Prof. Carol Robinson
Chair, Doctor Lee’s Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK
Professor Carol Robinson holds the Chair of Doctor Lee’s Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and is a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She is the first female Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and was previously the first female Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Prof. Robinson is renowned for pioneering the use of mass spectrometry as an analytical tool and for her ground-breaking research into the 3D structure of proteins. She was the recipient of the Royal Society’s prestigious Rosalind Franklin Award and Davey Medal, in 2004 and 2010, respectively. In 2015, Prof. Robinson was the European Laureate of the L’Oreal–UNESCO for Women in Science Award.