King’s Birthday Honours for two Department members

Two members of our Department are among those featured in the King's Birthday Honours 2025, which recognises the achievements and contributions of people across the UK.

Emily Shuckburgh, Professor of Environmental Data Science here – and Director of Cambridge Zero, Cambridge University's major climate change initiative – has received a CBE for services to Climate Science and to the Public Communication of Climate Science.

"I am deeply honoured to accept this recognition, which is a reflection of the collective efforts of many scientists, communicators, educators, and advocates who strive every day to make climate science accurate, accessible and actionable at a time when honesty, clarity and urgency are more important than ever," she says.

Emily's primary research is focused on the application of artificial intelligence to climate science.

She is Academic Director of the Institute of Computing for Climate Science, and co-Director of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training on the Application of AI to the study of Environmental Risks (AI4ER).

We're also very pleased that Honorary Distinguished Fellow in this Department, Prof Ursula Martin, has been appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to Science and Education.

Emeritus Professor in Oxford Mathematics, Ursula's research, initially in algebra, logic and the use of computers to create mathematical proofs, broadened to encompass wider social and cultural approaches to understanding the circulation and impact of computer science and mathematics. She is particularly known for leading the first scholarly investigation of the mathematics of Ada Lovelace, and is currently supported by the Leverhulme Trust to investigate the impact of artificial intelligence on mathematics.

Ursula has been a steadfast advocate and mentor for women in computer science and mathematics. As a visitor here in the early 2000's, she led (with Prof Mateja Jamnik) the setting up of Women@CL, our network to support women and non-binary people in computing research in their careers and encourage them to aspire to leadership positions.More than 20 years later, it is going from strength to strength.  

Ursula  says: "I am delighted and humbled to receive this honour. I truly appreciate my good fortune in working with colleagues from so many disciplines within and beyond the UK, in organisations ranging from  high-tech companies to libraries and museums."

Our congratulations to them both.