2026 RSC elections: voting now open
Members are urged to make their voices heard and cast their ballots in this year's elections, with the RSC 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 RSC 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 RSC 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.
RSC President
- Dr Stephen J Byard CSci CChem FRSC
- Claire Gallery-Strong MBE CSci CChem FRSC
- Professor David A Leigh FRSC FRSE FRS
- Dr Alexander W Reip CChem FRSC
- Professor Dudley Shallcross OBE CChem FRSC
Elected members of the Member Communities Board
Local Section (one position)
- Lauren Rickeby MRSC
- Dr Fraser J Scott CSciTeach CSci CChem FRSC
Interest Group (one position)
- Dr Christopher Waldron MRSC
- Chris Williamson FRSC
Elected member of the Professional Standards Board (one position)
- Jack Davy RSci CChem MRSC
- Dr Aldo Guiducci CSci CChem FRSC
- Dr Stephen Nyoni MRSC
- Adesola Obunge CSci CChem FRSC
- Dr Diane C Turner FRSC
President of the Faraday Community for Physical Science
- Professor Helen H Fielding CChem FRSC
- Professor Xu Hou FRSC
- Dr Simon Port CChem FRSC
President of the Materials Chemistry Community
- Dr Rakesh Joshi FRSC
- Dr Petra Szilagy FRSC
Elected members of the Analytical Science Community Council (two positions)
- Dr Aemi Syazwani Abdul Keyon AMRSC
- Dr Andrew Turner CSci CChem FRSC
- Daniel Reddy AMRSC
- Dara L Pierre MRSC
- Dr Konstantin Luzyanin MRSC
- Professor Oluwayemi Onawumi MRSC
Elected members of the Chemistry Biology Interface Community Council (two positions)
- Professor Andrew Truman MRSC
- Dr Emmanuel Ohaekenyem AMRSC
- Professor Ganiyat Kehinde Oloyede FRSC
Elected members of the Education Community Council (two positions)
- Dr Anna Bertram CChem FRSC
- Dr Donna Hitlal AMRSC
- Dr Eriketi Loizidou FRSC
- Professor Glenn A Hurst CChem FRSC
- Dr Helen Coulshed MRSC
- Dr Julieta Milian MRSC
- Dr Lesley Howell CSciTeach MRSC
- Dr Lindsey J Munro MRSC
- Dr Mark Elliott CChem FRSC
- Dr Sam S Cassidy MRSC
- Dr Stephen E Potts MRSC
Elected members of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy Community Council (two positions)
- Amelia Jones
- Andrea Rogolino
- Dr Arianna Brandolese AMRSC
- Dr Didem Berceste Beyribey Price CSci MRSC
- Dr Fanran Meng MRSC
- Professor Mark Fitzsimons CChem FRSC
- Dr Mengnan Wang MRSC
- Professor Shenxu Bao FRSC
- Dr Steven Hankin CSci CChem MRSC
- Professor Ziad Khalifa
Elected members of the Materials Chemistry Community Council (two positions)
- Dr Elumalai Palani RSci MRSC
- Dr Julia Payne MRSC
- Juliana Maria Abreu da Silva Morbec
- Dr Lee Durndell MRSC
- Professor Ling Chen FRSC
- Dr Luo Hui MRSC
- Dr Natasha Shirshova MRSC
- Dr Pankaj Sharma MRSC
- Dr Sanjayan Sathasivam MRSC
- Sapnesh Jayswal CSci CChem MRSC
- Dr Sharali Malik EurChem CChem MRSC
- Dr Soyebkhan Pathan MRSC
- Dr Yang Xu MRSC
- Professor Yongmei Zheng FRSC
Elected members of the Organic Chemistry Community Council (two positions)
- Professor Dr Hitendrakumar Patel FRSC
- Krishna Sharma MRSC
- Dr Marc Kimber MRSC
- Professor Robert A Stockman FRSC
Voting for all elections will be conducted online via the Mi-Voice platform, who can found at https://www.mi-vote.com/secure/rsc. You can view candidate statements for individuals standing for election through our website: https://rsc.li/vacancies-elections.
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 RSC 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.