Richard Robson
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Richard Robson's crowning achievement is the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, but his legacy is built on decades of pioneering research. His 1989 work established the concept of metal-organic frameworks, a field that has since exploded into one of the most active areas of materials science. Robson is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Royal Society, honours that reflect his standing among the world's leading chemists.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
Elected for his contributions to chemistry.
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
Elected for his pioneering work on metal-organic frameworks.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Shared with Susumu Kitagawa and Omar M. Yaghi for the development of metal-organic frameworks.
Magazine Covers
Chemical & Engineering News
2025-10-08
The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs
Chemistry World
2025-10-15
How the pioneers of metal-organic frameworks won the Nobel prize
Nature
2025-10-08
Chemistry Nobel for scientists who developed massively porous 'super sponge' materials
Records & Feats
First to develop metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
In 1989, Robson created the first MOFs, establishing the foundational concept for the field.