The New Year's Honours list has been released and there are plenty of Oxfordshire names who have been recognised for their contributions to society.

You can see the full list here with the places each individual is from in brackets.                

Knights Bachelor               

Professor Neil James McCready Mortensen. Lately president of Royal College of Surgeons of England. For services to surgery. (Oxford)                             

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)                    

Timothy David Gardam. Journalist. For services to journalism and to education. (Chipping Norton)                  

Professor Roger James Goodman. Nissan professor of modern Japanese studies and Warden at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford. For services to social science. (Oxford)

Professor Andrew Lee Hopkins FRS FMedSci FRSE. Chief executive officer at Exscientia. For services to science and to innovation. (Abingdon)                      

Christopher Ross Kingsley OBE. Co-founder and chief technology officer at Rebellion. For services to the Creative Industries. (Oxford)               

Dr Andrew John Mackintosh. Adviser at the Knowledge Assets Initiative. For services to science and technology, and to enterprise development. (Oxford)                 

Professor Elizabeth Jane Robertson. Professor of developmental biology at the University of Oxford. For services to medical sciences. (Oxford) 

Professor Robert Adrianus Leonardus Van De Noort. Chairman of Thames Regional Flood and Coastal Committee and vice chancellor at the University of Reading. For services to science, to flood risk management and to sustainability. (Oxford)      

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Professor Daniela Bortoletto. Head of particle physics at the University of Oxford. For services to particle physics and to gender equality. (Oxford)  

Ruth Catherine Margaret Busby. People and transformational director at Great Western Railway and Network Rail Wales and Western. For services to diversity in the rail industry. (Didcot)

Oxford Mail: Ruth Busby Ruth Busby (Image: GWR)Professor David Rodney Heath-Brown. Emeritus Fellow at the University of Oxford. For services to mathematics and mathematical research. (Oxford)  

Dr Elizabeth Janine Hogben. Lately secretary of the Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology, Government Office for Science. For services to science in government. (Oxford)

Professor Kimberley Anne-Isola Nekaris. Head of Nocturnal Primate Research Group, Oxford Brookes University. For services to conservation. (Oxford)    

John Hamilton Ryley. Lately head of news at Sky News. For services to journalism. (Witney)            

Professor Julia Mary Yeomans FRS. Professor of physics and head, Rudolf Peierls Centre, University of Oxford. For services to Physics. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)                             

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)                          

Amanda Jayne Bird. Senior supply chain coordinator at Leidos Europe Limited. For services to Defence Logistics. (Bicester)                  

Mark Richard Brett. For services to charity and to the community in Wallingford. (Wallingford)

Shaun Andrew Day. Headteacher at The Unicorn School, Abingdon. For services to education. (Didcot)                     

Dr Gian Parkash Gopal. Founder of Oxford Hindu Temple and Community Centre Project. For services to the Hindu community and to multi-faith cohesion in Oxfordshire. (Abingdon)               

Dr Alison Maynard Hill. Bikeability Trust chairwoman and Cyclox chairwoman For services to cycling. (Oxford)  
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Miriam Luke. President at Henley Rowing Club and lately chair of Henley Women's Regatta. For services to women's rowing. (Henley)                            

Alison Margaret Murray. Deputy director of adult social care, Care Quality Commission. For services to adult social care. (Didcot)                         

Lydia Jean Otter. For services to People with Autism and their Families in Oxfordshire. (Faringdon)                    

Ewan Benjamin Payne. Team UK Gold Medal Winner, WorldSkills UK. For services to Further Education. (Wallingford)                     

Margaret Ann Simpson. For services to the community in Oxfordshire. (Oxford)                       

Professor Matthew David Snape. Lately professor in paediatrics and vaccinology, Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford. For services to public health, particularly during Covid. (Oxford)

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)                        

Carl Peter Anglim. Lately chairman, Oxfordshire Youth. For services to Young People. (Witney)                     

The Reverend Margaretha Catharina Maria Armitstead. For services to the community in Littlemore. (Oxford)                    

Evelyn Lettita Bracey. For services to the community in Wantage (Wantage)                     

Valerie Jean Butcher. For services to the community in Kidlington, Oxfordshire. (Kidlington)                 

Patricia Carol Earl. For services to the community in Radley. (Abingdon)               

Robert Frank Earl. For services to the community in Radley. (Abingdon)

Richard Kennell, chief executive officer at SOFEA in Didcot. For services to social inclusion and to alleviating food poverty. (Kidlington)      

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Charlotte Jessica Stacey. On call firefighter at Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the community in Oxfordshire. (Oxford)           

Dorothy Margaret Whittington. Volunteer, Oxford University Newcomers. For services to Volunteering and Higher Education. (Oxford)               

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)        

Professor Molly Morag Stevens FRS FREng. John Black professor of Bionanoscience, University of Oxford and professor at Imperial College London. For services to medicine. (London)