Richard Robson (chemist)

Richard Robson FAA FRS (born 1937) is an English-Australian chemist. He is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne.^[2] Robson's work focuses in coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks.^[3] He was called "a pioneer in crystal engineering involving transition metals."^[4][5]

Richard Robson
Born	1937 (age 87–88) Glusburn, England, UK
Education	Brasenose College, Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Known for	Coordination polymers Metal-organic frameworks
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
Scientific career
Fields	Inorganic chemistry
Institutions	University of Melbourne
Thesis	Some Studies on the Ultraviolet Irradiation of Charge-Transfer Complexes and Related Systems[1]
Website	findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/15996-richard-robson

In 2025, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Susumu Kitagawa and Omar M. Yaghi for the creation of metal-organic frameworks.^[6]