| RefNo | EC/2018/16 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Grimes, Robin William: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 9 May 2018 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Robin Grimes as Fellow of the Royal Society, including personal details of the elected Fellow and citing the reasons for election and names of proposers. Signed off by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Grimes has established Science Diplomacy within the Foreign Office as Chief Scientific Adviser, heads the nuclear Academic Community and remains a world leading materials scientist. He has mainstreamed science as a tool in the UKs diplomatic tool box, placing science collaboration as the heart of key country relationships. He is responsible for the renaissance of the nuclear academic community, basing this on the enabling role of high quality science to nuclear technology. As a scientist he has made major contributions to our capability to predict the structural and dynamic
properties of energy materials at the atomic scale, particularly nuclear materials. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |