Robin Clark#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 901 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Robin Clark passed away December 6, 2018.
Positions Held
- 2009 Sir William Ramsay Professor Emeritus
- 1989 - 2008 Sir William Ramsay Professor
- 1989 - 1999 Head, Department of Chemistry
- 1987 - 1989 Dean of Science
- 1982 Professor
- 1972 - 1981 Reader, University College London
- 1963 - 1971 Lecturer, University College London
- 1962 Assistant Lecturer, University College London
Fields of Scholarship
- Synthetic, spectroscopic and structural studies on transition metals
- Mixed-valence compounds and the inorganic chemistry/materials science frontier
- Metal-metal bonded species such as ~[Re2Cl8~]2-, Rh2(O2CCH3)4, ~[Mo2(CN)8~]4-
- Oxalate-bridged and perfluorophthalate-bridged complexes of dimolybdenum and ditungsten
- Infrared, Raman and Resonance Raman Spectroscopy
- Identification of chromophores and the determination of excited state molecular geometries
- Matrix isolation spectroscopy and spectroelectrochemistry
- Raman characterisation of semiconductors and doped carbon nanotubes
- Titanium dioxide and its self-cleaning properties when deposited on plate glass
- Raman microscopy, pigment identification and the Arts/Science/Archeology interface
Honours and Awards
- 1969 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1983 - 1984 Tilden Lecturer and Medallist of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1989 - 1990 Nyholm Lecturer and Medallist of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1989 Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand
- 1990 Fellow of the Royal Society of London
- 1990 Member, Academia Europaea
- 1991 Thomas Graham Lecturer of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1992 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- 1992 Fellow of University College London
- 1993 Harry Hallam Memorial Lecturer of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1994 Carman Lecturer of the South African Chemical Institute
- 1996 Kobe University, Japan, President’s Medal
- 1998 Joannes Marcus Marci Medal of the Czech Spectroscopy Society
- 2000 Harry Hallam Memorial Lecturer of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2000 UK - Canada Rutherford Lecturer (biennial), Royal Society London
- 2001 Hon. DSc (Cant.)
- 2001 Sidey Medal, Royal Society of New Zealand
- 2003 - 2004 Liversidge Lecturer and Medallist (biennial), Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award of the New Zealand Society, London
- 2004 Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM)
- 2004 Honorary Life Fellow, Royal Institution of Great Britain
- 2007 Foreign Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India
- 2008 Bakerian Lecture, the premier annual "Prize Lecture" and Medal in the physical sciences, Royal Society of London
- 2009 Franklin-Lavoisier Prize, Maison de la Chimie (Paris) and Chemical Heritage Foundation (Philadelphia) – inaugural, biennial medal
- 2009 Chemical Institute of Canada Public Lecture Award, Canada
- 2009 - 2010 Sir George Stokes Award/Lecture and Gold Medal (biennial) of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2010 Elected International Member, American Philosophical Society
- Burlington House Lecturer, First Joint Royal Academy of Arts/Royal Society of Chemistry, Public Lecture, London 2010
- 2010 Rutherford Lecturer (annual), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ
- 2011 Distinguished Lecturer (biennial), Royal Society of New Zealand, NZ
