Geoffrey Stuart Boulton - Curriculum Vitae#
Current position: Regius Professor of Geology Emeritus, University of Edinburgh
- B.Sc. in Geology with 1st class honours, (Birmingham)
- Ph.D. Geology, (Birmingham)
- D.Sc. Geology, (Birmingham)
Roles external to the University
a) Prior to 2010
- Royal Society:
- Council:
- Chair of the Earth Science and Astronomy Committee
- Member of the Research Grant Board
- Chair of Hooke Committee for Royal Society Exhibitions
- Council:
- Member of UK Natural Environment Research Council.
- Chair of the Earth Science and Technology Board
- Chair of the Polar Science Board
- Chair of the Earth Science and Technology Board
- Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
- UK Representative to the International Union of Quaternary Science
- Member of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
- Chair of the Research Advisory Committee
- Chair of Report on Scottish Universities and Innovation
- Chair of Quality Assurance Commission for science
- Chair of the Research Advisory Committee
- Member of the Board of the Icelandic Volcanological Institute.
- Member of the UK National Review of Earth Science
- President of the Quaternary Research Association
- President of the Geological Society of Edinburgh
- Chair of the Research Policy Committee of the League of European Research Universities
- Member of the Scottish Government Science Advisory Committee
- Chinese Academy of Science Committee on the Institute for Tibetan Science
- Chair of the Senate of the British University in Dubai
- Chair of review of research at the University of Lund
- UK Representative to the International Geological Congress
- General Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
b) Post 2010
- Royal Society:
- Council
- Chair of the Science Policy Centre
- Council
- UK Prime Ministers Council for Science and Technology
- Chair of comprehensive review of University College Dublin
- Member of the independent (Russell) Review of “Climategate”
- President of the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
- President of the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA)
- Member of three review panels for Saudi universities
c) Current roles
- Chair of the Academic Advisory Council, University of Heidelberg
- Member of the Strategic Council, University of Geneva
- Member of the Advisory Council of the African Open Science Platform
- Member of the Governing Board of the International Science Council
- A principal author of action plans (2019-2021, 2022-2024)
- Vice-chair of Science Policy Committee
- ISC representative on UNEP/UNDP & UNESCO programmes
- A principal author of action plans (2019-2021, 2022-2024)
- Member of the Review Panel for the Research Council of Norway