The Royal Society has released details of its newly-appointed Fellows, among whom were Professor Alexander Dawid (University of Cambridge), Professor Nancy Reid (University of Toronto), Professor Geordie Williamson (University of Sydney) and Professor Daniel Wise (McGill University) Other elected Fellows included Professor Peter O’Hearn (University College London), and Israeli cryptographer Professor Adi Shamir (The Wiezmann Institute of Science) who was elected a Foreign Member.
The Fellowship of the Royal Society is made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from or living and working in the UK and the Commonwealth. Fifty new Fellows and ten Foreign Members were announced this year.
The London Mathematical Society would like to extend its congratulations to the new Fellows on their election.
The full list of new Royal Society Fellows is available here