Vacancies, appointments, etc.

Electors to the Downing Professorship of the Laws of England

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Downing Professorship of the Laws of England as follows:

Professor Graham Virgo, DOW, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council:

Professor Timothy Harper, M
Professor Catharine MacMillan, King’s College London

(b) on the nomination of the General Board:

Professor Birke Häcker, University of Bonn
Professor Jonathan Morgan, CC
Professor Helen Scott, DOW

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Law:

Professor Eilis Ferran, CTH
Professor Louise Gullifer, CAI
Professor Ewan McKendrick, University of Oxford

Elections

Dr Mariana Rossi Carvalho, M.Sc., University of São Paulo, Ph.D., Technical University Berlin, Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, elected Unilever Professor of Molecular Sciences Informatics with effect from 1 January 2026.

Dr Stephen Montgomery, B.A., CHR, Ph.D., DAR, Associate Professor, University of Bristol, elected Prince Philip Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with effect from 1 August 2026.