UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Elections 2025: Voting now open for members
Voting is now open for UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ members in this year's all-important elections, with more than 100 nominees vying to fill 27 vacancies across our society.
Members have until 5pm UK time on 26 May to cast their ballots, with the winners announced at this summer’s Annual General Meeting on 7 July. .
Competition is particularly fierce this year for a handful of roles, with the full candidate lists available to view below.
A remarkable 18 candidates are vying for two spots on the Inclusion and Diversity Committee, while 13 nominees are standing to fill two elected members positions on the Environment, Sustainability and Energy Community Council.
Meanwhile, 10 hopefuls are aiming for a place as the new elected member of the Education Community Council, with the same number also running to fill the two places on the Materials Community Council.
The shortlist, revealed in full below, comes after our Nominations Committee met to evaluate nominations against the role descriptors for several key roles. The group came together to look at all the applications for elected Trustee, elected member of the Member Communities Board, elected member of the Professional Standards Board and elected member of the Inclusion and Diversity Committee, and agreed a shortlist of candidates who met the person specification.
Elected Trustees (four vacancies)
- Jenny Boxwell CSci CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Henrey Dube CSci CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Athan Fox FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Jeremy Frey CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Juergen Harter MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Ida Marcia Philbin CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Jeremy Shears FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
Elected member of the Member Communities Board – Early Career (one vacancy)
- Siyuan Dong AMUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Fatiha Hammed
- Wai Hin Lee MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Emmanuel Ohaekenyem AMUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Oliver Thomas AMUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
Elected member of the Professional Standards Board (one vacancy)
- Adam Berlie MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Dario Castiglione CSci CChem MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Sherif Fahmy MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Yingjun Liu FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
Elected members of the Inclusion and Diversity Committee (two vacancies)
- Ivan Addae-Mensah FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Adebola Adeyi FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Rebecca Butler CSci CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Christina Dumitriu Jackson
- Jane Essex CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Paulette Greenidge FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Catherine Jackson CChem MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Matthew Kitching MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Julieta Milian MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Jean O’Donoghue
- Ganiyat Oloyede FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Mark Parry MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Taryn Reid MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Kehinde Ross
- TeghTegh Samoh MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Tanja van Mourik CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Nelson Viegas CChem MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Neha Yadav AMUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
The Nominations Committee also evaluated the nominations against the role descriptor for Subject Community President and agreed a shortlist of candidates who met the person specification. Voting will also take place to determine who the new elected members will be.
President of the Analytical Science Community (one vacancy)
- Victoria Hilborne MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Aiguo Wu FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
President of the Education Community (one vacancy)
- Katherine Haxton MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Lindsey Munro MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Jacquie Robson MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Fraser Scott CSciTeach CSci CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
President of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy Community (one vacancy)
- Xu Hou FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Constantinos Theodoropoulos FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Kevin West CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
Elected members of the Analytical Science Community Council (two vacancies)
- Alistair Fielding MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Carol Crean FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Suresh Kailasa FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Gloria Pereira
- Ali Salehi-Reyhani
Elected members of the Chemistry Biology Interface Community Council (two vacancies)
- Charlotte Dodson CChem MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Henry Egharevba MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Lakshminarayanan Kalaiarasu AMUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Palaniandavar Mallayan FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Lallan Mishra FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
Elected members of the Dalton Community Council (two vacancies)
- Rosa Arrigo MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Richard Collins MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- George Kostakis FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Stephen Mansell CChem MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Mrituanjay Pandey FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Andrew Weller FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
Elected member of the Education Community Council (one vacancy)
- Anna Bertram CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Adam Davis CSci MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Mark Elliott CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Julieta Milian MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Saskia O’Sullivan MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Thomas Scott
- Sharon Smith
- Kristy Turner FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Peter Unitt MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Dylan Williams MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
Elected members of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy Community Council (two vacancies)
- Samson Akpotu MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Jiaping Paul Chen FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Giovambattista Depietra CChem MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Victor Egbeneje AMUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Ziad Khalifa
- Zhe Li FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Simon Philbin EurChem CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Yuanting Qiao AMUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Lance Shaw FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Gemma Shearman MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Robert Sparkes MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Mengnan Wang MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Sisira Weliwegamage MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Xiangling Yue MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
Elected members of the Faraday Community for Physical Chemistry (two vacancies)
- Paul Brewer CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Helen Fielding CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Ketan Kuperkar MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Gregory Price CChem MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Michael Ruggiero MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Wilfred Tysoe FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
Elected members of the Materials Chemistry Community Council (two vacancies)
- Heather Au
- Robert Dawson MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Sapnesh Jayswal CSci MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Zhe Liu FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Hui Luo MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Sharali Malik EurChem CChem MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Micaela Matta
- Yogendra Mishra FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Juliana Maria Abreu da Silva Morbec
- Petra Szilagyi FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Yongmei Zheng FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
Elected members of the Organic Chemistry Community Council (two vacancies)
- Boluwaji Adeniyi MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Edward Emmett MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Anjoud Harmouzi AMUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Marc Kimber MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Gregory Perry MUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Frank Rwegoshora AMUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
- Nadeem Sheikh FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
What happens next?
All members of the UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ of Chemistry and members of the respective Subject Community will be contacted by Mi-Voice with information on how to vote online. In addition, you can view candidate statements through .
Only Members who had paid their 2025 membership subscription by the start of this month will be eligible to vote. To be eligible to vote in Subject Community elections, you must have subscribed to the respective Subject Community.
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