David Leigh wins vote to become next president-elect of the Royal Society of Chemistry

University of Manchester supramolecular chemist David Leigh has been elected to serve as president of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) from 2028 to 2030.

Leigh said he was honoured to have been elected: ‘My reasons for standing were rooted in a conviction that, in increasingly uncertain and post-truth times, respect for expertise, evidence and free inquiry cannot be taken for granted, and that professional and learned societies have an increasingly important role to play in making that case to both politicians and society at large.’