Recent developments
I promised to provide more information concerning the proposed development at SWIMS but, at present, there is no progress to report!
However, talking of SWIMS, there is spare accommodation there at present and so, any postgraduates who fancy the splendid view, the healthy air and the relaxation of a "place by the sea", now's your chance! Contact SWIMS directly for terms.
I'm glad to report a speeding up in thesis completion rates over the past few months, and offer my appreciation to those who managed to submit within their minimum period (wipe the smug look off your face Graham, there were others!). It was rewarding to see so many Ph.D and M.Phil graduates from DEB on the Congregation list this year! Congratulations to you all.
Dr Stephen Pointing has joined the Department since Porcupine! last appeared. He is on a three year appointment as Research Assistant Professor but he will also be doing some teaching. Some of you will have already met him (on the field course in many cases) but for those of you who haven't, he is working in Eliot Hall.
A new staff member Dr Ji-dong Gu will be joining us as an Assistant Professor in mid-December (hopefully). He has worked on biofilms, ecotoxicology and microbial degradation, and joins us from Harvard University. Perhaps we can get him to introduce himself in the next issue of Porcupine!
John Hodgkiss (HoD)
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