Professor Stuart Monro, OBE, BSc, PhD, CGeol, FGS, FHEA, FRSSA,
FRSE, FSA Scot - Trustee
Stuart Monro is Scientific Director at Our
Dynamic Earth on a part-time basis and a leading practitioner in
promoting science to a wide audience.
Stuart has over 34 years of scientific
research experience with the British Geological Survey as a
Principal Geologist. He is also currently Scientific Director
of the Edinburgh Consortium for Rural Research.
Stuart is a Non-Executive Director of the
Edinburgh International Science Festival, chair of the Earth
Science Trust and was the first independent co-chair of the
Scottish Science Advisory Council.
Stuart has significant experience of teaching
geology at all levels in the Open University and has been a member
of the Council of the Open University. Currently he is
Vice-Convener of Edinburgh University Court and a Visiting
Professor in the School of GeoSciences of the University of
Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts,
the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and of the Royal Society of
Edinburgh.
Stuart became a Trustee of National Museums
Scotland in 2005 and his second term of appointment runs until
March 2013. He lives in Edinburgh.