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SISB - Register of interests

The current membership's register of interests is shown below.

Professor Duncan Wingham
Chief Executive of NERC

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business
Consultant to European Space Agency (concerning Cryosat-2).

Professor Elizabeth Baggs
School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen.

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business
Research collaborations with:

  • James Hutton Institute
  • John Innes Centre
  • Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
  • SRUC
  • Universities of St Andrews, Edinburgh, Dundee, Bangor, Manchester, East Anglia and Reading
  • Sercon Ltd

Professor Paul Bates
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol.

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business
None.

Professor Terry Burke
Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business
Holder of RCUK research grants as Professor of Molecular Ecology and Director of Research & Innovation in the Faculty of Science at the University of Sheffield. Coordinating director of the NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) and Head of NBAF-Sheffield. Research collaborator with many UK HEIs and Centres, either via joint grants or NBAF.

Professor Stephen de Mora
Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business

  • Chief Executive: Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  • Chief Executive: PML Applications Ltd
  • Visiting Honorary Professor: University of Exeter
  • Member: Board of Directors, Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership Ltd
  • Member: Board of Directors, BioPartner A.S. (Norway)
  • Member: PMSP Governance & Management Board, Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership
  • Member: Plymouth Marine Science Education Fund Board
  • Member: Scott 100 - Plymouth Steering Committee
  • Member: UK Ocean Processes Advisory Group (OPEG)
  • Member: Executive Board of the NERC Oceans 2025 Programme
  • Member: MOD/NERC Co-operative Arrangements for Research in Ocean Science (CAROS)
  • Member: Governing Board of the National Centre for Ocean Forecasting (NCOF)
  • Member: UNESCO-IOC Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Scientific Steering Committee
  • Member: Conseil d'administration, Villefranche Oceanography Laboratory
  • Member: Partnership for Observations of the Global Ocean (POGO)

Dr Catherine Duigan
Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business
Joint Nature Conservation Committee Inter-Agency Science Management Group. UK Marine Assessment & Reporting Group. Active member of Freshwater Biological Association and former Council Member. Fellow of the Linnean Society. Member of Conservation Committee of the International Society of Limnology. Fellow of the Society of Biology. Honorary Lectureship at Bangor University.

Professor Gideon Henderson
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business
Professor of Earth Sciences and Associate Head (Research) of the Earth Science Department at the University of Oxford. Member of Council for SAMS - Scottish Association for Marine Science.

Dr Phil Newton
NERC Director, Science Delivery

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business
None

Professor Simon Redfern
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business
Member of Science Board, STFC. Member of Scientific Council, ILL, Grenoble.

Professor Paul Rodhouse
British Antarctic Survey

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business
Member of the Steering Committee for the 'Future Ship Project for the 21st Century' - a new tall ship for the UK that will combine sail training and the University of the Oceans. Patron of Gilbert White's House and Oates Museum, Selbourne.

Professor William Sutherland
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business
NERC grant holder.

Dr Jim Wharfe
Environment Agency

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business
Member of the NERC Peer Review College.

Professor Ian Wright
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

Other interests/affiliations that may conflict with NERC business

  • Deputy-Director, Directorate of Science & Technology, National Oceanography Centre
  • Member of NOC Executive Board.
  • Co-Chair of NOC - University of Southampton Operational Management Board.
  • Co-Chair of NOC - University of Southampton Scientific Cooperation Board.
  • Member of Foreign & Commonwealth Office, British Indian Ocean Territories Science Advisory Group.
  • Member / consultant for International Tsunami Peer Review Panel for Italian Civil Protection National Service.
  • Holder of RCUK and European Union research awards.

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