Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
It has been announced in London that Professor Simon Lilly has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).
The Royal Society, whose full name is the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, was chartered in 1660 and is the oldest scientific academy in the world. It has the purpose of recognizing, promoting, and supporting excellence in science and of encouraging the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity. Fellows are elected for life through a peer review process on the basis of excellence in science. There are currently some 1450 Fellows and Foreign Members, including 80 Nobel Prize Winners. They span all disciplines of Science, Engineering and Technology, and on average a single astrophysicist is granted this honour each year.
Read more about Fellows of the Royal Society and the newly elected FRS for 2014.
