Lord Martin Rees of Ludlow, kt, OM

Astronomer Royal

A previous president of the Royal Society and Master of Trinity College Cambridge, Martin Rees has conducted ground-breaking research in cosmology and astrophysics and has been Astronomer Royal for over 20 years. After studying at Cambridge, Rees went on to hold post-doctoral positions at institutions around the world, including Princeton, before becoming a professor at Sussex University and then back at Cambridge. He was appointed Astronomer Royal in 1995 and later became a fellow of the Royal Society. On top of his research, Rees has lectured and written widely on science and policy, authoring several books. In 2015, he was a co-author of a report calling for developed nations to fund research into base load electricity as an alternative energy source. 

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