professor Steven Currall (UCL Management Studies and UCL Centre for Enterprise & the Management of Innovation)
World Archaeology Editorial Board Member: Dr Andrew Reynolds (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
UCL AWARDS & APPOINTMENTS
UCL Computer Science Readership in Information Processing: Dr David Barber (IDIAP Research Institute, Switzerland)