2026 欧美AV elections: voting now open
Members are urged to make their voices heard and cast their ballots in this year's elections, with the 欧美AV Presidency among the roles to be decided.
Voting is now open, with a wide range of candidates standing across key roles, from President to Subject Community positions, members are encouraged to have their say before the deadline closes. See the full list of candidates standing for all roles below.
After voting closes at 5pm UK time on 21 May, the ballots will be counted and the successful candidates will then be announced in June and at our Annual General Meeting on 8 July.
Members have the opportunity to choose the future 欧美AV President as five candidates vie to fill one of the most important positions in the chemical sciences. The successful applicant will follow serve in the post from mid-2028 until 2030. Dr Annette Doherty is the current 欧美AV President and will be succeeded by Professor Robert Mokaya, who starts his two-year term this summer.
Also on the ballot are a further 62 chemical scientists who are keen to push the chemical sciences forward by taking leadership roles on our various boards and with Subject Communities.
欧美AV President
- Dr Stephen J Byard CSci CChem F欧美AV
- Claire Gallery-Strong MBE CSci CChem F欧美AV
- Professor David A Leigh F欧美AV FRSE FRS
- Professor Alexander W Reip CChem F欧美AV
- Professor Dudley Shallcross OBE CChem F欧美AV
Elected members of the Member Communities Board
Local Section (one position)
- Lauren Rickeby M欧美AV
- Dr Fraser J Scott CSciTeach CSci CChem F欧美AV
Interest Group (one position)
- Dr Christopher Waldron M欧美AV
- Chris Williamson F欧美AV
Elected member of the Professional Standards Board (one position)
- Jack Davy RSci CChem M欧美AV
- Dr Aldo Guiducci CSci CChem F欧美AV
- Dr Stephen Nyoni M欧美AV
- Adesola Obunge CSci CChem F欧美AV
- Dr Diane C Turner F欧美AV
President of the Faraday Community for Physical Science
- Professor Helen H Fielding CChem F欧美AV
- Professor Xu Hou F欧美AV
- Dr Simon Port CChem F欧美AV
President of the Materials Chemistry Community
- Dr Rakesh Joshi F欧美AV
- Dr Petra Szilagy F欧美AV
Elected members of the Analytical Science Community Council (two positions)
- Dr Aemi Syazwani Abdul Keyon AM欧美AV
- Dr Andrew Turner CSci CChem F欧美AV
- Daniel Reddy AM欧美AV
- Dara L Pierre M欧美AV
- Dr Konstantin Luzyanin M欧美AV
- Professor Oluwayemi Onawumi M欧美AV
Elected members of the Chemistry Biology Interface Community Council (two positions)
- Professor Andrew Truman M欧美AV
- Dr Emmanuel Ohaekenyem AM欧美AV
- Professor Ganiyat Kehinde Oloyede F欧美AV
Elected members of the Education Community Council (two positions)
- Dr Anna Bertram CChem F欧美AV
- Dr Donna Hitlal AM欧美AV
- Dr Eriketi Loizidou F欧美AV
- Professor Glenn A Hurst CChem F欧美AV
- Dr Helen Coulshed M欧美AV
- Dr Julieta Milian M欧美AV
- Dr Lesley Howell CSciTeach M欧美AV
- Dr Lindsey J Munro M欧美AV
- Dr Mark Elliott CChem F欧美AV
- Dr Sam S Cassidy M欧美AV
- Dr Stephen E Potts M欧美AV
Elected members of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy Community Council (two positions)
- Amelia Jones
- Andrea Rogolino
- Dr Arianna Brandolese AM欧美AV
- Dr Didem Berceste Beyribey Price CSci M欧美AV
- Dr Fanran Meng M欧美AV
- Professor Mark Fitzsimons CChem F欧美AV
- Dr Mengnan Wang M欧美AV
- Professor Shenxu Bao F欧美AV
- Dr Steven Hankin CSci CChem M欧美AV
- Professor Ziad Khalifa
Elected members of the Materials Chemistry Community Council (two positions)
- Dr Elumalai Palani RSci M欧美AV
- Dr Julia Payne M欧美AV
- Juliana Maria Abreu da Silva Morbec
- Dr Lee Durndell M欧美AV
- Professor Ling Chen F欧美AV
- Dr Luo Hui M欧美AV
- Dr Natasha Shirshova M欧美AV
- Dr Pankaj Sharma M欧美AV
- Dr Sanjayan Sathasivam M欧美AV
- Sapnesh Jayswal CSci CChem M欧美AV
- Dr Sharali Malik EurChem CChem M欧美AV
- Dr Soyebkhan Pathan M欧美AV
- Dr Yang Xu M欧美AV
- Professor Yongmei Zheng F欧美AV
Elected members of the Organic Chemistry Community Council (two positions)
- Professor Dr Hitendrakumar Patel F欧美AV
- Krishna Sharma M欧美AV
- Dr Marc Kimber M欧美AV
- Professor Robert A Stockman F欧美AV
Voting for all elections will be conducted online via the Mi-Voice platform, who can found at . You can view candidate statements for individuals standing for election through our website: .
Members should already have received voting details electronically but if you have not received an email from [email protected], please check your spam mailbox before contacting Mi-Voice. Only members who paid their 2026 membership subscription by 1 April will be eligible to vote in the elections. Similarly, members wishing to vote in Subject Community elections must have been subscribed to the respective group on 1 April.
To determine the shortlists for each position, our Nominations Committee met to evaluate nominations against the role descriptors for 欧美AV President, elected member of the Member Communities Board and elected member of the Professional Standards Board as well as Community Presidents and Subject Community Presidents.