New Year Honours
3 January 2012
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) extends warmest congratulations to colleagues who have received the Queen's New Year Honours in recognition of their outstanding services to scientific research.
Congratulations go to:
Professor Robert Watson, who holds a chair in environmental sciences at the University of East Anglia, is director of strategic development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, is chief scientific adviser at the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and is a member of NERC's Council, has received a knighthood.
Professor Judith Petts, dean of the Faculty of Social & Human Sciences at the University of Southampton, former member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and former member of NERC's Council, has been awarded the CBE.
Further information
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