'''Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford''', {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|OM|AC|FRS|FAA|FTSE|FRSN|FREng}} [[Australian Institute of Building|HonFAIB]] (8 January 1936 – 28 April 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/29/robert-may-former-uk-chief-scientist-led-chaos-theory-lord-dies-aged-84|title=Robert May, former UK chief scientist and chaos theory pioneer, dies aged 84|date=2020-04-29|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref>)<ref name=whoswho/> was an Australian scientist who was formerly [[Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government|Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government]], [[List of Presidents of the Royal Society|President of the Royal Society]],<ref>{{Cite journal
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|last1=Bradbury|first1=Jane|title=Sir Robert May: A new face at the Royal Society|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)73556-X|journal=[[The Lancet]]|volume=356|issue=9227|pages=406–736|year=2000|pmid=10972381|pmc=}}</ref> and a professor at the [[University of Sydney]] and [[Princeton University]]. He held joint professorships in [[University of Oxford]] and [[Imperial College London]]. He was also a [[Crossbencher|crossbench]] member of the [[House of Lords]] from 2001 until his retirement in 2017.
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May is a [[Fellow]] of [[Merton College, Oxford]], and an appointed member of the council of the [[British Science Association]]. He is also a member of the advisory council for the [[Campaign for Science and Engineering]].<ref name="CaSE Advisory Council">{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/about/who/advisory.htm |title=Advisory Council of the Campaign for Science and Engineering |accessdate=11 February 2011}}</ref>