Somerville is delighted to announce that three of its Fellows have been appointed to Professorships in the 2015 University of Oxford Recognition of Distinction exercise.

Daniel Anthony is now Professor of Experimental Neuropathology; Michael Hayward is now Professor of Inorganic Chemistry; and Matthew Higgins is now Professor of Molecular Parasitology.

This is high praise indeed” said Dr Alice Prochaska, Somerville Principal. “Our congratulations go to them all.

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