Carol V. Robinson
| Carol Vivien Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Great Britain |
| Nationality | Great Britain |
| Fields | Chemist |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Mass spectrometry |
Dame Carol Vivien Robinson DBE FRS (née Bradley), is a distinguished British chemist. She is a Royal Society Research Professor at the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Oxford, as well as the Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry-elect. She was previously Professor of Mass Spectrometry at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Cambridge. She has made significant breakthroughs in the application of mass spectrometry to the analysis of proteins and other large molecules.
She was awarded the American Society for Mass Spectrometry's Biemann Medal in 2003, and the Christian B. Anfinsen Award in 2008. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 2004 [1] and awarded their Davy Medal in 2010 "for her ground-breaking and novel use of mass spectrometry for the characterisation of large protein complexes".[2]
She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to science and industry.[3]
References
- ↑ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007". London: The Royal Society. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ "The Davy medal (1877)". The Royal Society. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 7. 29 December 2012.
External links
- profile on the Royal Society's website
- departmental page
- Focus in Honor of Carol V. Robinson, 2003 Biemann Medal Awardee
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