Richard Catlow
(Charles) Richard Arthur Catlow FRS FRSC FInstP (born 24 April 1947) is a British chemist, and professor at University College London.[5][2][6] Previously, he was Director of the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, and Wolfson Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution. [1][7] Since 2016 he has served as the foreign secretary of the Royal Society.[8][9][10][11]
Richard Catlow | |
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Born | Charles Richard Arthur Catlow April 24, 1947[1] |
Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry Physics Materials Science Crystallography Computational science[2] |
Institutions | University College London Royal Institution |
Thesis | Defect structures in fluorite crystals (1973) |
Doctoral advisor | A. B. Lidiard[3] |
Doctoral students | Robin Grimes[4], Saiful Islam |
Website | ucl |
Education
He earned a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in 1970, and Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1974, from the University of Oxford.[3][12]
Career and research
Catlow is developing and applying computer models to solid state and materials chemistry — areas of chemistry that investigate the synthesis, structure and properties of materials in the solid phase.[11] By combining his powerful computational methods with experiments, Richard has made considerable contributions to areas as diverse as catalysis and mineralogy.[11]
His approach has also advanced our understanding of how defects — missing or extra atoms — in the structure of solids can result in non-stoichiometric compounds.[11] Such compounds have special electrical or chemical properties since their contributing elements are present in slightly different proportions to those predicted by chemical formula.[11]
Catlow’s work has offered insight into mechanisms of industrial catalysts, especially involving microporous materials and metal oxides.[11] In structural chemistry and mineralogy. Simulation methods are now routinely used to predict the structures of complex solids and silicates, respectively, thanks to Catlow’s demonstrations of their power.[11]
Awards and honours
In December 2014 he was the winner of the Gerhard Ertl Lecture at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin. [13] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2004[1] and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
References
- Anon (2017). "Catlow, Prof. (Charles) Richard (Arthur)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U10453. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
- Richard Catlow publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Catlow, Charles Richard Arthur (1973). Defect structures in fluorite crystals. Jisc.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 500400761. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.450933.
- Grimes, Robin William (1988). Quantum mechanical and classical modelling of defects in metal oxides. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Keele. OCLC 556710010. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.375921.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Richard Catlow publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Council". The Royal Society. The Royal Society. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- "Thomas Young Centre". Thomasyoungcentre.org. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- "Richard Catlow". Chem.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- Anon (2004). "Professor Richard Catlow FRS". royalsociety. London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-11-11)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "FHI". Fhi-berlin.mpg.de. Retrieved 16 December 2018.