Richard Catlow
Sir Richard Catlow | |
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| Born | Charles Richard Arthur Catlow 24 April 1947 Simonstone, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry Physics Materials Science Crystallography Computational science |
| Institutions | University College London Royal Institution |
| Thesis | Defect structures in fluorite crystals (1973) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Lidiard |
| Doctoral students | Robin Grimes, Saiful Islam |
| Website | profiles |
Sir Charles Richard Arthur Catlow FRS FRSC FInstP FLSW (born 24 April 1947) is a British chemist and professor at University College London and Cardiff University. Previously, he was Director of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory (1998–2007), and Wolfson Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution. Since 2016, he has served as the foreign secretary of the Royal Society., and since 2021 as President of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP).