Robert Burch - Curriculum Vitae#

Research Professor
Centre for the Theory and Application of Catalysis (CenTACat)
The School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, N. Ireland, U.K.

Education:

• 1961-1965 B.Sc. Honours, First Class in Chemistry, Queen's University, Belfast. Awarded the Richardson Medal for top marks in Honours Chemistry.
  
• 1965-1968 Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, Queen's University, Belfast
  
• July 1988 Awarded D.Sc. by Queen's University, Belfast

Previous appointments:

• 1968-1970 Science Research Council Fellowship at the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford
  
• 1970-1987 Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Reading
  
• 1987-1990 Reader in Chemistry, University of Reading
  
• 1990-1999 Director of the Catalysis Research Centre and Professor of Catalytic Chemistry, University of Reading
  
• 1999-2009 Professor of Physical Chemistry, Queen’s University Belfast
  
• 2003-2009 Head of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast

Research output:

Almost 250 peer-reviewed research publications over four decades.