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.[6][1][7][8][9] Previously, he was Director of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory (1998–2007),[10] and Wolfson Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution.[4][11] Since 2016, he has served as the foreign secretary of the Royal Society.,[12][13][14][15] and since 2021 as President of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP).[16]
Sir Richard Catlow | |
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| Born | Charles Richard Arthur Catlow 24 April 1947[4] Simonstone, Lancashire,[5] England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry Physics Materials Science Crystallography Computational science[1] |
| Institutions | University College London Royal Institution |
| Thesis | Defect structures in fluorite crystals (1973) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Lidiard[2] |
| Doctoral students | Robin Grimes,[3] Saiful Islam |
| Website | ucl |
Education
editHe earned a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in 1970 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1974, from St John's College, University of Oxford.[2][17]
Career and research
editCatlow has developed and applied computer models to solid state and materials chemistry.[15] By combining his computational methods with experiments, Catlow has made contributions to areas as diverse as catalysis and mineralogy.[15]
His approach has advanced understanding of how defects (missing or extra atoms) in the structure of solids can result in non-stoichiometric compounds.[15] Such compounds have special electrical or chemical properties since their contributing elements are present in slightly different proportions to those predicted by chemical formulae.[15]
Catlow's work has offered insight into mechanisms of industrial catalysts, especially involving microporous materials and metal oxides.[15] In structural chemistry and mineralogy, simulation methods are now routinely used to predict the structures of complex solids and silicates respectively, following Catlow's demonstrations of their power.[15]
Awards and honours
editIn December 2014, Catlow was the winner of the Gerhard Ertl Lecture at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin.[18] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2004[4] and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).[when?] In 2017, Catlow was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[19] In 2020, he was awarded the Faraday Lectureship Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry.[20] Catlow was knighted in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to leadership in science and research.[21][22]
References
edit- ^ a b Richard Catlow publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Anon (2017). "Catlow, Prof. (Charles) Richard (Arthur)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U10453. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Prof Richard Catlow". Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ Richard Catlow publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- ^ "The Royal Institution of Great Britain | Prof Richard Catlow". Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "Professor Richard Catlow FRS". Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Charles Richard Arthur Catlow (1947–)". Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "The Royal Institution of Great Britain | Prof Richard Catlow". Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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)
- ^ Partnership (IAP), the InterAcademy. "Richard Catlow joins Depei Liu as IAP Co-President". www.interacademies.org. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "IRIS – Richard Catlow". Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "FHI". Fhi-berlin.mpg.de. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Richard Catlow". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Faraday Division open award: Faraday Lectureship Prize". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B2.
- ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 9 October 2020. p. B2.
