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British-Australian chemist

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Richard Robson is an English and Australian chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne. Robson specialises in coordination polymers, particularly metal-organic frameworks. He has been described as "a pioneer in crystal engineering involving transition metals".

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2025Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2022Fellow of the Royal Society
2000Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

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Richard Robson is an English and Australian chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne. Robson specialises in coordination polymers, particularly metal-organic frameworks. He has been described as "a pioneer in crystal engineering involving transition metals". In 2025, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Susumu Kitagawa and Omar M. Yaghi for the development of metal-organic frameworks.

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Born 1937 · age 89
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