Royal Society Fellowship honours

Royal Society Fellowship honours Two prominent Leeds figures have been elected as Fellows of the prestigious Royal Society. Chancellor, Professor Dame Jane Francis, has been commended for her significant contributions to knowledge of the climate history of polar regions. Joining her is Gregory Houseman, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, who is acknowledged for his pioneering work leading our understanding of the deformation of Earth’s continental crust and lithosphere. Dame Jane worked at Leeds from 1991 to 2013, the last five as Dean of the Faculty of Environment. She became Director of the British Antarctic Survey in 2013 and was appointed Chancellor at Leeds in 2018. She said: “I’m absolutely delighted to have been elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society. “It’s an honour to have my research and support of science recognised in this way, and I’d like to thank all my colleagues, past and present, without whom this would not have been possible.