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This year's Fellowship celebrates outstanding research across the globe with over 90 scientists elected from UK and international institutions. The new Fellows cover a wide range of fields from artificial intelligence and electron microbiology to global health and neuroscience. Among them, two new fellows are from the Medical Science Division.
Professor Kevin Foster FRS, Chair of Microbiology, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology.
He said: ‘I am delighted to join the ranks of the Royal Society’, said Prof Foster. ‘This was only possible because of the talent and achievements of past and present group members and I am very grateful to them.’
Professor Philipp Kukura FRS, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery.
He said: ‘I am delighted to receive this honour, a recognition of the work enabled by the unique environment in the Chemistry Department, the Kavli Insitute for Nanoscience Discovery and contributions from many national and international collaborators. Most importantly, it is an acknowledgment of the effort, curiosity and creativity of the students and postdocs that did and continue to do the work in the laboratory.’
Election to the Fellowship is one of the highest honours in the scientific world, awarded to individuals who have made impactful contributions to knowledge. The new Fellows join a prestigious lineage of Royal Society members including Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Stephen Hawking.
Congratulations to all the awardees!