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.

Our Fellows from academia, business and public service are among the most distinguished in their fields. We engage and connect nationally and internationally to share knowledge and tackle the most pressing challenges of the modern world.

Elected: 2015
Discipline: Earth Sciences and Chemistry
Professor Louise Heathwaite
Professor of Land and Water Science, The Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
Professor Louise Heathwaite is a hydrochemist and Distinguished Professor in the Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University. She was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) in 2019. From 2012 to 2017, Louise was Chief Scientific Adviser to the Scottish Government on Rural Affairs, Food and the Environment and was awarded a CBE for services to scientific research and scientific advice to government in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Her expertise is in nutrient biogeochemistry with applied interests in diffuse agricultural pollution and is particularly interested in the use of science in policy making.
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