Lewis Elton, 1923-2018 Physicist who transformed himself into leading higher education expert remembered By Matthew Reisz 18 October
Geoffrey Petts, 1953-2018 Tributes paid to leading river scientist who led University of Westminster for more than a decade By Matthew Reisz 11 October
Sir Charles Kuen Kao, 1933-2018 Tributes paid to the Nobel prizewinner dubbed the ‘father of fibre optics’ By Anna McKie 4 October
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, 1922-2018 Tributes paid to Stanford’s world-leading authority on population genetics By Matthew Reisz 27 September
Ann Moss, 1938-2018 Tributes paid to a wide-ranging and highly innovative scholar of Renaissance literature By Matthew Reisz 20 September
Martin Shubik, 1926-2018 Tributes paid to Yale’s pioneering game theorist By Matthew Reisz 13 September
Michelle Howard-Vital, 1952-2018 Tributes paid to first female president of US’ oldest historically black college By Matthew Reisz 6 September
John Casida, 1929-2018 Tributes paid to one of the world’s leading experts on pesticides By Matthew Reisz 23 August
Bongani Mayosi, 1967-2018 Tributes paid to a leading African expert on heart disease By Matthew Reisz 16 August
Geoff Whitty, 1946-2018 Tributes paid to former Institute of Education director By Matthew Reisz 9 August
Denis Mitchison, 1919-2018 Tributes paid to tuberculosis expert who worked on the first randomised controlled clinical trial By Matthew Reisz 2 August
Richard Wilson, 1926-2018 Renowned Harvard particle physicist and humanitarian campaigner remembered By Matthew Reisz 12 July
Timothy O’Meara, 1928-2018 Champion of the University of Notre Dame’s Catholic identity remembered By Matthew Reisz 5 July
Rosaleen Anderson, 1962-2018 Tributes paid to “inspirational” scientist who transformed understanding of a rare disease By Matthew Reisz 28 June
Jill Ker Conway, 1934-2018 Tributes paid to pioneering historian who served as first female president of Smith College By Matthew Reisz 21 June
Celia Brackenridge, 1950-2018 Tributes paid to pioneer of sports science and campaigner for women in sport By Matthew Reisz 14 June
Scott Reeves, 1967-2018 Tributes paid to expert in interprofessional education who worked on both sides of the Atlantic By Matthew Reisz 7 June
Christine Floss, 1961-2018 Tributes paid to physicist whose research on moon rocks illuminated our understanding of the solar system By Matthew Reisz 31 May
Stanley Falkow, 1934-2018 Tributes paid to microbiologist whom many considered worthy of a Nobel prize By Matthew Reisz 24 May
Thomas Brazil, 1952-2018 Tributes paid to electrical engineer who helped forge today’s science of mobile communications By Matthew Reisz 17 May
Paul Younger, 1962-2018 Tributes paid to hydrogeologist who spent career at Newcastle and Glasgow By Matthew Reisz 10 May
Mary Maples Dunn, 1931-2018 Tributes paid to a university leader who ‘always believed firmly in what women could do’ By Matthew Reisz 3 May
Michael Moran, 1946-2018 Professor of government rose from poverty in childhood to become leading expert on British public policy By Matthew Reisz 26 April
Ian Hampton, 1936-2018 Antarctic scientist who studied survival in cold environments remembered By Matthew Reisz 19 April
Ivan Davis, 1932-2018 Leading pianist who spent more than four decades at the University of Miami remembered By Matthew Reisz 12 April
Saba Mahmood, 1962-2018 Tributes paid to anthropologist who specialised in study of modern Egypt By Matthew Reisz 29 March
Steve Redhead, 1952-2018 Tributes paid to scholar of popular culture who was dubbed ‘Professor Rave’ By Matthew Reisz 22 March
Nicholas Phillipson, 1937-2018 Tributes paid to expert on the Scottish Enlightenment By Matthew Reisz 15 March
John McDonald, 1937-2018 Stanford business professor with an illustrious alumni ‘family’ remembered By Matthew Reisz 1 March
Robert McCormick Adams, 1926-2018 Pioneer of innovative methods of landscape archaeology remembered By Matthew Reisz 22 February
Joseph Polchinski, 1954-2018 UCSB string theorist who won $3 million prize remembered By Matthew Reisz 15 February
Elizabeth Meehan, 1947-2018 Tributes paid to first female politics professor in any part of Ireland By Matthew Reisz 8 February
Abby Lippman, 1939-2017 McGill University campaigner on women’s health issues remembered By Matthew Reisz 1 February
Susan Tamny Jones, 1945-2017 Tributes paid to fundraiser who transformed the fortunes of the University of Miami By Matthew Reisz 25 January
Ben Barres, 1954-2017 Tributes paid to neuroscientist who identified role of glial cells in several serious diseases By Matthew Reisz 11 January
Calestous Juma, 1953-2017 Career of prolific technology and development expert took him from Nairobi to Harvard By Matthew Reisz 4 January
Stephen Bax, 1960-2017 Academic whose research interests were shaped by an African childhood remembered By Matthew Reisz 14 December
Philip Chubb, 1951-2017 Tributes paid to award-winning Australian journalist who later became an academic By Matthew Reisz 7 December
Sir John Marsh, 1931-2017 Tributes paid to agricultural economist who wielded significant policy influence By Matthew Reisz 30 November
Mary Edmonds, 1932-2017 Tributes paid to pioneering African American university administrator By Matthew Reisz 23 November
Mari Lyn Salvador, 1943-2017 Former director of Berkeley anthropology museum remembered By Matthew Reisz 16 November
Chris Wainwright, 1955-2017 Photographer and pro vice-chancellor of the University of the Arts London remembered By Matthew Reisz 2 November
Sylke Tempel, 1963-2017 Journalist who led Stanford courses in Berlin remembered By Matthew Reisz 26 October
William Miller, 1925-2017 Former Stanford provost, leader in fields of fundraising and international exchanges, remembered By Matthew Reisz 19 October
Gerald Bernbaum, 1936-2017 Former vice-chancellor of London South Bank University remembered By Matthew Reisz 5 October
Paul Ramsden, 1948-2017 Former HEA chief executive hailed for ‘vision and persistence’ in changing teaching policy and practice By Matthew Reisz 28 September
Douglas Strachan, 1945-2017 Policeman-turned-economist who spent a decade in Africa remembered By Matthew Reisz 21 September
Gene Adam Brucker, 1924-2017 Berkeley scholar of the Renaissance remembered By Matthew Reisz 14 September
Donald McNeill, 1936-2017 Tributes paid to Catholic priest who founded Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns By Matthew Reisz 7 September
Robert Ferguson, 1942-2017 Academic whose writing fused law and literature remembered By Matthew Reisz 31 August
S. Allen Counter, 1944-2017 A neuroscientist and explorer who became ‘a great champion of inclusion and belonging’ has died By Matthew Reisz 24 August
Marian Cleeves Diamond, 1926-2017 Pioneering neuroscientist who analysed the brain of Albert Einstein remembered By Matthew Reisz 17 August
Mark Thompson, 1957-2017 Tributes paid to land law expert who became Leicester pro vice-chancellor By Matthew Reisz 10 August