President

Professor Hywel Thomas CBE FRENG MAE FLSW FRS

Professor Thomas is Professor of Civil Engineering at Cardiff University, the founder Director of the Geoenvironmental Research Centre (GRC) at the University, and a UNESCO Professor in the Development of a Sustainable Geoenvironment. Read more

Vice-President – Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Professor Helen Fulton FRSA FSA FLSW

Helen Fulton studied at the University of Sydney and the University of Oxford where she specialized in medieval English literature and Celtic Studies. She held a University of Wales postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth and a Leverhulme postdoctoral fellowship. Read more

Vice-President – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine

Professor Rob Beynon FLSW

Rob Beynon earned his BSc and PhD in biochemistry at Cardiff University. He began his career as a lecturer at the University of Liverpool in 1977 and in 1993 was appointed to the Chair of Biochemistry at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.  His last appointment was as Chair of Proteomics, University of Liverpool from 1999 to 2019.  His main areas of research are in the areas of protein chemistry, proteomics, proteolysis, and proteolytic enzymes.

He pioneered the understanding of protein dynamics on a global, proteome wide scale and of developing relevant methods in intact animals and complex systems. He developed a wholly new strategy for multiplexed absolute quantification in proteomics (QconCAT) that has been applied to diverse areas of protein science.

His ‘most cited’ work has been a website for the calculation of thermodynamically correct buffers (www.phbuffers.org) has helped the scientific community across the world to prepare over one and a quarter million litres of buffer!

General Secretary

Professor Faron Moller FBCS FIMA FLSW

Faron Moller is a Professor of Computer Science at Swansea University within the Theoretical Computer Science Group, where he is the Founding Head of the Swansea Railway Verification.

Faron is also Director of Technocamps, a pan-Wales schools and community outreach programme based at Swansea University but with hubs in every university in Wales. He is also Head of the Institute of Coding in Wales, which represents the business engagement arm of Technocamps, and co-Lead of the Research Theme on Educational, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Computer Science, which represents the research arm of Technocamps. Read more

Treasurer

Dr Sally Davies FRCP FLSW

Dr Sally Davies, formally known as Sarah Jane Clyburn, undertook her medical studies in Cambridge University and the London Hospital Whitechapel. Initially working in London and Oxford, she returned to Cardiff in 1985. She went on to specialise in clinical genetics, becoming a Consultant in the Wales Medical Genetics Service as well as Sub Dean in the School of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education in Cardiff University. Sally was proud to be the President of the Medical Women’s Federation 2014-2016.