Scotland’s Young Academy welcomes 60 new members

Young Academy of Scotland New Members 2022

Among the new members are six individuals who have been appointed through YAS’s At-Risk Academic/Refugee (ARAR) membership initiative. This initiative encourages outstanding individuals with a refugee or asylum-seeking background to apply to YAS and provides them with support to complete their applications. In joining YAS, ARAR members regain some of the social and professional capital they lost during their displacement, and YAS benefits from ARAR members’ talents, experience, and unique perspectives.

YAS encourages membership applications from individuals in all sectors of society. This year, YAS is pleased to welcome members joining from business, the non-profit sector, and the arts, who include:

The new cohort also includes a diverse group of researchers with specialisms ranging from engineering to the history of science. In addition to academic achievements, the selection committees placed significant emphasis on public outreach and interdisciplinary collaboration. Among the new academic members are:

The Young Academy of Scotland is delighted to welcome this outstanding group of new members, whose talents and experiences will bring so much to our work. Our ongoing commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), which was diligently applied during our election process, led to diverse representation of new members from across many different sectors. We are hugely excited to see these new members bring their expertise, enthusiasm, and creativity to YAS to collaborate on new interdisciplinary projects that will achieve transformative change in Scotland and beyond.

Dr Margaret Cunningham, Co-Chair of YAS

I am delighted to see these accomplished young professionals join the RSE Young Academy of Scotland. I am particularly delighted that YAS is continuing in its commitment to bring at-risk academic and refugee professionals into its membership. In bringing such diverse and innovative young leaders together, YAS has great potential to produce creative, fresh solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing our society.

Professor Sir John Ball, President of the RSE

1. Dr Dorothy Aidulis, Founder and Director, STEM Scotland Ltd
2. Dr Mohammed Altayyeb, Well-being Development Officer, Maryhill Integration Network
3. Dr Craig Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Glasgow
4. Dr Alejandra Aranceta-Garza, Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering, University of Dundee
5. Junaid Ashraf, Community Engagement Officer, Cemvo Scotland
6. Dr Michael Barany, Senior Lecturer in the History of Science, University of Edinburgh
7. Dr Jack Barrie, Circular Economy Research Fellow, The Royal Institute of International Affairs
8. Dr Elaine Baxter, Director, Boutique Innovation Ltd
9. Matthew Bellhouse Moran, Museum Manager, The Unicorn Preservation Society
10. Dr Miguel Oscar Bernabeu Llinares, Deputy Director, The Bayes Centre; Senior Lecturer, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh
11. Dr Chiara Bonacchi, Senior Lecturer in Heritage, University of Stirling
12. Dr Katie Boyle, Associate Professor of International Human Rights Law, University of Stirling; Non-practising solicitor Law Society of Scotland
13. Dr Andy Buckley, Senior Lecturer in Particle Physics, University of Glasgow
14. Dr Neil Burnside, Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Strathclyde
15. Dr Michael Byrne, Reader in Climate Science, University of St Andrews
16. Brian Connolly, Specialist – Place (Stakeholder Engagement), Scottish Enterprise
17. Liz Cooper, PhD Researcher in Psychology, University of Edinburgh
18. Jamie Cooper-Higgins, Head of Marketing, Further
19. Dr Kate Cowcher, Lecturer, University of St Andrews
20. Dr Deval Desai, Lecturer in International Economic Law, University of Edinburgh
21. Dr Emily Draper, Lecturer in Chemistry and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Glasgow
22. Dr Kieren Egan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Health and Wellness, University of Strathclyde
23. Mohamed Elsharkasi, PhD Candidate in Pharmacology, Glasgow Caledonian University
24. Dr Catriona Fallow, Lecturer in Performance, University of the West of Scotland
25. Dr Josie Fullerton, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Glasgow
26. Dr Douglas Gibson, Royal Society and Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow, University of Edinburgh
27. Euan Greig, Multi-disciplinary Programme Manager, Sweco UK
28. Dr Fiona Heatlie, Head of Research Development & Partner Engagement College of Social Science, University of Glasgow
29. Lewis Hou, Director, Education and Communities, Science Ceilidh
30. Dr Sam Illingworth, Associate Professor in Academic Practice, Edinburgh Napier University
31. Dr Joanne Ingram, Lecturer in Psychology, University of the West of Scotland
32. Dr Manal Khatib, Associated Lecturer in Arabic, University of St Andrews
33. Dr Jennifer Ann Lang Kirkwood, Bicentennial Education Fellow / Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
34. Dr Lynn Love, Lecturer in Computer Arts, Abertay University
35. Dr Simson McCreath, Senior Product Development Scientist, Terumo Aortic
36. Dr Richard Middlemiss, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow and Proleptic Lecturer in Quantum Engineering, University of Glasgow
37. Paria Moazemi Goodarzi, Freelance Visual Artist and Public Art Practitioner, Self Employed
38. Dr Juliano Morimoto, Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
39. Dr Panna Muqit, Academic GP, University of St Andrews
40. Dr Esther K. Papies, Reader in Psychology of Behaviour Change, University of Glasgow
41. Lindsay Paterson, Head of Global Engagement, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
42. Dr Amelia Penny, Research Fellow, University of St Andrews
43. Dr Stavroula Pipyrou, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology and Founding Director of the Centre for Minorities Research, University of St Andrews
44. Savan Qadir, Research Assistant for UNESCO RILA, The University of Glasgow
45. Dr Sandra Quinn, Health Services Research Manager, Myeloma UK
46. Dr Louise Reid, Senior Lecturer in Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews
47. Dr Tom Russ, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Edinburgh
48. Dr Sadie Ryan, UNESCO-RILA Lecturer in Languages and Intercultural Studies, University of Glasgow
49. Dr Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir, Professor of Wireless Communications, University of the West of Scotland
50. Professor Mona Simion, Professor of Philosophy, University of Glasgow
51. Kimi Smith, Senior Policy Adviser – Fair Health Team, Health Inequalities Unit, Scottish Government
52. Usman Tariq, Advocate, Faculty of Advocates
53. Dr Andrew Tickell, Senior Lecturer in Law, Glasgow Caledonian University
54. Dr Kavul Tshiloz, Systems Designer / Arch Engineer, Allegro MicroSystems Europe
55. Dr Marta Vignola, Research Fellow in Engineering, University of Glasgow
56. Dr Helen Wade, Marine Ornithology Advisor, NatureScot
57. Dr Anne-Marie Weijmans, Reader in Astrophysics, University of St Andrews
58. Dr Michelle Williams, Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh; Consultant Radiologist; Associated Director, BHF Data Science Centre
59. Dr Mark Williams, Lecturer in Cell and Molecular Biology, Glasgow Caledonian University
60. Dr Maarten Zwart, Lecturer in Neuroscience, University of St Andrews