David Malcolm James Lilley FRS, FRSE, FRSC

David Lilley from the School of Life Sciences was selected to chair a session at the prestigious Solvay Conference in Brussels. The Solvay Conferences began in 1911 and take place every three years in physics or chemistry. The event is invitation-only and attended by around 50 scientists who are the world leaders in the area of the meeting. The 1911 Solvay Conference in Physics was the first international conference in physics ever to be organised. Attendees over the years have included the likes of Einstein, Marie Curie, Planck and all the founders of quantum mechanics (one of the two main pillars of modern physics).