The Royal Society
Luke X Reynolds has a diverse work experience in various government agencies and organizations. Luke X currently holds the position of Head of Policy - People and Planet at The Royal Society since January 2023. Prior to this, they were the Deputy Director, Futures and Foresight at the UK Home Office from January 2022 to January 2023. From March 2018 to December 2021, Luke worked as the Senior Private Secretary to the Government Chief Scientific Adviser at the Government Office for Science. Luke X also held roles such as Assistant Director - Metals and Advanced Materials at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Cyber Security Team Lead at The Home Office, and Data Scientist at High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd. Additionally, Luke has experience in policy advising, project delivery, and account management from their roles at the Government Digital Service, HM Revenue & Customs, and Guinness Asset Management.
Luke X Reynolds attended Imperial College London from 2003 to 2008, where they obtained an MSci degree in Chemistry with a Year in Industry. Luke X then pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Solar Cells at Imperial College London from 2008 to 2011. In terms of additional certifications, Luke obtained the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Agile from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT in August 2016. Luke X also earned the BCS Foundation Certificate in Agile from the same institution in July 2015. Additionally, Luke obtained the PRINCE2 Foundation and PRINCE2 Practitioner certifications from APMG-International in July 2015.
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The Royal Society
The Royal Society is the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, and has been at the forefront of enquiry and discovery since its foundation in 1660. The backbone of the Society is its Fellowship of the most eminent scientists of the day, elected by peer review for life and entitled to use FRS after their name. There are currently more than 60 Nobel Laureates amongst the Society's approximately 1400 Fellows and Foreign Members. Throughout its history, the Society has promoted excellence in science through its Fellowship and Foreign Membership, which has included Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein, Dorothy Hodgkin, Francis Crick, James Watson and Stephen Hawking. The Society is independent of government, as it has been throughout its existence, by virtue of its Royal Charters. In 1663, The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge was granted its Arms and adopted the motto "Nullius in verba", an expression of its enduring commitment to empirical evidence as the basis of knowledge about the natural world. The Society's activities include influencing science and education policy, funding leading researchers, publishing journals that span all the sciences and the history of science, and the provision of science communication activities for a variety of public audiences.