Congratulations to Professor Chris Chapman (matric 1963 and former Fellow of the College) who has been awarded the 2013 Gold Medal in geophysics by the Royal Astronomical Society.

The Society's highest honour is its Gold Medal, which is awarded for lifetime achievement. Past winners include Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Arthur Eddington and Stephen Hawking.

 The award has been made to Professor Chapman for his "numerous seminal contributions to theoretical, computational and interpretational methods of seismology".