Election to Fellowship is a public recognition of academic excellence All LSW Fellows will have made an outstanding contribution to the world of learning and have a demonstrable connection to Wales.
It is an honour to have been elected to the Learned Society of Wales and I look forward to supporting our nation's scientists and promoting how environmental DNA biodiversity science can contribute to addressing ecosystem health challenges in Wales and globally.
Professor Creer is a global leader in using high-throughput sequencing to assess biodiversity across the tree of life throughout diverse biomes.
He has advanced knowledge of the spatio-temporal dynamics of environmental DNA, derived from the biodiversity of marine, estuarine, freshwater, terrestrial and airborne environments, with additional insights derived from pollinators and trophic interactions.
He aims to understand emergent properties related to environmental and human health.
I am delighted to have been awarded this Fellowship and look forward to contributing to the promotion and development of Wales’ research and innovation community and contribute to solving the challenges faced in Wales and across the world.
Professor Hutchings has worked in Wales as an NHS clinical child psychologist since 1976 and, since 1988, as a researcher at Bangor University.
She develops, delivers and evaluates parenting and school-based programmes to support children’s social and emotional development. Her research has contributed to early intervention policy in Wales, the UK and in Global South countries.
She has held grants of £5m+, supervised many post-graduate students and published extensively on effective delivery of interventions for parents and schools.
I am deeply honoured to be elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and look forward to supporting its work by promoting research, education, and cultural life in Wales.
Dr Llewelyn-Jones is recognised as one of Wales’s leading pianists and music educators.
He is a graduate of Oxford University, the Royal College of Music, Cardiff University and the Université de Paris-Sorbonne, and has performed internationally at major venues including Wigmore Hall and the Sydney Opera House.
He has made an outstanding contribution to Welsh musical life and education, not least as Director of Music Performance at Bangor University and Artistic Director of the Wales International Piano Festival.
Established in 2010, the Society draws upon the considerable strengths of over 700 distinguished Fellows based in Wales, the UK and beyond.
The Society, Wales’s first national scholarly academy, aims to establish itself both as a recognised international representative of the world of Welsh learning, and as a source of authoritative, scholarly, and critical comment and advice on policy issues affecting Wales.