Promoting excellence in science 2017 New Fellows 2017 50 new Fellows, 10 new Foreign Members and one new Honorary Fellow were elected to the Society in May 2017 for their exceptional contributions to science. Individuals were elected from across the UK and Ireland, including Bristol, Aberdeen, Lancaster, Reading and Swansea, along with those from international institutions in Japan and the USA. New Fellows were admitted in July 2017 at the Admissions Ceremony, during which they signed the Charter Book. Professor Yves-Alain Professor Tony Bell FRS Professor Keith Beven Professor Wendy Professor Christopher Barde FRS FRS Bickmore FMedSci FRS Bishop FREng FRS Professor the Baroness Professor Neil Professor Krishna Professor James Mr Warren East CBE Brown of Cambridge Burgess FMedSci FRS Chatterjee FMedSci FRS Durrant FRS FREng FRS DBE FREng FRS Professor Tim Elliott Professor Anne Ferguson- Professor Jonathan Professor Mark Gross Professor Roy Harrison FRS Smith FMedSci FRS Gregory FRS FRS OBE FRS Professor Gabriele Professor Edward Professor Richard Professor Yvonne Jones Professor Subhash Khot Hegerl FRS Holmes FRS Houlston FMedSci FRS FMedSci FRS FRS Professor Stafford Professor Yadvinder Dr Andrew McKenzie Professor Gerard Professor Anne Neville Lightman FRS Malhi FRS FMedSci FRS Milburn FRS OBE FREng FRS Professor Alison Noble Professor Andrew Professor David Owen Professor Lawrence Professor Josephine OBE FREng FRS Orr-Ewing FRS FMedSci FRS Paulson FRS Pemberton FRS Professor Sandu Professor Sally Price Professor Anne Ridley Professor David Dr Gavin Salam FRS Popescu FRS FRS FMedSci FRS Rubinsztein FMedSci FRS Professor Sir Nigel Professor Angus Silver Professor Gordon Slade Professor Peter Smith Professor Nicola Shadbolt Kt FREng FRS FRS FRS FRS Spaldin FRS Dr Jonathan Stoye FRS Professor John Professor Roy Taylor Professor Jennifer Dr Patrick Vallance Sutherland FRS FRS Thomas CBE FRS FMedSci FRS Professor Susanne Von Professor Hugh Watkins Dr Roger Williams Professor Kenneth Professor Andrew Caemmerer FRS FMedSci FRS FMedSci FRS Wolfe FRS Woods FRS New Foreign Members 2017 Dr Max Cooper Professor Whitfield Professor Robert Professor Hideo Professor Marcia ForMemRS Diffie ForMemRS Grubbs ForMemRS Hosono ForMemRS McNutt ForMemRS Professor Ginés Morata Professor Robert Ritchie Professor Thomas Professor David Tilman Professor Susan ForMemRS FREng ForMemRS Sudhof ForMemRS ForMemRS Wessler ForMemRS New Honorary Fellow 2017 Lord David Neuberger PC FRS Medals and Awards 2017/18 The Society’s medals, awards and prize lectures provide a mechanism for the recognition and celebration of excellence within all aspects of science. The public recognition of leading scientists serves to inspire others to continue the advancement of science. Copley Medal Royal Medal Royal Medal Royal Medal Sir Andrew Wiles Dr Paul Corkum FRS Professor Peter Grant FRS and Professor Melvyn KBE FRS Professor Rosemary Grant FRS Greaves FMedSci FRS Davy Medal Hughes Medal Buchanan Medal Gabor Medal Croonian Medal Professor Matthew Professor Peter Bruce Sir Peter Ratcliffe Professor Richard Durbin and Lecture Rosseinsky FRS FRS FMedSci FRS FRS Professor Jennifer Doudna ForMemRS Bakerian Medal Michael Faraday Rosalind Franklin Francis Crick Medal Leeuwenhoek Medal and Lecture Medal and Lecture Award and Lecture and Lecture and Lecture Professor Susan Professor Mark Professor Essi Viding Dr Miratul Muqit Professor Sarah Solomon ForMemRS Miodownik Cleaveland OBE FRS Africa Award Clifford Paterson Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Milner Medal Dr Alassane Dicko Medal and Lecture Medal and Lecture and Lecture Professor Timothy Professor Michela Professor Marta Leighton FREng FRS Massimi Kwiatkowska The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world’s most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering, and medicine. The Society’s fundamental purpose, as it has been since its foundation in 1660, is to recognise, promote, and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity. The Society’s strategic priorities emphasise its commitment to the highest quality science, to curiosity-driven research, and to the development and use of science for the benefit of society. These priorities are: • Promoting excellence in science • Supporting international scientific collaboration • Demonstrating the importance of science to everyone. For further information The Royal Society 6 – 9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG T +44 20 7451 2500 W royalsociety.org Registered Charity No 207043 September 2018 DES5700_1.