UCL staff and alumni recognised in 2020 New Year’s Honours

Congratulations to more than 25 members of the UCL community who have been recognised in the 2020 New Year's Honours. Professor Duncan Wingham (UCL Earth Sciences) has been appointed Knight Bachelor for services to climate science. Sir Duncan, Professor of Climate Physics, joined UCL in 1986, where he held lecturing posts at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory and the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering. In 1998, he was appointed as Chair of the UCL Department of Space & Climate Physics, and was Head of UCL's Department of Earth Sciences from 2005 to 2010. He was founder and Director of the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) from 2000 to 2005, which among other things discovered the widespread mass loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its origin in accelerated ocean melting. Sir Duncan is currently Executive Chair at the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), previously serving as Chief Executive. During his tenure at NERC he has overseen the delivery of several high-profile capital projects including the building of two Royal Research Ships, Discovery and Sir David Attenborough.