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Professor Carole Mundell
Biography
Professor Carole Mundell was appointed Chief International Science Envoy at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in January 2021. Previously Professor Mundell was Chief Scientific Adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She is Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy at the University of Bath where she holds the Hiroko Sherwin Chair in Extragalactic Astronomy, and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.
Her career highlights include:
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2011 to 2016) for the study of black hole-driven explosions and the dynamic Universe
FDM Everywoman in Technology Woman of the Year (2016)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Board Member and STFC Skills and Engagement Advisory Board Chair (2015)
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UK and Indonesia unite to tackle challenges around delivering Covid-19 vaccines
An Anglo-Indonesian research consortium that unites the countries’ leading experts to tackle global challenges including pandemics, food security and climate change is to host the UK-Indonesia Interdisciplinary Sciences Forum to discuss effective strategies for Covid-19 vaccination programmes.
The online forum being facilitated by the UK Indonesia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Sciences (UKICIS), led by the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with the University of Warwick, Coventry University, and three Indonesian leading universities Institut Teknologi Bandung, IPB University, Universitas Gadjah Mada and the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, will gather experts from both the UK and Indonesia to share challenges and successes from the two countries in delivering vaccines to a combined population of more than 300 million people.