Working to address the issues facing society in Scotland and beyond

Congratulations to Dr Cyrielle Opitom who has been appointed a member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) scheme brings together young professionals from all areas of academia, business, third sector organisations and public life, to work together to address the most challenging issues facing society in Scotland and beyond.

Forty eight new members have just been appointed, who will join YAS’s existing members in realising its mission to achieve transformative societal change through citizenship, innovation, collaboration, evidence, and leadership.

Dr Cyrielle Opitom is a Chancellor’s Fellow, based in the School’s Institute for Astronomy. Dr Opitom’s research and expertise focuses on studying small bodies of the solar system and in particular comets. She uses and helps to develop the latest astronomical instrumentation to investigate the composition of comets and to understand what they can teach us about the history of the solar system. Cyrielle is also involved in projects aiming at developing astronomy in Africa.