Sir Geoffrey Allen#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 574 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Sir Geoffrey Allen passed away March 15, 2023.
Positions Held
- 1993 - 2003 Chancellor of the University of East Anglia
- 1994 - 2000 member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Protection
- 1994 - 1995 President of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
- 1991 - 1993 Vice-President of the Royal Society
- 1982 - 1990 Director of Unilever
- 1981 - 1990 Head of Research at Unilever
- 1990 Adviser to Kobe Steel Ltd.
- 1977 - 1981 Science Research Council
- 1976 - 1981 Professor of Chemical Technology at Imperial College London
- 1980 Visiting Fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge.
- 1975 - 1976 Professor of Polymer Science at Imperial College London
- 1965 - 1975 Professor of Chemical Physics at the University of Manchester
- 1955 - 1965 Lecturer at the University of Manchester
Fields of Scholarship
- Physical chemistry
- Thermodynamics of rubber elasticity
Honours and Awards
- 1986 Honorary doctorate from the University of Essex
- 1986 Honorary doctorate from Loughborough University
- 1989 - 1991 President of the Society of Chemical Industry
- 1990 Leverhulme lecture
- 2017 Lampitt medal
