Ex officio Member
Professor Mark Inall has been the Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) for Marine for Scottish Government since July 2024. He provides advice and independent challenge to the Scottish Government's science advice and evidence to inform the work being done across marine and freshwater policy areas. Mark is an advocate for Scotland’s world-leading marine and freshwater science and its potential benefit to the economy, people and environment.
He gained his BSc in Physics from the University of Edinburgh, followed by both MSc and PhD in Physical Oceanography from the University of Southampton. He has undertaken research at the Universities of Cambridge, Bangor and Victoria (BC).
Since 1998 he has led a marine physics research group at SAMS, with more recent responsibility for directing the Institute’s research portfolio. He co-developed Scotland’s first Marine Science BSc for the University of the Highlands and Islands. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and is Honorary Professor in the College of Science & Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.
