Prof. Dr. Gregory Robinson

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsInorganic Molecular Chemistry
Keywordscarbenes, main group, allotropes, multiple bonding

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityAthens
InstitutionUniversity of Georgia
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Herbert SchumannFachgruppe Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Matthias DriessArbeitsgruppe Anorganische Chemie/ Metallorganische Chemie und Anorganische Materialien, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Thomas MüllerCarl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/1994

Programme(s)

1993Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2012Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Robinson is internationally renowned for his outstanding research in the main group chemistry. He has made seminal contributions to the chemistry of multiply-bonded heavy main group elements. Professor Robinson has discovered that N-heterocyclic carbenes can be employed to stabilize highly reactive molecules at room temperature including diatomic silicon, phosphorus and arsenic. In Germany he continues his research on the advancement of fundamental aspects of structure and bonding theory in main group chemistry.