Council and Bye-Laws

Bye-Laws of the Society

The Society Bye-Laws are available to view in full here.

Council of the Society

The elected Council has the sole management of all affairs and concerns of the Society. The Council consists of officers and ordinary members, who are Fellows, and meets at least once in each term. Nominations for election as officers and as ordinary members are usually considered at the Annual General Meeting in late October. In addition to their Council responsibilities, Members of the Council can be contacted with requests to act as Proposers for new membership applications.

Officers

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Professor John Carr

President

Plant Virology & Molecular Plant Pathology Group, Department of Plant Sciences

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Dr Claire Barlow

Vice-President

Department of Engineering and Newnham College, University of Cambridge.

Research interests in materials engineering and sustainability.

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Professor Lindsay Greer

Vice-President

Professor of Materials Science, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge

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Professor Paul C Hewett

Vice-President

Professor of Observational Cosmology and Astrophysics, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge

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Dr Keith Carne

Treasurer


Department of Pure Maths and Mathematical Statistics

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Professor Maciej Dunajski

Mathematical Secretary


Professor of Mathematical Physics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

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Dr James Fraser

Biological Secretary


Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge

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Professor Joan Lasenby

Physical Secretary


Professor of Image and Signal Processing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

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Ordinary Members

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Dr Robert Asher

Senior Lecturer and Curator, University Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge

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Professor Sarah Bray

Professor of Developmental Biology, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

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Professor Ian Brierley

Professor of RNA Virology, Department of Pathology

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Professor Stuart Clarke

Professor of Physical Chemistry, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

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Professor Nik Cunniffe

Professor of Plant Disease Modelling, Department of Plant Sciences

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Professor Lisa Hall

Professor of Analytical Biotechnology, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

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Professor Nick Hopwood

Professor of History of Science and Medicine, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge

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Professor Alex Liu

Professor in Palaeobiology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge

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Professor Bartomeu Monserrat-Sanchez

Professor of Materials Physics, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy

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Professor Andrew Pitts

Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Computer Science, Department of Computer Science & Technology

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Professor Nicholas Pugh

Faculty Director of Research and Innovation, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University

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