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Students in volcanic area
September 2023

Identifying plants on a diverse oceanic island

Tenerife skills course write up from Bridget Harrington
Leaf chameleon
September 2023

Merton Student Returns from Conservation Internship

Madagascar trip write up from Éilish Farrelly, MBiol
Professor Artur Ekert FRS
August 2023

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
August 2023

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
July 2023

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
June 2023

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
June 2023

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
June 2023

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
June 2023

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
June 2023

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.