Merton News

The W.A. Handley Professor of Psychiatry was the first Chair post to be created in the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford on its founding in 1969.

Professor Patricia Thornton awarded title of ‘Professor in the Politics of China’ in Oxford’s 2025 Recognition of Distinction.

With great sadness, we announce the loss of The Revd Mark Everitt.

Merton DPhil student Alexandra Morton-Hayward is transforming our understanding of prehistoric life through her groundbreaking research on fossilised soft tissues, revealing that ancient brains and nervous systems are far more commonly preserved than previously thought.

Professor Daniel Grimley has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of his distinguished contributions to musicology and the humanities.

Merton Fellow Professor Matt Higgins FMedSci, EP Abraham Chair of Structural Biology, has been elected as an EMBO member.

Merton was awarded Gold Status in the University’s Green Impact Awards, which were held on 19 June.

Dr Martin Milton (1978, Physics) has been appointed OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List for his services to measurement science.

Merton's Professor Madhavi Krishnan has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

Professor Tim Cole (1968) has been awarded a CBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list