Mark Walport

Sir

Mark Walport

FRS FRCP FRCPath FMedSci FRSE
Sir; Mark Walport; FRS FRCP FRCPath FMedSci FRSE
	Mark Walport
Born	Mark Jeremy Walport; 25 January 1953; London, England
Education	St Paul's School, London
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (PhD)
Known for	Director of Wellcome Trust (2003–2013); Government Chief Scientific Adviser (2013–2017);
Spouse	Julia Elizabeth Neild (m. 1986)
Children	one son, three daughters
Awards	Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1998); Knight Bachelor (2009); Fellow of the Royal Society (2011);
	Scientific career
Fields	Immunology; Rheumatology
Institutions	Hammersmith Hospital; Royal Brompton Hospital; Guy's Hospital; Imperial College London; Imperial College School of Medicine; Wellcome Trust; University of Cambridge; Government of the United Kingdom;
Thesis	The biology of complement receptors (1986)
Doctoral advisor	Peter Lachmann
Website	gov.uk/government/people/mark-walport

Sir Mark Jeremy Walport FRS FRCP FRCPath FMedSci FRSE (born 25 January 1953) is an English medical scientist and was the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017 and Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) from 2017 to 2020. In 2023 he became the Foreign Secretary of The Royal Society (jointly with Alison Noble).

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