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A new Science Advisory Council has been formed by the Welsh Assembly, to meet for the first time on 1 December 2010, chaired by John Harries, the Welsh Chief Scientific Adviser.  /....

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Membership listed is:

Paul Allen, FRSA, B.Eng (Hons) - External Relations Director for Centre
for Alternative Technology (CAT), Machynlleth;

Professor Huw Beynon, D.SocSc, AcSS, Cardiff University
(retired);

Professor Simon Bradley, FRGS, Vice President TCC5, EADS Innovation
Works, Newport;

Mr Kevin Bygate, BEng, CEng, MIET, Director Business Development Tata
Steel UK Ltd;

Professor Bridget Emmett, PhD, FSB, Head of Site, Centre for Ecology
& Hydrology (NERC), Bangor and Honorary
Research Professor at Bangor
University;

Professor Sir Martin Evans, PhD, ScD, FMedSci, FRS, Nobel Laureate
President, Cardiff
University.

Professor Chris Gaskell, BVSc, PhD, DVR, MRCVS, Principal of the Royal
Agricultural College, Cirencester;

Professor Sian Hope, MPhil, MBCS, Executive Director of Innovation and
Professor of Computer Science, Director of RIVIC, Bangor University;

Dr Jim Houlihan, PhD, Head of Innovation Policy, Intellectual Property
Office, Newport;

Mr D John Jeans, CEng - Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Operating
Officer-Medical Research Council;

Professor Tavi Murray, PhD, Awarded Polar Medal by HM Queen for
"outstanding service to Polar Research”, Head of the Glaciology Group, Swansea University;

Professor Chris Pollock, CBE, MA, PhD, DSc, FRAgS, CBiol, FSB, Honorary Research
Professor at Aberystwyth
University;

Professor Ole H. Petersen, CBE, FRCP, FMedSci, FRS,  Director, School of Bioscience,
Cardiff University;

Ms Wendy Sadler, MSc, Director - Science Made Simple c/o Cardiff University;

Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas, MA, ScD, D.Univ, FRS, FREng, FRSE , Cambridge University;

Professor Ken Walters, D.Sc. FRS, Distinguished Research Professor at Aberystwyth University

Professor Robin Williams, CBE, FRS, CPhys, FInstP, Former Vice
Chancellor and Emeritus Professor, Swansea
University.