Lyndsay Fletcher

Public service Fletcher was a member of the Royal Astronomical Society council from 2006 to 2009. In 2011 she became the Geophysics Secretary, and in 2017 the Senior Secretary. and supports the Institute of Physics Juno campaign. She was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 2017. She serves on the Science Working group for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. She is an advisor for the Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics at the University of Oslo and for the Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics. Fletcher has spoken at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, Glasgow Science Centre, British Astronomical Association and the Institute of Physics in Scotland.

Awards and honours Her awards and honours include: 2025 – Awarded MBE 2017 – Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) 2017 – Suffrage Science Awardee 2013 – NASA Group Achievement Award for Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) 2011 – Delivered the Harold Jeffreys award lecture at the Royal Astronomical Society 1999 – Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Award for Technical Excellence