Our academics serve on a range of research, government and industry advisory boards and hold senior leadership roles with professional bodies. International boards and bodies Professor Eliza CalderMember, UK Foreign Office Scientific Advisory Committee for MontserratExpert Witness, Government of New Zealand Inquiry into White Island Eruption DisasterProfessor Chris DibbenMember, Scottish Advisory Group on Evidence for Policy Making Professor Stuart HaszeldineZero Emissions Platform: European industry and research advisory body to EU CommissionProfessor Murray RobertsMember, Expert Panel United Nations Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine EnvironmentDr Krithika SrinivasanSouth Asia Advisor and Member, Board of Directors for US-based NGO, Farm ForwardAdvisor to the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations National boards and bodies Professor Jaboury GhazoulMember Expert Committee on Forest Science for Forest Research, the UK's national forest research provider Professor Simon HarleyMember, UK Committee on Radioactive Waste Management; the Advisory group to the Scottish Environmental Protection AgencyProfessor Stuart HaszeldineMember, Science Advisory Council - EPSRC Energy ProgrammeCarbon Capture and Storage: Ministerial CouncilGovernment Carbon Capture and Storage advisory group, Scotland Professor Gabi HegerlChair (2014-2016) of the Science Review Group of the UK Met Office Hadley CentreMember (2009-2014) of the Science Review Group of the UK Met Office Hadley CentreProfessor Ian MainMember, UK Office for Nuclear Regulation Expert Panel on External HazardsProfessor Jamie PearceMember, Advisory Group, Tobacco Pricing and Availability, NHS Scotland.Member, Grant Assessment Panel, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)ESRC appointed representative, Research Advisory Group, NHS DigitalCollege of Expert Reviewers, European Science Foundation2018 Review Group, Air Pollution Strategy, Public Health EnglandProfessor David ReayMember, Sustainable Renewal Advisory Group, Scottish GovernmentAcademic Advisory Panel for Rural Policy and Climate Change, Scottish GovernmentUniversity of Edinburgh lead, COP26 Universities Network Steering GroupAdvisor, Green Jobs Taskforce, UK GovernmentAdvisor, Climate Emergency Response Group (CERG), Scottish GovernmentAdvisor, Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan (CESAP) Expert Group, Skills Development ScotlandEvidence lead, Scotland’s Climate AssemblyAdvisor, ‘Farming 1.5’ Inquiry, Scottish GovernmentScottish Water Net Zero Advisory PanelZero Waste Scotland Decoupling Advisory GroupClimate Change Advisory Panel, National Farmers' Union ScotlandProfessor Niamh ShorttMember, Scottish Government/NHS Scotland Advisory Board on Minimum Unit Price EvaluationNHS Project Advisory Board on Price and Availability of TobaccoProfessor Simon TettMember, NERC Strategic Programme Advisory GroupProfessor Kathy WhalerMember, NERC Training Advisory BoardAdvisory Committee for Earth Observation of the European Space Agency (ESA) Leadership roles in professional bodies Professor Robert BinghamPresident, International Glaciological Society, British BranchMember, UK National Committee of Antarctic Research Professor Kate HealPresident, International Commission on Water Quality Professor Simon MuddPresident, British Geomorphology SocietyProfessor Kathy WhalerPresident, International Association of Geomagnetism and AeronomyVice-President, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (nominated by UK National Committee)Professor Anton ZiolkowskiVice president (Geophysics), Royal Astronomical Society This article was published on 2025-07-15
