Vacancies, appointments, etc.

Electors to the Childers Professorship of Irish History

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Childers Professorship of Irish History as follows:

Professor Chris Young, ED, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council:

Professor Duncan Kelly, JE
Professor Alexandra Walsham, EM

(b) on the nomination of the General Board:

Professor Lucy Delap, MUR
Professor Kevin Kenny, Glucksman Ireland House
Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, JN

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

Professor Richard Bourke, K
Professor Helen McCarthy, JN
Professor Jane Ohlmeyer, Trinity College Dublin

Electors to the Professorship of Data Intensive Mathematical Physics

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Professorship of Data Intensive Mathematical Physics as follows:

Professor Richard Penty, SID, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council:

Professor Nigel Peake, EM
Professor Anne Taormina, King’s College London

(b) on the nomination of the General Board:

Professor Natalia Berloff, JE
Professor Nicholas Dorey, CL
Professor Prem Kumar, Swansea University

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

Professor Colm-cille Caulfield, CHU
Professor Sean Hartnoll
Professor Simon Ross, Durham University

Elections

Professor Mark Brown, M.A., University of Oxford, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor in Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Royal Holloway, University of London, elected Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology with effect from 5 January 2026.

Dr Tim Dalgleish, M.A., University of Oxford, Ph.D., Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, Programme Leader, Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, elected Dawson Professor of Young People’s Mental Health with effect from 12 January 2026.

Vacancies in the University

A full list of current vacancies can be found at https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk.

Clinical Professorship (Honorary Consultant) and Directorship of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre; informal enquiries: Professor Patrick Maxwell, Regius Professor of Physic and Head of the School of Clinical Medicine (email: regius@medschl.cam.ac.uk); closing date: 14 September 2025; further details: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51968; quote reference: RD46551

N. M. Rothschild and Sons Professorship of Mathematical Sciences and Directorship of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (fixed-term); tenure: from 1 October 2026 for five years, with the possibility of reappointment for a further three years; informal enquiries: Professor Nigel Peake, Head of the School of Physical Sciences (email: np100@cam.ac.uk); closing date: 15 September 2025; further details: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52210; quote reference: LN46754

The Childers Professorship of Irish History in the Faculty of History; tenure: from 1 October 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter; informal enquiries: Professor Lucy Delap, Convenor of the Board of Electors (email: lmd11@cam.ac.uk); closing date: 25 October 2025; further details: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52202; quote reference: JJ46761

University Assistant Professorship in Machine Learning in the Department of Engineering; informal enquiries: Professor Carl Edward Rasmussen (email: cer54@cam.ac.uk) and Professor Richard E. Turner (email: ret26@cam.ac.uk), Department of Engineering; closing date: 22 September 2025; further details: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49361; quote reference: NM44215

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encouraged applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.