Committee role: Trustee

Hugh Rollinson is an Earth Scientist with a specialism in early Earth geochemistry. He has worked in West Africa, Zimbabwe and the Middle East and held chairs at the Universities of Gloucestershire, Sultan Qaboos (Oman) and Derby where he is now Emeritus. He was head of Earth Sciences in Oman and Derby. He has also … Read more

Angela graduated from The University of Sheffield in Genetics in 1979 and worked in research and development in the pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years, initially as a Cytogeneticist at Beecham Pharmaceuticals then at Glaxo, GlaxoWellcome and GlaxoSmithKline, gaining her Masters on the way. Angela branched out into various roles including scientific training, quality and … Read more

Originally a Structural Biologist working in academic/industrial drug discovery, an interest in the way science (and research more generally) is conducted, and what makes it different from other types of human activity, allowed me to move via a Senior Lectureship in Evidence Based Medicine through to an Associate Professorship in Bioethics. My focus is now … Read more

Neville latterly studied divinity at Queen’s University Belfast, pursuant to a prior research career in genetics and molecular cell biology, and currently works with the Church of Ireland and Methodist Chaplaincy Belfast. He worked for several years at the Universities of Edinburgh and Liverpool, maintaining a sustained record of public engagement and youth-work throughout both … Read more

Richard has had a deep interest in the relationship between science and religion since his teenage years. His first degree was in physics and philosophy, graduating in 1977 from Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He then taught physics in secondary schools for five years. He trained for ministry in the Church of England at Ripon College, Cuddesdon … Read more

Steph Bevan graduated in Physics and Music at Cardiff University before training to be a Physics Teacher at the Institute of Education, London. After several years of teaching she joined the Institute of Physics as a Gender Balance Coach for Wales, advising school clusters on inclusive teaching and removing barriers to learning. Alongside this work, … Read more

Colin graduated in Marine Biology at Swansea in 1979 and subsequently completed a Masters in Estuarine Ecology at Stirling in 1984. He has worked in the marine and coastal sciences throughout his career, firstly for one of the regulatory authorities in Scotland then for a series of electricity companies.  Prior to his retirement from full time … Read more

Bill graduated in Chemistry from Cambridge, where he also obtained his PhD in 1973 and was made ScD in 1989. He has spent most of his career at Newcastle University except for 6 years in Göttingen (Germany). His area of research is X-ray crystallography including the development of international facilities using synchrotron radiation. Formally retired … Read more