Richard Robson (chemist)
Richard Robson | |
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Robson in 2025 | |
| Born | 4 June 1937 |
| Education | Brasenose College, Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
| Known for | Coordination polymers Metal-organic frameworks |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Inorganic chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Melbourne |
| Thesis | Some Studies on the Ultraviolet Irradiation of Charge-Transfer Complexes and Related Systems (1962) |
| Doctoral advisor | John A. Barltrop |
| Other academic advisors | Henry Taube |
| Website | findanexpert |
Richard Robson FAA FRS (born 4 June 1937) is an English and Australian chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne. Robson specialises in coordination polymers, particularly metal-organic frameworks. He has been described as "a pioneer in crystal engineering involving transition metals". In 2025, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Susumu Kitagawa and Omar M. Yaghi for the development of metal-organic frameworks.