| RefNo | EC/2024/48 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | McGrath, Stephen Paul: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 21 April 2024 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Stephen McGrath as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Fellow, citation giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Steve P McGrath is Head of the Sustainable Agriculture Sciences Department at Rothamsted Research, and an Honorary Professor in the School of Biosciences at the University of Nottingham. For over 30 years he has been a world leader in the field of the chemical forms and mobility of trace elements and macronutrients in soils and plants, to improve understanding of the bioavailability of both essential and toxic elements in soil-crop systems. He has developed chemical and biological approaches to advance knowledge in environmental risk assessment of toxins, the mechanisms of hyperaccumulation of elements, and the uptake of major and micronutrients to drive greater sustainability of agriculture and to improve human health. His papers have been cited over 31,000 times. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Soil Science (elected 2014), a Fellow of the International Society for Selenium Research (2013), Honorary Member of the International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry (2017) and nominated for the Norman Borlaug Award in 2019. |
| 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 and date certificate was first submitted for candidacy are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |