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10 March 2011 Election of New Fellows

Press Release: 10 March 2011 Election of new Fellows The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has announced the new intake of Fellows for 2011. The Society announced the election of 45 new UK and International Fellows to add to its 1500-strong Fellowship of experts in the sciences, arts, humanities, the professions, industry and commerce. The new Fellows were elected after a rigorous four-stage selection process culminating in a ballot of the entire Fellowship. Each of the RSE Fellows will be encour

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10 March 2011 Election of New Fellows

Press Release: 10 March 2011 Election of new Fellows The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has announced the new intake of Fellows for 2011. The Society announced the election of 45 new UK and International Fellows to add to its 1500-strong Fellowship of experts in the sciences, arts, humanities, the professions, industry and commerce. The new Fellows were elected after a rigorous four-stage selection process culminating in a ballot of the entire Fellowship. Each of the RSE Fellows will be encour

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Press Release: 10 March 2011 Election of new Fellows The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has announced the

new intake of Fellows for 2011. The Society announced the election of 45 new UK and International Fellows to add to its 1500-strong Fellowship of experts in the sciences, arts, humanities, the professions, industry and commerce. The new Fellows were elected after a rigorous four-stage selection process culminating in a ballot of the entire Fellowship. Each of the RSE Fellows will be encouraged to contribute to the aims and objectives of the Society, including the provision of expert policy advice to Government and Parliament, outreach education programmes for young people, public engagement events such as conferences and discussion forums, and working on the selection panels for research and enterprise Fellowships. Lord Wilson of Tillyorn, the President of the RSE commented, I am delighted to be able to announce the new intake of Fellows each has achieved excellence in his or her field of work, which has been recognised by their peers through their election to the RSE. I look forward to welcoming them to the Society at the new Fellows induction event in May and will be encouraging them to be active participants in the activities of the Society.

The full list of new Fellows is as follows: Honorary Fellows Professor Duncan Dowson CBE, Emeritus Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds Corresponding Fellows Professor Alastair Vincent Campbell, Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, National University of Singapore Professor Jose Alberto Cuminato, Professor of Numerical Analysis, University of Sao Paulo Professor Christopher Arthur Hunter, Professor of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania Professor Norman George Lewis, Regents' Professor, Washington State University

Fellows Sir John Rex Beddington CMG, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government, Government Office for Science Professor Jill Janette Freda Belch, Professor of Vascular Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School Professor Nigel Leslie Brown, Vice-Principal, University of Edinburgh Professor Ian Gordon Bryden, Professor of Renewable Energy, University of Edinburgh Professor Neil John Bulleid, SULSA Professor of Cell Biology, University of Glasgow Dr Javier Fernando Caceres, Senior Scientist, MRC Human Genetics Unit Professor Peter Eric Linstead Clarke, Professor of Physics & CERN Associate, University of Edinburgh Professor Margaret Cusack, Professor of Biomineralisation, University of Glasgow Professor Wenfei Fan, Professor of Web Data Management, University of Edinburgh Professor Mark Andrew Girolami, Professor of Statistics, University College London Professor Seth Garran Niels Grant, Senior Scientist, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Mr Iain Gilmour Gray, Chief Executive, Technology Strategy Board Professor Francis Stephen Halliwell, Professor of Greek, University of St Andrews Dr Martin Anthony Hendry, Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow Professor James Wilson Ironside CBE, Professor of Clinical Neuropathology, University of Edinburgh Mr Allan Johnstone Massie, Writer Professor William Alexander Campbell McKelvey, Chief Executive & Principal, Scottish Agricultural College Professor Kenneth George McKendrick, Professor of Physical Chemistry, HeriotWatt University Professor James Mitchell, School of Government & Public Policy, University of Strathclyde Professor Vladimir Ivanovich Nikora, Professor of Environmental Fluid Mechanics, University of Aberdeen Professor Hugh Gordon Nimmo, Professor of Plant Biochemistry, University of Glasgow

Professor Nigel Osborne, Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh Professor Douglas John Paul, Professor of Semiconductor Devices, University of Glasgow Professor Duncan Henry Pritchard, Professor of Epistemology, University of Edinburgh Dr Barbara Davies Rae CBE, Artist Professor Stephen Robert Reid, Sixth Century Research Professor of Dynamic Structural Mechanics, University of Aberdeen Professor Randolph Harvey Richards, Director, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling Professor Frank Sargent, Professor of Bacterial Physiology, University of Dundee Professor Alexandra Martha Zoya Slawin, Professor of Chemical Crystallography, University of St Andrews Professor Julia Mary Howard Smith, Edwards Professor of Medieval History, University of Glasgow Professor Jonathan Robert Spencer, Professor of the Anthropology of South Asia, University of Edinburgh Professor Francis Michael Sullivan, NHS Tayside Professor of R&D in GP and Primary Care, University of Dundee Professor Andrew Neil Taylor, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Edinburgh Professor Paul Michael Thompson, Professor of Zoology, University of Aberdeen Professor Arthur Stewart Trew, Professor of Computational Science, University of Edinburgh Professor Brian Robert Walker, Professor of Endocrinology, University of Edinburgh Professor Neil Walker, Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, University of Edinburgh Professor Joanna Marguerite Wardlaw, Professor of Applied Neuroimaging, University of Edinburgh Professor James Robert Wright, Professor of Mathematical Analysis, University of Edinburgh Professor Klaus Zuberbuhler, Professor of Psychology, University of St Andrews

For Media Enquiries, please contact: Bristow Muldoon The Royal Society of Edinburgh 22 George Street Edinburgh EH2 2PQ [email protected] 0131 240 2787 07766 915218 www.royalsoced.org.uk The RSE is Scottish Charity SC000470

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