Nine academics join RSE

Nine University academics have been elected Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Fellows.

These annual awards are given to individuals who have achieved excellence within their discipline or profession.

Widespread recognition

Academics from across the University’s three colleges were appointed Ordinary Fellows, joining the RSE’s 1,500-strong Fellowship.

They are:

• Professor Michael Paul Fourman, Chair of Computer Systems, School of Informatics
• Iain Grant Gordon, Professor of Mathematics, School of Mathematics
• Christopher Hall, Professor of Materials, School of Engineering
• David Reginald Francis Leach, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Head of the Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences
• Edgar Peltenburg, Honorary Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, School of History, Classics and Archaeology
• Jack Satsangi, Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
• Professor Paul Martin Sharp, Alan Robertson Chair of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences
• Professor Richard Michael Sharpe, Senior Scientist and Programme Leader, MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology
• Steve Yearley, Professor of the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, Director of the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum

I hope and expect that our new intake of Fellows will contribute actively to the work that the RSE undertakes in contributing to public policy development, engaging with the public and supporting research and innovation.