Thursday, January 19, 2012
Sir Alan Fersht is to be the next Master of Gonville and Caius College. He will take up the position in October.
The recently retired Herchel Smith Professor of Chemistry remains extremely active in scientific research at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Addenbrookes, with long-term funding including an MRC Programme Grant.
He has been on the academic staff in Cambridge since moving from Imperial College in 1988, and his links with Caius and the department go back to his student days.
For more information on his appointment please click here.