Richard Robson (chemist)

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Richard Robson
Born (1937-06-04) 4 June 1937 (age 84)
Alma mater University of Oxford (BA, 1959) (DPhil, 1962)
Known for Coordination Polymers
AwardsBurrows Award, Inorganic Division of RACI Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Scientific career
Fields Inorganic Chemistry
Institutions University of Melbourne

Richard Robson FAA FRS (born 4 June 1937) is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne. [1] Robson has published over 200 articles, specialising in coordination polymers, particularly metal-organic frameworks. [2] He has been described as "a pioneer in crystal engineering involving transition metals". [3] [4]

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Education

Robson was born in Glusburn in West Yorkshire in the UK, and read chemistry at the University of Oxford (BA 1959, DPhil 1962). He undertook postdoctoral research at California Institute of Technology 1962-64 and at Stanford University 1964-65, before receiving a Lectureship in chemistry at the University of Melbourne 1966-70 where he remained for the duration of his career.

Recognition

Professor Robson is a recipient of the prestigious Burrows Award, Inorganic Division of The Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1998 and was made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science 2000. [5] In 2022 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. [6]

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References

  1. "Robson, Richard - Biographical entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science".
  2. Hoskins, Bernard F.; Robson, Richard (1989). "Infinite polymeric frameworks consisting of three dimensionally linked rod-like segments". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 111 (15): 5962–5964. doi:10.1021/ja00197a079.
  3. Wise, Donald (27 March 1998). Electrical and Optical Polymer Systems: Fundamentals: Methods, and Applications. CRC Press. p. 872. ISBN   978-0-8247-0118-5.
  4. Stuart R. Batten; Suzanne M. Neville; David R. Turner (2009). Coordination Polymers: Design, Analysis and Application. Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 19. ISBN   978-0-85404-837-3.
  5. "The Burrows Award: Inorganic Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)".
  6. "Outstanding Academy Fellows elected to Royal Society". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 10 May 2022.