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Leaf chameleon

Merton Student Returns from Conservation Internship

Madagascar trip write up from Éilish Farrelly, MBiol
Professor Artur Ekert FRS

Professor Artur Ekert FRS honoured with the Milner Award

Prof. Artur Ekert FRS honoured with Milner Award from the Royal Society in recognition of exceptional research achievements.
Revd Canon Peter Moger

Christ Church appoints Revd Canon Peter Moger (1982) as new Sub Dean

Merton alumnus, Peter Moger (1982), appointed new Sub Dean of Christ Church,
Dr David Hosking

Thesis treble for Dr David Hosking

Merton alumnus, Dr David Hosking, has been awarded another two prizes for his DPhil Thesis, ‘The decay of MHD turbulence and the primordial origin of magnetic fields in cosmic voids’
Bevis Bowden

Bevis Bowden appointed as Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts, 2023-24

We are very much looking forward to welcoming Bevis Bowden to the college in October as our eighth Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts.
Professor Jennifer Payne

Professor Jennifer Payne to be the next Warden of the College

The College’s Governing Body intends to elect Professor Jennifer Payne, Linklaters Professor of Corporate Finance Law and currently a Fellow and Tutor of the College, as the next Warden of the College.
Dame Professor EJ Milner-Gulland, Alex Chisholm and Mark Thompson

Mertonians recognised in King's Birthday Honours

Each year, the King’s Birthday Honours List recognises the accomplishments of extraordinary people across the UK and beyond. Among the 2023 recipients were a Fellow of Merton and two alumni.
Confocal image of intrinsic neurons in mouse heart labelled with a multicolour adeno-associated viral technique. Reproduced with permission of Wiley-VCH

Leducq-funded transatlantic network set to pioneer new diagnosis and treatment of heart disease

Professor David Paterson, in collaboration with the UCLA's Professor Kalyanam Shivkumar, has been awarded a prestigious Leducq International Network of Excellence Program Award.
Merton women rowers gathered around the new shell, the Irene Tracey

Merton College Boat Club celebrates its new shell

The new shell for the women's squad, the Irene Tracey, was celebrated in a naming ceremony at the Summer Eights drinks reception.
Lachlan Hughes, winner of Senior Paget Toynbee Essay Prize

Merton student wins Senior Paget Toynbee Essay Prize

Doctoral student Lachlan Hughes has won the Senior Paget Toynbee Prize