RMS Council

The RMS is governed by its board of Trustees. All actions and updates from each science section are reported to the RMS Council

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

RMS President, University of York

Grace Burke

Grace Burke

RMS Vice President, Idaho National Laboratory, USA

Rik Brydson

Rik Brydson

RMS Vice President , University of Leeds

Michelle Peckham

Michelle Peckham

Executive Honorary Secretary, University of Leeds

Rod Shipley

Rod Shipley

RMS Honorary Treasurer, Thermo Fisher Scientific (retired)

Maddy Parsons

Maddy Parsons

RMS Honorary Secretary Biological Science, King's College London

Andy Brown

Andy Brown

RMS Honorary Secretary Physical Science, University of Leeds

Kerry Thompson

Kerry Thompson

Chair of Outreach & Education Committee, Honorary Secretary for Education, University of Galway

Susan Anderson

Susan Anderson

Previous RMS Vice President, University of Nottingham

Kurt Anderson

Kurt Anderson

Light Microscopy Section Chair, The Francis Crick Institute

Anna Baldycheva

Anna Baldycheva

Engineering, Physical & Material Sciences Section Chair, University of Exeter

Asa Barber

Asa Barber

Electron Microscopy Section Chair, London South Bank University

Susan Brooks

Susan Brooks

RMS-Wiley Book Series Editor & Chair of the Qualifications Committee, Oxford Brookes University

Lucy Collinson

Lucy Collinson

EMS Board Representative, The Francis Crick Institute

Paul French

Paul French

Imperial College London

Paul Gunning

Paul Gunning

Smith+Nephew

Karen Hogg

Karen Hogg

Flow Cytometry Section Chair, University of York

John Hutchison Hon FRMS

John Hutchison Hon FRMS

History Committee Chair, University of Oxford

Martin Jones

Martin Jones

Data Analysis in Imaging Science Section Chair, Francis Crick Institute

Chris Kennedy

Chris Kennedy

RMS Honorary Historian

Oleg Kolosov

Oleg Kolosov

AFM & other Scanning Probe Microscopies Section Chair, Lancaster University

Leandro Lemgruber

Leandro Lemgruber

Infocus Scientific Editor, University of Glasgow

Donald MacLaren

Donald MacLaren

University of Glasgow

Francis Morrissey

Francis Morrissey

Corporate Advisory Board Chair, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Dogan Ozkaya

Dogan Ozkaya

Johnson Matthey

Julia Parker

Julia Parker

Engineering, Physical & Material Sciences Section Deputy Chair, Diamond Light Source

Liam Rooney

Liam Rooney

Early Career Committee Chair & Life Sciences Section Representative, University of Strathclyde

Alex Sossick

Alex Sossick

Chair of Professional Development and Training FIG , Natural History Museum, London

Leslie Stump

Leslie Stump

ISO and IT, Microm Ltd

Steve Thomas

Steve Thomas

Life Sciences Section Chair, University of Birmingham

Paul Verkade

Paul Verkade

University of Bristol

Claire Wells

Claire Wells

King's College London


How do we elect officers and ordinary members of RMS Council?

The process by which officers are elected to RMS Council can be found in our By-Laws, but are also summarised in the extract below. If you have any questions about this process, please contact Jade Sturdy.

Election

41.     At any date not less than three calendar months before the Annual General Meeting, any four Fellows may nominate any other duly qualified person to fill any of the Offices of President, Vice-President, Honorary Secretaries, Honorary Treasurer or other member of Council by delivering the nomination in writing to the CEO together with the written consent of the nominee to accept Office if elected.

42.     A notice inviting nominations from the membership shall be published at least four calendar months before the Annual General Meeting.

43.     At a meeting not less than three calendar months before the Annual General Meeting, Council shall nominate qualified persons for election at the Annual General Meeting as Officers and ordinary members of Council.

44.     A list of the names of all persons nominated to hold Office on the Council shall be published to all members not later than three weeks before the Annual General Meeting.

45.     The list shall show which candidates are nominated by the Council and shall give the names of the members by whom each of the other candidates (if any) is nominated.