Staff from all three colleges have been honoured by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).

Twelve academics from the University have been named among 56 new RSE Fellows.

They join a distinguished Fellowship of more than 1,600 members in disciplines spanning the arts, business, science and technology. New Fellows are elected each year following a rigorous nomination process.

University Fellows

The staff members named RSE Fellows are:

College of Humanities & Social Science

Professor Dorothy Miell, Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Humanities & Social Science

College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

Professor Jeffrey Pollard, Director of the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health

Professor Aziz Sheikh, School of Molecular, Genetic & Population Health Sciences

Professor Sue Welburn, Vice-Principal Global Access, School of Biomedical Sciences

College of Science & Engineering

Professor Clare Blackburn, School of Biological Sciences

Professor Alistair Borthwick, School of Engineering

Professor Ian Chambers, School of Biological Sciences

Professor Charles Cockell, School of Physics & Astronomy

Professor David Gray, Head of the School of Biological Sciences

Professor Andrew Liddle, School of Physics & Astronomy

Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones, School of Chemistry

Professor Hugh McCann, Head of the School of Engineering

Alumnus

This year, the RSE reinforced its multidisciplinary purpose by increasing the number of new Fellows named from the arts, business, professional and political spheres.

These include bestselling author Ian Rankin, an alumnus of the University who studied English Language & Literature from 1978 to 1985. Mr Rankin also received an honorary doctorate in 2003.