About
Educator best known as the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. He received the Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Award in 2001.
Before Fame
He earned his PhD in Chemistry from Newcastle University.
Trivia
He is an influential figure in chemistry research and has written more than two hundred publications on the subject.
Family Life
He has children named Judy, Rachel and Trevor with a fellow professor.
Associated With
He and Nobel Prize winner Harry Kroto are both well-known chemists.
