Robinson named UGA Foundation Professor

2012-13 has been a banner year for chemistry professor Gregory Robinson, and now a new professorship has been offically added to his list of recent accolades:

Gregory H. Robinson, Franklin Professor and Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia, has been appointed the UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor in Chemistry. The special appointment was approved by the Board of Regents at its May 2013 meeting and will be effective as of August.

Over the past 25 years, Robinson and his team have published a series of findings that have reshaped how scientists view certain aspects of chemical bonding. In a widely cited 1995 paper, he demonstrated that metals can display electronic behavior previously only thought possible with carbon-based ring systems such as benzene-a phenomenon known as metallaromaticity.

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In April 2013, Robinson received the F. Albert Cotton Award from the American Chemical Society, presented to one person annually by the world's largest scientific society. In May 2012, Robinson joined a select group of international academics awarded a Humboldt Research Award from Germany's Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, presented to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline

Congratulations Dr. Robinson. This list of honors reflects the pinnacle of scientific creativity and a research team hitting on all cylinders for a sustained length of time. We wish Dr. Robinson continued good fortune in the lab and among his international colleagues.