Professor Dominic Joyce has been appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry here in Oxford.
Dominic will be the 21st holder of the Savilian Chair. Established in 1619 by Sir Henry Savile, it has been held by many top mathematicians - including John Wallis (who introduced the ∞ notation), Edmond Halley (after whom Halley's comet is named), Edward Titchmarsh, and Sir Michael Atiyah.