Robert Young#
| Membership Number: | 4067 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.materials.manchester.ac.uk/people/staff/profile/?ea=robert.young |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1986) Professor of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Manchester, UK
- 2015 - 2017 Visiting Chair Professor of Polymer Science and Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
- 2011-2013 Visiting Professor of Polymer Science and Technology, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- 2008 - 2011 Visiting Chair Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong
- 1990 Visiting Professor, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1980 Stipendiat of the Alexander von Humbolt Stiftung, University of the Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
- 1975 - 1986 Lecturer in Materials then Reader in Materials (1983), Queen Mary College, University of London, UK
- 1973 - 1975 Research Fellow, St. John's College, based in Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Graphene
- Composites
- Polymers
- Raman spectroscopy
- Nanotechnology
- Carbon nanotubes
- Fibres
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Platinum Medal - Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, UK
- 2013 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society, London, UK
- 2012 Swinburne Medal and Prize - Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, UK
- 2011 Leslie Holliday Prize - Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, UK
- 2010 Plueddemann International Award – Excellence in Research into Composite Interfaces , Dow Corning, USA
- 2006 Elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, London, UK
- 2002 Griffith Medal - Institute of Materials, London, UK
- 1997 Royal Society Public Lecturer, British Association Annual Meeting, Leeds. UK
- 1996 Cockcroft Lecturer, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK
- 1996 Zeneca Lecturer - Royal Society, London, UK
- 1992 Appointed Wolfson Research Professor - Royal Society, London, UK
- 1991 Dow Distinguished Lecturer - Northwestern University, USA
- 1991 Silver Medal - The Plastics and Rubber Institute, London, UK
- 1973 Henry Humphreys Prize – St. John’s College, Cambridge, UK
