Robin Weiss

Robin Weiss
Born(1940-02-20)20 February 1940
Died27 February 2026(2026-02-27) (aged 86)
EmployerUniversity College London
Known forScientific discoveries related to HIV retrovirus
TitleEmeritus Professor of Viral Oncology; Fellow of the Royal Society
ChildrenHelen Weiss, Rachel Weiss (businesswoman)
AwardsMW Beijerinck Prize for Virology; Ernst Chain Prize

Robert Anthony "Robin" Weiss, FMedSci, FRS (20 February 1940 – 27 February 2026) was a British molecular biologist, and an influential scientist in virology and cancer biology. His research was focused on retroviruses and he was noted for important discoveries related to HIV. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2001 he was awarded the M. W. Beijerinck Prize for Virology for his work on retroviruses. In 2007 he was awarded the Ernst Chain Prize for pioneering "our understanding of HIV and AIDS". He was Emeritus Professor of Viral Oncology at University College London and a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. He was also editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Cancer until 20025.

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