List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 2016

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This article lists fellows of the Royal Society who were elected on 29 April 2016. [1] [2] [3]

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Fellows of the Royal Society (FRS)

Dame Anne Glover FRS, biologist Professor Dame Anne Glover DBE FRS.jpg
Dame Anne Glover FRS, biologist
Professor Brian Cox FRS, physicist Professor Brian Cox OBE FRS.jpg
Professor Brian Cox FRS, physicist
Professor Paul Workman FRS, pharmacologist Professor Paul Workman FMedSci FRS.jpg
Professor Paul Workman FRS, pharmacologist
  1. Chris Abell
  2. Jas Pal Badyal
  3. Steven Balbus
  4. Polina Bayvel
  5. Graham Bell
  6. Martin Bridson
  7. John P. Burrows
  8. Katharine Cashman
  9. Sarah Cleaveland
  10. James Collier
  11. Alastair Compston
  12. Brian Cox
  13. Jack Cuzick
  14. William I. F. David
  15. Christl Donnelly
  16. Marcus du Sautoy
  17. James S. Dunlop
  18. Artur Ekert
  19. Maria Fitzgerald
  20. Antony Galione
  21. Pratibha Gai
  22. Harry J. Gilbert
  23. Patrick Gill
  24. Anne Glover
  25. Neil A. R. Gow
  26. Ian A. Graham
  27. Richard P. Harvey
  28. Adrian Hayday
  29. Ramanujan Hegde
  30. David Hight
  31. Sue Ion
  32. Eugenia Kumacheva
  33. Corinne Le Quéré
  34. Mark A. Lemmon
  35. David Lodge
  36. Eleanor Maguire
  37. Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan
  38. Gilean McVean
  39. Russell E. Morris
  40. Luke O'Neill
  41. Simon Peyton Jones
  42. Jonathon Pines
  43. James I. Prosser
  44. Sriram Ramaswamy
  45. Caroline Series
  46. Ted Shepherd
  47. Alison Mary Smith
  48. David J. Wales
  49. Philip J. Withers
  50. Paul Workman

Honorary fellows

  1. Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell

Foreign members

  1. Robert Cava
  2. Vint Cerf
  3. Mark M. Davis
  4. Jennifer Doudna
  5. Gerd Faltings
  6. John M. Hayes
  7. Svante Pääbo
  8. Pasko Rakic
  9. Rino Rappuoli
  10. Ellen D. Williams

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References

  1. "Search for Royal Society Fellows database, election year 2016". London: Royal Society.
  2. "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2016-04-29.
  3. "50 leading scientists elected as Fellows of Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2016-04-29.