Members

OUR MEMBERS

Members of Academia Europaea, known as MAEs, are elected on academic distinction. We now have almost 4000 members worldwide, including more than 70 Nobel laureates. Membership is open to the best scientists and scholars from anywhere in the world.

INTERVIEW SPOTLIGHT SERIES

Read our series of interviews with Members of Academia Europaea connected with the Cardiff Knowledge Hub. Our members share their career highlights and their views on key issues in research.

Read about: PROFESSOR THEO D’HAEN, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, KU LEUVEN

Read about: PROFESSOR PETER HEGYI, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE OF TRANSNATIONAL MEDICINE, THE UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS

Read about: PROFESSOR OLE PETERSEN, CARDIFF HUB ACADEMIC DIRECTOR AND VICE-PRESIDENT ACADEMIA EUROPAEA

Read about: LORD MARTIN REES, ASTRONOMER ROYAL

Read about: PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER SMITH, PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS

Professor Rosalind Smyth — Read about: PROFESSOR ROSALIND L SMYTH, DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR OF CHILD HEALTH UCL GREAT ORMOND ST INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH

Read about: DR MANGALA SRINIVAS, CHAIR OF THE YOUNG ACADEMY OF EUROPE (YAE)

Read about: PROFESSOR JOHN TUCKER, PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, SWANSEA UNIVERSITY

THE NOMINATION PROCESS

Election to membership is an honour and recognition, at the European level, of excellence and impact in science and scholarship. Candidates must be nominated (proposed) by two existing members and one of these must work in another country. Evaluation of the qualifications of a nominated candidate is conducted by the appropriate section and, finally, class committee. If successful, invitation to membership follows. Questions about nomination and membership can be addressed to AECardiffHub@cardiff.ac.uk