Robin Nicholson#
| Membership Number: | 113 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1987 Director of BP plc
- 1986 Director of Pilkington plc
- 1985 Member of the board of Rolls-Royce plc
- 1983 - 1985 Chief Scientific Adviser, Cabinet Office
- 1972 Director of research laboratory, Inco, Director (1975) and managing director (1976 - 1981)
- 1966 Professor of metallurgy at the University of Manchester
- 1964 Lecturer in metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- 1962 - 1966 Fellow of Christ's College, University of Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Metallurgy
Honours and Awards
- March 1993 - March 2000 Member of the UK Government's Council for Science and Technology (CST)
- 1980 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- 1978 to 1981 Member of the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC)
- 1978 Fellow of the Royal Society
