Scientists for EU is proud to have an advisory board which comprises some of the UK’s leading national figures in research and innovation policy alongside key representatives of academic and business pro-EU campaigns. Across life sciences, physical sciences and engineering, academia and business, practice and policy, our advisory board ensures we are well connected with all parts of the sector to ensure that our pro-EU campaign has all the links we need in place.
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Prof Martin McKee CBE MD FMedSci is professor of European Public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and is president of the European Public Health Association. He is a core-team member of Healthier IN the EU. His work has been recognised by, among others, election to the US National Academy of Medicine, the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, honorary doctorates in several European countries, and visiting professorships worldwide. In 2015 he was listed by Thomson Reuters as one of the 1% most highly cited researchers across all disciplines worldwide. |
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Andrew Miller was MP (Labour) for Ellesmere Port & Neston 1992-2015 and Chair of the Parliamentary Science and Technology Select Committee 2010-2015. His career began as a geology technician before joining the Association of Scientific Technical and Managerial Staffs where he represented scientists and engineers. Andrew is an Executive Board member of the UK Research Integrity Office and has been appointed to the Royal Society’s Science Policy Advisory Group. The Science Council recognised him as “one of the UK’s 100 leading practising scientists” of 2014. |
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Sir Paul Nurse is Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute. He is former President of the Royal Society and was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He has received over 60 Honorary Degrees and Fellowships, received a Royal Medal in 1995 and was knighted in 1999.
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Dr Julian Huppert was MP for Cambridge (Liberal Democrat) from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, he was a research scientist working on DNA structure and function. Julian received his PhD in Biological Chemistry from the University of Cambridge in 2005, and is now a University Lecturer there. He serves on the Science Policy Advisory Group of the Royal Society, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a member of the Institute of Physics. |
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Martin Rees is Astronomer Royal. He is a professor at Cambridge University and former Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has had wide engagement with international science, especially within Europe. He was President of the Royal Society during 2005-2010 and is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords. |
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Sir Tom Blundell is President of Science Council. He researches in molecular, structural and computational biology. Previous positions include founding Chief Executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (1994–1996), and Chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (1998–2005). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and also an entrepreneur, co-founding Astex Therapeutics. |
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Dame Anne Glover served as Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission from 2012 to 2014 and was the first ever Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland (2006-2011). She was Professor of Molecular biology and Cell biology at the University of Aberdeen before being named Vice Principal for External Affairs & Dean for Europe. In February 2013 she was assessed as the 19th most powerful woman in the United Kingdom by Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4. |
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James Wilsdon is professor of research policy at the University of Sheffield, which he combines with the role of director of policy, impact and engagement in the Faculty of Social Sciences. He is director of The Nexus Network, an ESRC-funded initiative to link research, policy & practice across food, energy, water and the environment. Since 2013, he has been chair of the Campaign for Social Science, which works to make the case for UK social science with policymakers, the media and the wider public. In 2015, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. |