# Brian Heap

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British biologist (born 1935)

**Sir Robert Brian Heap** [CBE](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) [FRS](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society) (born 27 February 1935) is a British biological scientist.

He was educated at [New Mills Grammar School](/source/New_Mills_Grammar_School) in the Peak District, Derbyshire, and the [University of Nottingham](/source/University_of_Nottingham) (where he earned his BSc and PhD). He has an MA and a ScD from the University of Cambridge and Honorary DScs from Nottingham (1994), York (2001) and St Andrews (2007).[1]

## Career

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- 1960: University Demonstrator, [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge)

- 1963: Lalor Research Fellow, ARC Institute of Physiology, [Babraham Institute](/source/Babraham_Institute), Cambridge

- 1964-95: Staff Member, AFRC Institute of Physiology, Babraham, serving as Head, Dept of Physiology, 1976; Head of Cambridge Research Station, 1986; Director Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research, Cambridge and Edinburgh, 1989–93; Director of Science, BBSRC, Swindon 1991–94 and Director BBSRC Babraham Institute, 1993–94.

- 1994-2001: visiting senior fellow, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge.[1]

Heap's primary research interest was in reproductive biology and the function of hormones in reproduction. His research into the control of pregnancy, birth and lactation led to important contributions in endocrine physiology and farm animal breeding.[2] He has published on endocrine physiology, biotechnology, sustainable consumption and production, and science advice for policy makers.

He was the [Master](/source/Master_(form_of_address)) of [St Edmund's College](/source/St_Edmund's_College%2C_Cambridge), [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge),[3] from 1996 until 2004 and has been a Special Professor in Animal Physiology at the [University of Nottingham](/source/University_of_Nottingham) since 1988 until 2016. He was elected a fellow of the [Royal Society](/source/Royal_Society) in 1989,[2] and held the post of Royal Society Vice President and Foreign Secretary from 1996 to 2001. He was Executive Editor of the *[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B](/source/Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society%2C_Series_B)* from 2004-2007. He is a founder member of the [International Society for Science and Religion](/source/International_Society_for_Science_and_Religion)[4] and an Associate of the [Faraday Institute for Science and Religion](/source/Faraday_Institute_for_Science_and_Religion).[1]

Brian Heap was President of the Institute of Biology (now Royal Society of Biology) 1996-1998, UK Representative on the [European Science Foundation](/source/European_Science_Foundation) Strasbourg, 1994–97, a member of the [Nuffield Council on Bioethics](/source/Nuffield_Council_on_Bioethics) 1996-2001, UK Representative on the [NATO Science Committee](/source/NATO_Science_Committee) 1998-2005, member of the Scientific Advisory Panel for Emergency Responses (SAPER) at the [Cabinet Office](/source/Cabinet_Office), Chairman of the Cambridge Genetics Knowledge Park and Public Health Genetics, 2002-2010, and President of the [European Academies' Science Advisory Council](/source/European_Academies'_Science_Advisory_Council), 2010-2014. He was co-Project Leader of Biosciences for Farming in Africa, 2014–17, and senior adviser of Smart Villages from 2017.

In 1994, he was awarded CBE, and, in 2001, knighted for services to international science.

On 8 October 2007, [the Duke of Edinburgh](/source/Prince_Philip%2C_Duke_of_Edinburgh) opened three new buildings at St Edmund's College, Cambridge, one of which was named the "Brian Heap Building".[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WW_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WW_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-WW_1-2) *Who's Who 2009*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-royalsociety-bio_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-royalsociety-bio_2-1) ["Brian Heap"](https://royalsociety.org/people/brian-heap-11601/). [The Royal Society](/source/The_Royal_Society). Retrieved 8 June 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-cpp-bio_3-0)** ["Professor Sir Brian Heap"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160807192008/http://www.cpp.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/brian-heap/). *Cambridge Public Policy*. University of Cambridge. Archived from [the original](http://www.cpp.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/brian-heap/) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [ISSR Founder Members](http://www.issr.org.uk/about/founding_members.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20050307010942/http://www.issr.org.uk/about/founding_members.asp) 2005-03-07 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [St Edmund's College - new buildings](http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/news/opening/index.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080219201748/http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/news/opening/index.php) February 19, 2008, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

## External links

- [St Edmund's College: Sir Brian Heap](http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-sir-brian-heap-cbe-frs)

v t e Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1989 Fellows Brian Anderson Kenneth Bagshawe John M. Ball Adrian Bird Roger Blandford Arthur Cain Mark Child Alwyn Davies Peter Goddard Michael Green Brian Heap Geoffrey Hewitt Derek Hull Julian Hunt Richard Hynes Michael James Francis Kelly John Lawton Gilbert George Lonzarich Andrew David McLachlan Michael A. Moore Kim Nasmyth Paul Nurse Robert Ladislav Parker Geoff Parker Richard Peto Warren Roper John Martin Rowell Ian John Russell John Philip Simons Roger Slack Marshall Stoneham Roger C. Thomas Anne Treisman Kenneth Wade Pat Wall Rob Webster Thomas Summers West Andrew Wiles Ian Robert Young Statute 12 Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton Foreign Nicole Marthe Le Douarin Paul Erdős Kenichi Fukui Edward B. Lewis Barbara McClintock Edward Mills Purcell

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