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Professor Peter Halligan became Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales (CSAW) in March 2018. Professor Halligan is a distinguished psychologist and neuroscientist. Since moving to Wales from his native Ireland, he has played a key role in a number of innovative...
Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS is the Government Chief Scientific Adviser having taken up the role in April 2023. She is also Head of the Government Science and Engineering Profession. Prior to this Angela was the Chief Scientific Adviser...
Sir Mark Walport is the Chief Executive of the newly formed UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), which is responsible for the public funding of research and innovation. He was Government Chief Scientific Adviser ( GCSA ) and Head of the...
Simon Redfern is Professor of Mineral Physics at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on the behaviour of minerals and aqueous fluids at high temperatures and pressures. He has previously led large research projects investigating the fate of radionuclides...
Richard Disney is a Visiting Professor of Economics at University College, London and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He was previously a member of the NHS Pay Review Body (2003-09). His fields of interest and published...
This election brochure for Professor Mark Thomson explains his experience, credentials and vision for CERN as the UK candidate for the 2024 Director-General election.
Professor Sampson has over 40 years’ experience working in the criminal justice sector, having served as a police officer for 19 years before becoming a solicitor specialising in policing law, conduct and governance. He is an Honorary Professor and member...
Emma is a Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, specialising in philosophy of mind and language, cognitive science, and business ethics. Emma held a British Academy Special Research Grant Covid-19 scheme Award for...
Professor Gillian Peele is an Emeritus Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and an Emeritus Associate Professor of Politics in the University of Oxford where she taught politics from 1975 until 2016. She is the author of a number of...
Peter Dolton is a Professor of Economics at Sussex University and Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics. His research interests are in the labour economics, applied econometrics and the economics of education. He has published many articles...
Professor James Smith is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. James is also Vice Principal International and Chair of Africa and Development Studies at the University of Edinburgh.
Penny Harvey is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK), and an elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Penny has an extensive history...
Richard Dickens became a Low Pay Commissioner on 1 May 2014. He is Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Sussex. He is a leading academic on labour markets and the minimum wage...
Karen Mumford is a Professor at the University of York who specialises in labour economics and human resource management. She received her PhD from the Australian National University (ANU). Karen has been the Chair of the Royal Economic Society (RES)...
Professor Dame Sally Davies GCB DBE FRS FMedSci is the UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance ( AMR ). Before this, she was Chief Medical Officer ( CMO ) for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK government from...
Professor John Perkins was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in 2012. John is currently an Honorary Professor at Manchester University, a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and a member of the EPSRC...
Details about the COVID-19 National Core Studies (NCS) programme.
Professor Nuala McGrath was a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner from January 2017 to January 2023. She is also Professor of Epidemiology and Sexual Health at the University of Southampton.
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