Fellowship
The RSE Fellowship comprises around 1,800 leading experts in the sciences, arts, business, professions and the third and public sectors, with links to Scotland. This range of expertise within the Fellowship places us in a unique position to provide an informed, interdisciplinary response to issues facing Scotland and internationally.
RSE Fellows are the most distinguished in their fields. The RSE has three categories of Fellows, each with a post nominal:
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
- International Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (IntFRSE)
- Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (HonFRSE)
We engage and connect nationally and internationally to share knowledge and tackle the most pressing challenges of the modern world.
Current Fellows
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Dr Michael Welch FRSE
CEO, The Welch Trust -
Dr Sally Magnusson FRSE
Journalist, author and broadcaster, Freelance -
Mr Armando Iannucci HonFRSE
Writer and Director, Scotland -
Mr Chris Stark FRSE
Head of Clean Power, Department For Energy Security And Net Zero -
Mr Michael Clancy FRSE
Director of Law Reform, Law Society of Scotland -
Mr Patrick Macdonald FRSE
Co-Founder, School for CEOs -
Ms Ana Stewart FRSE
Chair, Pathway Forward -
Ms Gillian Docherty FRSE
Chief Commercial Officer, University of Strathclyde -
Ms Laura Dunlop FRSE
President, Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland -
Ms Leonie Bell FRSE
Director, Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee -
Professor Ailsa Hall FRSE
Emeritus Professor, University of St Andrews -
Professor Alan Reid IntFRSE
Edgar Odell Lovett Chair and Professor, Rice University -
Professor Ann Rigney IntFRSE
Professor of Comparative Literature, Utrecht, University Of Utrecht -
Professor Apala Majumdar FRSE
Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Manchester -
Professor David Batty FRSE
Professor of Epidemiology, University College London -
Professor David Dockrell FRSE
Professor of Infection Medicine, University of Edinburgh -
Professor De-Zhu Li IntFRSE
Distinguished Professor of Botany, Kunming Institute Of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences -
Professor Donald Bruce Dingwell IntFRSE
Chair of Mineralogy and Petrology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich -
Professor Donna Heddle FRSE
Interim Dean of Research and Innovation, University of the Highlands and Islands -
Professor Elham Kashefi FRSE
Chair in Quantum Computing, University of Edinburgh -
Professor Emeritus David Croisdale-Appleby HonFRSE
Strategic Leader and Chair of multiple organisations, UK Government -
Professor Emma Sutton FRSE
Professor of English, University of St Andrews -
Professor Emma Thomson FRSE
Clinical Professor in Infectious Diseases, University of Glasgow -
Professor Fiona Leverick FRSE
Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, University of Glasgow -
Professor Gabriela Medero FRSE
Professor of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Heriot-Watt University -
Professor Hamish Simpson FRSE
George Harrison Law Professor of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Edinburgh -
Professor J. Ross Fitzgerald FRSE
Professor of Molecular Bacteriology, and Head of Bacteriology Division, University of Edinburgh -
Professor Jason Gill FRSE
Professor of Cardiometabolic Health, University of Glasgow -
Professor Jason König FRSE
Professor of Greek, University of St Andrews -
Professor John Cioffi IntFRSE
Hitachi America Endowed Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University -
Professor Jonathan Fraser FRSE
Professor of Mathematics, University of St Andrews -
Professor Judith Phillips FRSE
Deputy Principal (Research) and Professor of Gerontology, University of Stirling -
Professor Keith Mathieson FRSE
Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies and Director of Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde -
Professor Kirsteen McCue FRSE
Co-Director, Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow -
Professor Kirsty Gunn FRSE
Professor of Writing Practice and Study, University of Dundee -
Professor Lindsay Beevers FRSE
Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Edinburgh -
Professor Lorna Marson FRSE
Non-Executive Director, NHS Blood and Transport -
Professor Malcolm Macleod FRSE
Professor of Neurology and Translational Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh -
Professor Marc Dweck FRSE
Professor of Clinical Cardiology, University of Edinburgh -
Professor Marc Vendrell FRSE
Personal Chair of Translational Chemistry and Biomedical Imaging, University of Edinburgh -
Professor Miguel Ferrer Baena IntFRSE
Appointed Research Professor with the Spanish Council, Spanish National Research Council -
Professor Neil Carragher FRSE
Professor of Drug Discovery, University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh -
Professor Nicole Busby FRSE
Professor of Human Rights, Equality and Justice, University of Glasgow -
Professor Patrick Meir FRSE
Chair of Ecosystem Science, Royal Society Wolfson Fellow, and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Forests and Landscapes, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh -
Professor Paul Foster FRSE
Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh -
Professor Paul Mealor FRSE
Emeritus Professor of Music and Music Education, University of Aberdeen -
Professor Peter Hopkins FRSE
Professor of Social Geography, Newcastle University -
Professor Ross Forgan FRSE
Professor of Supramolecular and Materials Chemistry, University of Glasgow -
Professor Sarah Coulthurst FRSE
Professor of Microbial Interactions, University of Dundee -
Professor Sayantan Ghosal FRSE
Adam Smith Chair in Political Economy, University of Glasgow
