Previous Fora / 2013
McNULTY, Claire
Director of Science, Education and Society, British Council
Claire McNulty leads the Science and Sustainability team at the British Council which
develops and supports science and research-related projects across the British
Council global network, and builds and maintains relationships with key
stakeholders in the UK and overseas. She is involved in a number of
international projects, including the European Commission's 'Euraxess'
initiative, which aims to enhance the mobility of researchers in Europe
After finishing her degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Leeds University, Dr.
Claire McNulty moved into the field of
Developmental Biology, completing her PhD in heart development at King’s
College London in 2000, and then working as a post-doc in the Netherlands at
the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology. In 2004 she moved into
scientific publishing, working for Excerpta Medica, an Elsevier company. In
2005 she became an independent Science Consultant. From 2005 to 2008 she worked
on several science-related projects for the British Council, including ‘Next
Generation Science’, aimed at school children, and ‘Network UK’, a support
service for international researchers in the UK.
In 2008 she was appointed Adviser in Life Sciences and Science Policy, for the
British Council and in January 2011 she took on the role of Acting Director of
Science at the British Council. She has recently been appointed to this role
permanently.
In September 2011 she also took on a part-time role at the Royal Society, as a
senior science policy adviser, where she worked on the Pfizer-Royal Society
African Academies Programme; an initiative aimed at building capacity within
the national academies of science in Ghana, Tanzania and Ethiopia.