Admitted to the RSE, Fellows are 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, and public engagement events including conferences
and discussion forums.

Lord Wilson of Tillyorn, (right)  the President of the RSE commented, “I am delighted to be able to announce the election of 48 new Fellows of the RSE – each will I am sure be a credit to the Society and I look forward to welcoming them at the new Fellows’ induction day in early May."

Amongst the new Fellows highlighted are:

Lord Turner, (left) a successful businessman who has had landmark impacts on public policy informed by his active commitment to policy-relevant social science. His appointment to the FSA at a time of financial sector crisis underlines the esteem in which he is held.


Friedrich Hirzebruch (right) Honorary Fellow Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, is the pre-eminent German mathematician of his time and was instrumental in building up German mathematics after WWII. He helped to unify mathematics by his own work and that of the conferences and institute that he established.


Edinburgh-born Angus Deaton, Corresponding Fellow, (left) is the Dwight D Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs & Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Princeton University. President of the American Economic Association, is one of the world’s leading developmental economists and a senior adviser to the World Bank.


Corresponding Fellow, Glasgow-born David Scott (right)  an award winning structural engineer Vice-Chair, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; Americas Building Practice Leader - Arup, who has worked on long span structures and tall and super-tall towers around the world.

Jack Satsangi ( left)  – Professor of Gastroenterology, University of Edinburgh and a national and international leader in inflammatory bowel disease responsible for the earliest and most recent breakthroughs identifying genetic risk factors for Crohn’s disease.


Neva Haites – (right)  OBE, Professor of Medical GeneticsUniversity of Aberdeen’s first woman; Vice-Principal & Head of College of Life Sciences and Medicine, and one of Scotland’s leading scientists in Human genetics with a particular interest in inherited predispositions to cancer.

Victoria Crowe OBE – (left) a distinguished Scottish Artist exhibiting regularly at major galleries whose work hangs in many significant royal, public and private collections.


Archibald Bethel – (right) CBE, widely recognised for his role in Scottish Engineering as a leader/manager at the very highest level whose leadership of Babcock Marine division, Babcock International Group Plc has resulted in the company winning major projects for this country and abroad.

Andrew Waters – (left)  Professor of Molecular and Developmental Parasitology, University of Glasgow a pioneering researcher who has made groundbreaking contributions to our knowledge of malaria at the molecular level.

Dundee University publicised its three scientists and one artist in a separate release, which alas lacked photographs.

Professor Geoffrey Codd, Professor of Microbiology whose work (above) has focused on monocyanbacterial cultures and cynatoxins


Professor Will Maclean MBE,  (right) Emeritus Professor of Visual Art./Will_Maclean.html


Professor Allan Struthers, (left) Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine.

Professor Daan van Aalten, (right) Professor of Biological Chemistry.

Professors Codd and van Aalten are based within the University’s College of Life Sciences while Professor Struthers is based at the School of Medicine.  Professor Maclean holds an Emeritus position within Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, part of the University.
 
Professor Peter Downes, (left)) Principal of the University, congratulated the new Fellows, saying, “it is perhaps no surprise that this year’s crop of new RSE Fellows come from three of the University’s strongest areas - Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Art and Design - emphasising the breadth of expertise that exists here. 
 
“It is always a pleasure to see our staff recognised for their contributions to the life and work of the University. These most recent awards further enhance our reputation as one of Scotland’s leading academic institutions.”

Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities which fielded 11 and 8 new fellows respectively, not to mention Heriot-Watt (3) St Andrews (3) Aberdeen (2) and Strathclyde (1) did not seem to be looking to gain face from their livewires, which is a pity, as their academic profiles tend to have people pictures.

The other new Fellows are as follows:

HONORARY FELLOWS
Neil Macgregor. Director, British Museum.

Jonathan Adair Turner. [Baron Turner of Echinswell]. Chair, Financial Services Authority.

CORRESPONDING FELLOWS
David Richard Armitage. Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Harvard University.

Peter John Hudson. Willaman Chair of Biology, Director of Life Sciences, Pennsylvanian State University.

William George Stirling. Scientific Expert, Technological Research Division, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble.

ORDINARY FELLOWS
James Iain Walker Anderson KB, Former Chair of BT Scotland and Intense Photonics.

Andrew Howard Baker. Professor of Molecular Medicine,
University of Glasgow.

Timothy John Bedford. Professor of Risk and Decision Analysis, University of Strathclyde.

Gerald Stuart Buller. Professor of Physics, Heriot-Watt University; Director Helia Photonics Ltd.

Patrick William Michael Corbett. Head, Energy Academy, Heriot-Watt University.

Richard Michael Dixon. CEO, Vets Now Ltd.

Julian Alexander Thomas Dow. Chair of Integrative and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow.

Robert Mark. Ellam Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, University of Glasgow; Director of Research (SUERC).

Philip Francis Esler, Professor of Biblical Criticism, University of St Andrews.

Michael Paul Fourman. Chair of Computer Systems, University of Edinburgh.

Iain Grant Gordon. Professor of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh.

Christopher Hall. Professor of Materials, University of Edinburgh.

Jill Diana Harries. Professor of Ancient History, University of St. Andrews.

Pavel Kočovsky. Sir William Ramsay Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow.

David Michael Lane. Professor of Autonomous Systems Engineering, Heriot-Watt University; CEO, SeeByte Ltd.

David Reginald Francis Leach. Professor of Molecular Genetics; Head of School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh.

Janet Lowe. CBE, Member of Scottish Funding Council.

Jonathan Edward Harland Mills. Director & CEO, Edinburgh International Festival.

Stuart Monro. OBE, Scientific Director: Our Dynamic Earth; Edinburgh Consortium for Rural Research.

Jeremy Charles Mottram. Professor of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, University of Glasgow

Ian Paterson. Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Jill Patricia Pell. Henry Mechan Professor of Public Health, University of Glasgow
Edgar Peltenburg. Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh.

George William Penrose, The Rt Hon Lord Penrose. Chairman, the Penrose Inquiry.

Louise Mary Richardson. Principal & Vice-Chancellor, University of St Andrews.

Paul Martin Sharp. Alan Robertson Chair of Genetics, University of Edinburgh.

Richard Michael Sharpe. Senior Scientist and Programme Leader, MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Edinburgh.

David Malcolm St. Clair. Professor of Psychiatry, University of Aberdeen.

Kenneth Alexander Strain. Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Glasgow.

David Tregar Ulph. Professor of Economics, University of St Andrews.

Steven Yearley. Professor of the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, University of Edinburgh; Director of the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum.