Master and Fellows 2012 MASTER Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Roger W Ainsworth, MA, DPhil, FRAeS FELLOWS Sudhir Anand, BPhil, MA, DPhil Fellow by Special Election in Economics Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Economics Richard J Parish, MA, DPhil (BA Newc) Tutor in French Philip Spencer Fellow Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> French (Leave M12) Fram E Dinshaw, MA, DPhil Official Fellow Finance Bursar Peter D Battle, MA, DPhil Tutor in Inorganic Chemistry Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Chemistry A Gervase Rosser, MA (MA, PhD Lond) Tutor in History <strong>of</strong> Art Librarian (Leave M12-H13) John S Foord, MA (MA, PhD Camb) Tutor in Physical Chemistry Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Chemistry Vice-Master Robert A Leese, MA (PhD Durh) Fellow by Special Election in Mathematics Director <strong>of</strong> the Smith Institute Louise L Fawcett, MA, MPhil, DPhil (BA Lond) Tutor in Politics Wilfrid Knapp Fellow Susan C Cooper, MA (BA Collby Maine, PhD California) Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Experimental Physics Peter R Franklin, MA (BA, DPhil York) Tutor in Music Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Music (Leave M12) John Charles Smith, MA Tutor in French Linguistics President <strong>of</strong> the Senior Common Room Penny A Handford, MA (BSc, PhD S’ton) Tutor in Biochemistry Wolfson Fellow Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Biochemistry Timothy Cook, MA, DPhil Fellow by Special Election Richard I Todd, MA, DPhil (MA Camb) Tutor in Material Sciences Goldsmiths’ Fellow Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Materials (Leave T13) Marc Lackenby, MA (PhD Camb) Tutor in Pure Mathematics Leathersellers’ Fellow Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Mathematics Marc E Mulholland, MA (BA, MA, PhD Belf) Tutor in History Wolfson Fellow Dean M12 (Leave H13-T13) Gavin Lowe, MA, MSc, DPhil Tutor in Computer Science Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Computer Science (Leave T13) Richard M Berry, MA, DPhil Tutor in Physics Ashok I Handa, MA (MB BS Lond), FRCS Fellow by Special Election in Medicine Reader in Surgery Tutor for Graduates James L Bennett, MA (BA Reading) Fellow by Special Election Home Bursar David J Womersley, MA (PhD Camb), FBA Warton Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> English Literature Cressida E Chappell, MA (BA, MA Hull) Fellow by Special Election Academic Registrar Secretary to the Governing Body David R H Gillespie, MA, DPhil Tutor in Engineering Science Rolls-Royce Fellow (Leave T13) Peter P Edwards, MA (BSc, PhD Salf), FRS Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Inorganic Chemistry Patrick S Grant, MA, DPhil (BEng Nott) FREng Cookson Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Materials Justine N Pila, MA (BA, LLB, PhD Melb) Tutor in Law <strong>College</strong> Counsel Bart B van Es (BA, MPhil, PhD Camb) Tutor in English Senior Tutor Tommaso Pizzari, MA (BSc Aberd, PhD Shef) Tutor in Zoology Byron W Byrne, MA, DPhil (BCom, BEng Western Australia) Tutor in Engineering Science Tutor for Admissions (Leave M12-H13) W I F (Bill) David, MA, DPhil Fellow by Special Election in Chemistry Andrew M Barry (BA Camb, DPhil Sus) Tutor in Geography Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Political Geography Richard M Bailey, MA (BSc Leics, MSc, PhD Lond) Tutor in Geography (Leave M12-H13) Gaia Scerif (BSc <strong>St</strong> And, PhD Lond) Tutor in Psychology Karl <strong>St</strong>ernberg, MA Fellow by Special Election Christoph Reisinger, MA (Dipl Linz, Dr phil Heidelberg) Tutor in Mathematics Robert E Mabro, CBE, MA (BEng Alexandria, MSc Lond) Fellow by Special Election Kirsten E Shepherd-Barr, MA, DPhil (Grunnfag Oslo, BA Yale) Tutor in English Angela B Brueggemann, DPhil (BSc <strong>St</strong> Olaf, MSc Iowa) Fellow by Special Election in Biological Sciences Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow James E Thomson, MChem, DPhil Fellow by Special Election in in Chemistry Andrew J Bunker, MA, DPhil Tutor in Physics Reader in Astrophysics Adrian L Smith, MA (BSc Keele, MSc Wales, PhD Nott) Tutor in Zoology Andreas Muench, MA (Dr phil, Dipl TU Munich) Tutor in Mathematics Reader in Applied Mathematics Kerry M M Walker, DPhil (BSc Memorial, MSc Dalhousie) Fellow by Special Election in Biomedical & Physiological Sciences Udo C T Oppermann (BSc, MSc, PhD Philipps Marburg) Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Musculoskeletal Sciences Alain Goriely, MA (Lic en Sci Phys, PhD Brussels) Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Mathematical Modelling Naomi Freud, MA, MSc Fellow by Special Election Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>St</strong>udies for Visiting <strong>St</strong>udents Gordon Gancz, BM BCh, MA Fellow by Special Election <strong>College</strong> Doctor Geneviève A D M Helleringer (Maîtrise ESSEC, JD Columbia, Maîtrise Sciences Po, Maîtrise Paris-I Panthéon- Sorbonne, Maîtrise Paris-II Panthéon-Assas, Doctorat Paris-I Panthéon- Sorbonne) Junior Research Fellow in Law Duncan A Robertson, MA, DPhil (BSc Lond) Fellow by Special Election in Management Peter T Ireland, MA, DPhil Donald Schultz Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Turbomachinery Katharine E Carr (BSc, PhD Glas), FIBiol Fellow by Special Election in Medicine
Contents CONTENTS Master’s Report 2 <strong>College</strong> Life The Cameron Mackintosh Inaugural Lecture 6 The Catz|fivezero Report 8 Laces Trust funds new Fellowship 10 Going Green 11 The Nick Young Award 12 Postcards to the Master 14 The Inaugural JCR Equal Opportunities Lecture 16 Finals Results 2012: A Golden Year 17 Finals Results & Prizes 2012 18 Sports & Societies Review 2012 24 The 50th Anniversary The World <strong>of</strong> 1962 26 <strong>St</strong> Catherine’s, <strong>Oxford</strong>: A Pen Portrait 28 Celebrating 50 Years 29 The Anniversary Weekend 30 <strong>St</strong>udent Perspectives Thom Mallon (2009, English) 32 Isabel Ernst (2009, PPE) 34 Ed Richardson (2009, Modern Languages) 36 Alumni News Lara Fielden (1986, PPE) 38 Bluebell Martin (1994, Geography) 40 Morley Hollenberg (1964, Medicine) 42 Matthew Yeo (2001, History) 43 Nadeem Lalani (2007, PPE) 44 Sally Francis (1990, Biology) 45 Alumni News in Brief 46 <strong>College</strong> Events 2013 48 Catz Research Christoph Reisinger & Kerry Walker 49 Sudhir Anand 50 Bart van Es 52 Ben Bolling 54 Kirsten Shepherd Barr 55 Gaia Scerif 56 Gazette Obituaries 58 Admissions 2012 69 Page Image: The Charter, granted to the <strong>College</strong> by HM The Queen, in 1963 Photograph by Guy Bell (www.gbphotos.com) ST CATHERINE’S COLLEGE 2012/# 2012/1