Professor Sir Peter Bruce has been elected a member of the Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences.
Election to the Leopoldina is considered to be the highest academic honour awarded by an institution in Germany. The Leopoldina was founded in 1652 as a classical scholarly society and was appointed as the German National Academy of Sciences in 2008. Leopoldina has 1600 members from over 30 countries and almost all branches of science. Since its foundation over 7,000 individuals were appointed members. These include, among others, Marie Curie, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alexander von Humboldt, Justus von Liebig and Max Planck.
The Leopoldina has two major objectives: representing the German scientific community internationally, and providing policymakers and the public with science-based advice.
