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Ten Cambridge scientists have been elected as fellows of the Royal Society.
They join the ranks of Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Dorothy Hodgkin in joining the UK’s national academy of sciences, which is the oldest of its kind in continuous existence.
Royal Society president Adrian Smith said: “Their achievements represent the very best of scientific endeavour, from basic discovery to research with real-world impact across health, technology and policy.”
The new Cambridge fellows are:
Prof Edward Bullmore, professor of psychiatry and former head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge – his research mainly involves the application of brain imaging to psychiatry. He introduced an original approach to the analysis of human brain anatomy, involving graph theory and its application to small-world networks, which has has had an enormous impact, especially in relation to understanding the biological basis of schizophrenia and depression. His work has been key to the understanding of the ‘wiring’ of the human brain.
Gabor Csanyi has been elected to The Royal Society., he is Professor of Molecular Modelling in the Department of Engineering, and a Fellow of Pembroke College.
Prof Gábor Csányi, professor of molecular modelling in the Department of Engineering, and a fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge – Prof Csányi’s work is in the field of computational chemistry, and is focused on developing algorithms to predict the properties of materials and molecules from first principles. He pioneered the application of machine learning to molecular modelling which led to enormous gains in the efficiency of molecular dynamics simulation.
Judith Driscoll has been elected to The Royal Society., she is Professor of Materials Science in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, and a Fellow of Trinity College.
Prof Judith Driscoll, professor of materials science in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge – Prof Driscoll’s research is concerned with the nanoscale design and tuning of functional oxide thin film materials for energy-efficient electronic applications. A focus of her group is oxide thin films, which have a wide range of functionalities and good stability. However, their compositions tend to be complex, defects are prevalent, and interface effects play a strong role. For many applications device structural dimensions are required down to nanometre length-scales.
Professor Marie Edmonds has been elected to The Royal Society., is Head of Department and Professor of Volcanology and Petrology in the Department of Earth Sciences. She is also a Fellow of Queens’ College.
Prof Marie Edmonds, head of department and professor of volcanology and petrology in the Department of Earth Sciences, and a fellow of Queens’ College – her research focuses on understanding the impact of volcanoes on our environment and on the habitability of our planet. Spanning the boundaries between traditional disciplines, her research ranges from deciphering the nature of the interior of the Earth, to magma transport and storage in the crust, to volcano monitoring, understanding ore deposits and the dynamic chemistry of volcanic gases in the atmosphere and climate.
Julian Hibberd has been elected to The Royal Society., he is Head of the Department of Plant Sciences and a Fellow of Emmanuel College.
Prof Julian Hibberd, head of the Department of Plant Sciences and a fellow of Emmanuel College – he is focused on guiding optimisation of photosynthesis to improve crop yields. The C4 pathway – a complex form of photosynthesis that evolved around 30 million years ago – is now used by the most productive plants on the planet. Prof Hibberd has provided key insights into the evolution of C4 photosynthesis through analysis of plant physiology, cell specialisation, organelle development and the control of gene expression.
Dr Leo James, group leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. Picture: MRC LMB
Dr Leo James, a group leader in the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology’s PNAC Division – he investigates the molecular mechanisms that drive pathogen infection and the cellular responses that attempt to prevent the spread of viral and bacterial invaders. His group discovered the cytosolic antibody receptor TRIM21 and showed that it drives an intracellular arm of protective immunity. Subsequent work showed TRIM21 can be re-directed to target cellular molecules, including tau protein aggregates which define Alzheimer’s disease. Leo recently co-founded TRIMTECH Therapeutics to further develop protein degraders to target neurodegenerative conditions.
Dr Gregory Jefferis, joint head of the Neurobiology Division at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and director of research at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Dr Gregory Jefferis, joint head of the Neurobiology Division at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and director of research of the Department of Zoology – he seeks to understand how smell turns into behaviour in the fruit fly brain. His group is particularly interested in how odour information is processed by the higher olfactory centres that mediate innate and learned behaviour.
Jason Miller has been elected to The Royal Society., he is a Professor in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics and a Fellow of Trinity College
Prof Jason Miller, professor in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics and a fellow of Trinity College – his research interests are in probability, in particular stochastic interface models, random walk, mixing times for Markov chains, and interacting particle systems.
Andrew-Pitts has been elected to The Royal Society, Professor Andrew Pitts is Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science and Technology and an Emeritus Fellow of Darwin College..
Prof Andrew Pitts, emeritus professor of theoretical computer science in the Department of Computer Science and Technology and an emeritus fellow of Darwin College – he uses techniques from category theory, mathematical logic and type theory to advance the foundations of programming language semantics and theorem proving systems. He aims to develop mathematical models and methods that aid language design and the development of formal logics for specifying and reasoning about programs and is particularly interested in higher-order typed programming languages and in dependently typed logics.
Dr Marta Zlatic, programme leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, and director of research, at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, and fellow at Trinity College. Picture: MRC LMB
Dr Marta Zlatic, programme leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, director of research in the Department of Zoology and a fellow of Trinity College – she aims to understand the relationship between the structure of the nervous system and its function and to discover the basic principles by which neural circuits implement fundamental computations. She focuses on the circuit implementation of learning and decision-making.
Also elected in the 2025 cohort are LMB alumni John Briggs, Graham Hatfull and Baljit Khakh.
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