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Archaeological Science

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Dr Irene Lemos, Reader in Classical Archaeology

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Biochemistry

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Professor Judy Armitage, Director, Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology
Professor Kieran Clarke, Supernumerary Fellow (Physiological Biochemistry)
Professor Béla Novák, Chair of Systems Biology
Professor Nicole Zitzmann, Senior Research Fellow

The College particularly welcomes applications for the Life Sciences Interface and Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centres.

Graduates are welcome to join the Merton Bio-medical and Life Sciences Research Group.

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Biology

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Professor Tim Guilford, Tutorial Fellow
Professor Peter Holland, Linacre Professor of Zoology
Professor Kathy Willis, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity

The College particularly welcomes applications in Development and Evolution. Graduates are welcome to join the Merton Bio-medical and Life Sciences Research Group.

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Chemistry

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Professor Tim Softley, Tutorial Fellow
Professor Véronique Gouverneur, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Christopher Rodgers, Supernumerary Fellow
Dr Andrew Baldwin, Fitzjames Research Fellow

Chemists form a sizeable proportion of the Middle Common Room and are members of the Frederick Soddy Chemistry Society with undergraduates and Fellows.

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Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology

Professor Irene Lemos, Professor of Classical Archaeology
Dr Jonathan Prag, Tutorial Fellow in Ancient History
Dr Rhiannon Ash, Tutorial Fellow in Classical Languages and Literature
Professor Gail Fine, Senior Research Fellow in Ancient Philosophy
Dr Luuk Huitink, Leventis Research Fellow in Ancient Greek

Merton has a lively classical community, made up of c.20 undergraduates and 10-15 graduates in classical subjects, in addition to the Fellows listed above. Graduate accommodation is some 5 minutes walk from the Bodleian Library, and 10 minutes from the main Classics site (consisting of the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, the Ashmolean Museum, and the Sackler Library).

Graduates are welcome to join the History of the Book Research Group.

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Economics

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Professor Peter Neary, Professor of Economics
Professor Simon Wren-Lewis, Tutorial Fellow

Graduate accommodation is close to the Economics buildings in Manor Rd.
Graduates are welcome to join the Global Directions Research Group.

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English

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Professor Suzanne Romaine, Professor of English Language
Professor Richard McCabe, Tutorial Fellow
Professor David Norbrook, Merton Professor of English Literature
Dr Michael Whitworth, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Thomas MacFaul, Official Fellow, Departmental Lecturer
Dr Aisling Byrne, Fitzjames Research Fellow

Graduates are welcome to join the History of the Book Research Group.

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History

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Dr Steven Gunn, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Karl Gerth, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Matthew Grimley, Tutorial Fellow

The College awards an annual research award worth £1,000 to a current Merton History graduate in memory of Rajiv Kapur.

Graduates are welcome to join the History of the Book Research Group.

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Law

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Ms Mindy Chen-Wishart, Tutorial Fellow
Professor Jenny Payne, Tutorial Fellow

Merton offers the John Barton Scholarship, worth £5,000, to support a student reading for the BCL/MJur; two Merton BCL Scholarships, worth £10,000; and the Barnett Bequest, worth £5,000, to support a UK student reading for the BCL. Read more about the Barnett Bequest.

Graduate accommodation is close to the Law Faculty in Manor Road.

Graduates are welcome to join the Global Directions Research Group.

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Management Studies

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Professor Alan Morrison, Professorial Fellow
Dr Kate Blackmon, Tutorial Fellow

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Mathematics and Computer Science

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Professor Ulrike Tillmann, Professorial Fellow in Mathematics
Professor Luke Ong, Tutorial Fellow in Computer Science
Professor Boris Zilber, Professor of Mathematical Logic
Professor Alexander Scott, Tutorial Fellow
Professor Minhyong Kim, Tutorial Fellow
Professor Sir Andrew Wiles, Professorial Fellow

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Medicine

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Professor David Paterson, Tutorial Fellow
Professor Guy Goodwin, WA Handley Professor of Psychiatry
Professor Kieran Clarke, Supernumerary Fellow (Physiological Biochemistry)
Dr Simon Draper, Supernumerary Fellow
Professor Robert MacLaren, Bodley Fellow (Ophthamology)
Professor Nicole Zitzmann, Senior Research Fellow

Graduates are welcome to join the Merton Bio-medical and Life Sciences Research Group.

Merton has a sizeable group of clinical researchers, in addition to Second BM students.

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Modern Languages

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Dr Jonathan Thacker, Tutorial Fellow in Spanish
Dr Ian Maclachlan, Tutorial Fellow in French

Graduates are welcome to join the History of the Book Research Group.

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Music

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Dr Dan Grimley, Tutor in Music

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Philosophy

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Professor Gail Fine, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Ralf Bader, Tutorial Fellow

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Physics

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Dr Alan Barr, Tutorial Fellow
Professor James Binney, Professorial Fellow
Professor Artur Ekert, Professorial Fellow
Professor Simon Hooker, Professorial Fellow
Dr Alexander Schekochihin, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Ian Abel, Culham Junior Research Fellow
Professor Andrea Cavalleri, Supernumerary Fellow

Learn more about Graduate Scholarship opportunities.

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Politics and International Relations

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Dr Patricia Thornton, Tutorial Fellow in the Politics of China
Dr Janina Dill, Hedley Bull Fellow in International Relations
Professor Michael Keith, Senior Research Fellow

 

Graduate accommodation is close to the Politics and International Relations Department in Manor Road.

Graduates are welcome to join the Global Directions Research Group.

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