Fifteen Edinburgh researchers have been elected to the RSE, in recognition of excellence in their disciplines, and an ongoing commitment to advancing knowledge for the benefit of society as a whole.
They are included in the cohort of 43 new Fellows this year which features leaders in public health, business, engineering, the arts and journalism.
The high number of Edinburgh researchers celebrated with Fellowships recognises the University’s contribution to research excellence for the benefit of Scotland and the wider world.
The University of Edinburgh researchers awarded Fellowships are:
- Professor Ruth Andrew FRSE, Personal Chair of Pharmaceutical Endocrinology
- Professor James P Boardman FRSE, Professor of Neonatal Medicine
- Professor Matthew Chrisman FRSE, Professor of Ethics and Epistemology
- Professor Christopher Dibben FRSE, Chair in Health Geography
- Professor Jonathan Fallowfield FRSE, Personal Chair of Translational Liver Research; Honorary Consultant Hepatologist, University of Edinburgh / NHS Lothian
- Professor Sue Fletcher-Watson FRSE, Professor of Developmental Psychology; College Dean of Equity, Inclusion and Community
- Professor Mahesh Marina FRSE, Personal Chair of Networked Systems
- Professor Davide Marenduzzo FRSE, Professor of Computational Biophysics
- Professor Mark Parsons FRSE, Director of EPCC and Dean of Research Computing
- Professor Amy Pedersen FRSE, Professor of Disease Ecology
- Professor Subramanian Ramamoorthy FRSE, Personal Chair of Robot Learning and Autonomy, School of Informatics, Institute for Perception Action and Behaviour
- Professor Rebecca Reynolds FRSE, Professor of Metabolic Medicine
- Professor Tara Spires-Jones FRSE, Professor of Neurodegeneration
- Professor Melissa Terras FRSE, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage
- Professor Shannon Vallor FRSE, Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence