Professor Chris Dent is amongst the inaugural cohort of Fellows for the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences.
The Academy for the Mathematical Sciences honours mathematicians who have made sustained and influential contributions to the advancement of the mathematical sciences, both nationally and internationally.
The Fellowship recognises excellence in research, education, knowledge exchange, and service to the discipline across the full breadth of the mathematical sciences community.
Election to the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences Fellowship comes with a commitment to contribute to the work of the Academy, catalysing a much greater impact of mathematical expertise on policy and civil society.
IES Fellow, Professor Chris Dent is the School's Professor of Industrial Mathematics. He is recognised for his contributions in the application of mathematical science methods to energy and infrastructure engineering and policy.
He says, "I am very proud to be part of the first cohort of Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences alongside my Edinburgh University and Maxwell Institute colleagues.
The Fellowship illustrates the importance of the Mathematical Sciences across society, and I look forward to new opportunities to support the wider community in my specialist areas of energy, engineering and public policy."
Professor Dent is also a Fellow of the OR Society, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and the Institution of Engineers in Scotland. He is also one of few mathematical science academics to be qualified as Chartered Engineer.
He has received the Edinburgh Mathematical Society's Impact Prize and, earlier in his career, the IET Young Engineer Career Achievement Award.
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