Prof. Carol Robinson
Chair, Doctor Lee’s Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK
Prof. 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.
Robinson went on to receive various awards and honors which include: American Society for Mass Spectrometry's Biemann Medal, 2003; Christian B. Anfinsen Award, 2008; Davy Medal, 2010; Royal Society’s prestigious Rosalind Franklin Award and Davey Medal, in 2004 and 2010, respectively; Interdisciplinary Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015; the European Laureate of the L’Oreal–UNESCO for Women in Science Award, 2015; and eight Honorary doctorates. In 2017, she was elected a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences and in July 2018 became President of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.