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Science Museum Group Fellows

In 2009, as part of the Museum’s centenary celebrations, we launched the Science Museum Group Fellows Programme to recognise some of the scientists and individuals who have changed our world through academic research, design, technology and philanthropy.

Every year we invite selected individuals to join the programme and become Fellows of the Science Museum Group. Those listed below have been both nominated and elected.

2023 Fellowship Awards

  • Dame Kate Bingham—in recognition for her work chairing the UK Government's Vaccine Taskforce and steering procurement of vaccines as well as the strategy for their deployment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP—in recognition for his leadership as the President of COP26 in 2021–2022.
  • HM The King—in recognition for his long record on environmental issues and promoting STEM careers. 
  • Professor Sir Adrian Smith—in recognition for his role as President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive of the Alan Turing Institute. As well as his contributions to Bayesian statistics. 
  • Dr Richard Henderson CH FRS FMedSci HonFRSC – in recognition for his development of cryo-electron microscopy which transformed the ability to determine the molecular structure of biological molecules and has won him the Copley Medal and a Nobel Prize, among other very well-merited honours.

 2022 FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

  • Dame Deborah James (d. 2022)—in recognition of her tireless work on social media, along with blogs and articles, which has spread positivity and awareness about cancer research, treatments and the experience of patients, and has highlighted the importance of early diagnosis and research to a wider audience. She has provided invaluable support to the Science Museum Group, especially in relation to the Cancer Revolution exhibition.
  • The Lord Sainsbury of Turville—in recognition of his great dedication and generosity towards science through his work as Minister for Science and Innovation and his outstanding record of philanthropy across both science and the arts, as well as his invaluable contribution to the Science Museum’s Technicians gallery through the Gatsby Charitable Foundation.
  • Professor Alice Gast—in recognition of her dedication to science through her leadership at Imperial College London, which has deepened and strengthened the Science Museum Group’s partnership with Imperial and throughout which she has engaged the public with science in many ways, notably by championing the White City Campus and committing Imperial to the development of the Great Exhibition Road Festival.
  • Professor Lord Stern—in recognition of his exceptional leadership of the science of climate change through his chairmanship of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment; the latter’s Transition Pathway Initiative reports have been of great assistance to the Science Museum Group. His paper ‘A time for action on climate change and a time for change in economics’ has also been extremely significant and influential, alongside his wider support for the Science Museum Group.
  • Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, Professor Sir Andrew Pollard and Professor Teresa Lambe OBE—in recognition of their extraordinary dedication to science through their truly world-leading work in developing a vaccine to protect individuals against COVID-19 and for their support of the Science Museum Group’s COVID-19 collecting project and vaccine exhibition.

FELLOWS OF THE SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP

  • Mr Charles Bolden Jr, elected 2021
  • Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, elected 2021
  • Professor Simon Schaffer, elected 2021
  • Sir Roger Penrose, elected 2021
  • Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham, elected 2020
  • Professor Dame Sally Davies, elected 2020
  • Sir John Gurdon, elected 2020
  • Sir Gregory Winter, elected 2020
  • Dr Fabiola Gianotti, elected 2019
  • Sir Tim Berners-Lee, elected 2019
  • Baroness Lane Fox, elected 2019
  • Sir Neil Cossons, elected 2019
  • Lady Anya Sainsbury, elected 2019
  • Sir Kenneth Grange, elected 2019
  • Dr Kartar Lalvani, elected 2018
  • Sir Mark Walport, elected 2018
  • Dame Margaret Weston, elected 2018 (d. 2021)
  • HRH The Princess Royal, elected 2018
  • Timothy Peake, elected 2017
  • Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, elected 2017
  • Professor Dame Ann Dowling, elected 2016
  • Dr Helen Sharman, elected 2016
  • Rt Hon George Osborne, elected 2016
  • Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, elected 2016
  • Sir David Harding, elected 2015
  • Professor John O’Keefe, elected 2015
  • Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov, elected 2015 (d. 2019)
  • Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Ms Olga Golodets,
    elected 2015
  • Dr Valentina Tereshkova, elected 2015
  • Her Majesty The Queen, elected 2014 (d. 2022)
  • His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, elected 2014 (d.2021)
  • Dr Douglas Gurr, elected 2014
  • Professor Peter Higgs, elected 2013
  • The Lord Rees of Ludlow, elected 2013
  • Michael G Wilson, elected 2013
  • Professor Stephen Hawking, elected 2012 (d. 2018)
  • Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer, elected 2012
  • Sir David Attenborough, elected 2010
  • Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, elected 2010
  • Professor Dame Athene Donald, elected 2010
  • Baroness Susan Greenfield, elected 2010
  • James Lovelock, elected 2010 (d. 2022)
  • Professor Wangari Maathai, elected 2010 (d.2011)
  • Sir James Black, elected 2009 (d.2010)
  • Sir John Cornforth, elected 2009 (d.2013)
  • Professor Christian de Duve, elected 2009 (d.2013)
  • Professor Antony Hewish, elected 2009 (d. 2021)
  • Sir Timothy Hunt, elected 2009
  • Sir Andrew Huxley, elected 2009 (d.2012)
  • Professor Brian Josephson, elected 2009
  • Sir Harold Kroto, elected 2009 (d.2016)
  • Sir Anthony Leggett, elected 2009
  • Sir Peter Mansfield, elected 2009 (d.2017)
  • Sir Paul Nurse, elected 2009
  • Sir Richard Roberts, elected 2009
  • Sir Martin Smith, elected 2009
  • Professor Sir John Sulston, elected 2009 (d. 2018)
  • Sir John Walker, elected 2009