Principal-Elect Professor Katherine Jane Willis has been appointed CBE for services to biodiversity and conservation.
Kathy has been Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, since October 2013.
She said: “It is a huge surprise to be recognised in this way and I feel honoured and privileged – in particular for doing something I feel so passionately about. However, it is not just a recognition of my own achievements but of the many scientists and colleagues I have been lucky enough to work with at Oxford and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.”
