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: 2019
Discipline: Earth Sciences and Chemistry
Professor Peter Nienow
Professor of Glaciology, University Of Edinburgh
2011-present Professor of Glaciology, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh.
2008-2011 Reader, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh.
2005-2008. Senior Lecturer, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh.
2004-2005. University Lecturer, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh.
1997-2004. University Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Glasgow.
1994-1996. NERC Research Fellow, Dept. of Geography, University of Edinburgh.
1989-1993 NERC PhD Student, St John’s College, Cambridge University.
1984-1987 St John’s College, Cambridge University. BA (Hons) – Geography
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