Liversidge Lectureship 2009/2010 Winner

Awarded for his wide-ranging development and application of computational techniques in Materials Chemistry.

Richard Catlow delivered his award associated lecture at the Faraday Division Award Symposium on 28 January 2009 at University College London.

About the Winner

Professor Richard Catlow has worked for over thirty years in the field of computational and experimental studies of complex inorganic materials.  His group has pioneered a wide range of applications of computational techniques in solid state chemistry to systems and problems including microporous and oxide catalysts, ionic conductors, electronic ceramics and silicate minerals.  

This applications programme has been supported by technique and code development, including recent work on embedded cluster methodologies for application to the study of catalytic reactions.  The computational work has been firmly linked with experimental studies, using both neutron scattering and synchrotron radiation techniques, where the Royal Institute group has also made notable contributions to development as well as application studies.  

Professor Catlow's research has led to over 800 publications; of particular note is his highly significant and widely quoted work on silicate minerals.  In 2004 he was elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society for 'pioneering the development and application of computer modeling in solid state and materials chemistry'.   

He is currently Dean of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty at University College London.