The Royal Society of Edinburgh welcomes 56 new Fellows.
Professor Sir David Baulcombe is among the 56 distinguished individuals elected to become Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) today.
Spanning the arts, business, and science and technology sectors, the new Fellows join the RSE in its work to place the advancement of learning and useful knowledge at the centre of public life in Scotland.
Professor Baulcombe, Regius Professor of Botany at Cambridge, becomes an Honorary Fellow in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of plant molecular biology.
Other joining the RSE include writer Ian Rankin, UN Special Envoy Mary Robinson and Professor Pamela Gillies, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University.
President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, said, “I am delighted to welcome such a wide range of outstanding individuals to the Fellowship. Each of our new Fellows is elected on the distinguished merit of their work. In joining the RSE, they strengthen our capacity to support excellence across all areas of academic and public life, both in Scotland and further afield.”
New Fellows are elected each year through a rigorous five-stage nomination process. The breadth of the Fellowship, which numbers over 1,600 individuals from Scotland, the UK and abroad, enables the RSE to provide a wide range of leadership and expertise.
The Royal Society of Edinburgh is a leading educational charity which operates on an independent and non-party-political basis to provide public benefit throughout Scotland. Established by Royal Charter in 1783 by key proponents of the Scottish Enlightenment, the work of the RSE includes awarding research funding, leading on major inquiries, informing public policy and delivering events across Scotland to inspire knowledge and learning.
The RSE’s Fellowship comprises Honorary Fellows (members of the Royal House or persons eminently distinguished in any subject within our disciplinary domains), Corresponding Fellows (those who have attained high international standing in any subject within our disciplinary domains, and are not normally resident in the UK) and Fellows.
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