Honours for members of our community
Congratulations to all those from our community who have received accolades in Her Majesty the Queen's New Year's Honours.
Knighthood
- Ian Blatchford, Director, Science Museum Group. For services to Cultural Education.
- Professor Alexander Halliday, FRS. Lately Professor of Geochemistry, University of Oxford. For services to Science and Innovation.
- Professor David Klenerman, CChem, FRSC, FRS. Professor of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Cambridge. For services to Science and to the Development of High Speed DNA Sequencing Technology.
- Dr Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser. For services to Open Clinical Science.
CBE
- Professor Geoffrey Maitland, CChem, CEng, FRSC, FIChemE, FREng, Professor of Energy Engineering, Imperial College London. For services to Chemical Engineering.
- Professor Raffaella Ocone, FRSC, FREng, FRSE, FIChemE, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University. For services to Engineering.
OBE
- Anne-Marie Fry, CSci, CChem, MRSC, Head of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive (Protect), Home Office. For services to Countering Terrorism.
Our chief executive, Robert Parker paid tribute to Professor Maitland, who as well as being a former president of our sister society, the Institution of Chemical Engineers, is both a trustee of our governing Council and chair of our Publishing Board.
Dr Parker said: "For many years, in addition to his work at Imperial College and in industry, Geoff has played a leading role in our journals operations, which see us publishing ground-breaking chemistry research from all around the world.
"Geoff is a committed and respected member of our governing Council, so I am really pleased to see him receive this accolade."
In a news piece from Imperial College, Professor Maitland said: "It is a great honour to be recognised by HM The Queen in this way.
"I feel it is also recognition of the contributions and support I have received throughout my career from a wide range of superb students, colleagues and collaborators, as well as from my family and close friends."
