Advisory Council
The Trustees and staff are supported by Advisory Council members, who volunteer their time and advice. The way in which Council members are involved in Sense About Science’s activities varies, reflecting the wide range of expertise within the Council and also reflecting current projects and the demands of responding to wider developments.
Professor John Adams
Professor of Geography, UCL
Mr Richard Ayre
Journalist
Professor Peter Atkins
Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Professor Sir Colin Berry FMedSci
Emeritus Professor of Pathology, Queen Mary, London
Professor Colin Blakemore FMedSci FRS
University of Oxford
Professor Gustav Born FRS
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology, King’s College London
Professor Sir Robert Boyd FMedSci
Director of NHS R&D for Greater Manchester
Professor John Coggins
Biochemical Society
Professor Phil Dale OBE
Emeritus Fellow of Plant Genetics, John Innes Research Centre
Professor Adrian Dixon FMedSci
Royal College of Radiologists
Dr Simon Festing
Understanding Animal Research
Dr Ron Fraser
Society for General Microbiology
Mr David Allen Green
Lawyer and writer
Dr Irene Hames
Managing Editor of The Plant Journal, Wiley-Blackwell
Dr Evan Harris
Former Member of Parliament (Lib Dem) for Oxford West and Abingdon
Lord Hunt of Chesterton FRS
Professor of Climate Modelling, UCL
Lord Jenkin of Roding
Foundation for Science and Technology
Professor Trevor Jones CBE
Former Director-General of the ABPI
Sir David A. King FRS
Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Professor Sir Peter Lachmann FRS FMedSci
Emeritus Professor of Immunology, University of Cambridge
Dr Stephen Ladyman
Former Member of Parliament (Lab) for South Thanet
Ms Prue Leith OBE
Food columnist and restaurateur
Dr Robin Lovell-Badge FRS
MRC National Institute for Medical Research
Professor Julian Ma
St George’s Hospital Medical School
Professor Alan Malcolm
Institute of Biology
Professor Vivian Moses
Visiting Professor of Biotechnology, King’s College London
Professor Sir Keith Peters FRS PMedSci
Emeritus Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge
Lord Plumb of Coleshill DL
Former President of the National Farmers Union
Dr Ian Ragan
Neuroscientist and pharmaceutical/ biotechnology consultant
Dr Matt Ridley FMedSci
Author
Professor Raymond Tallis FMedSci
Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester
Professor Anthony Trewavas FRS
Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Lord Turnberg of Cheadle FMedSci
Association of Medical Research Charities
Dr Roger Turner
Agricultural consultant
Professor Simon Wessely FMedSci
Director of the King’s Centre for Military Health Research
Professor Michael Wilson
Professor of Plant Biology, University of Warwick
Last updated: June 22 2010