Robin Williams (physicist)

Sir Robert Hughes Williams, CBE, FRS, FLSW, HonFInstP (born 22 December 1941), commonly known as Robin Williams, is a Welsh physicist and academic, specialising in solid state physics and semiconductors. He was Vice-Chancellor of University of Wales, Swansea from 1994 to 2003. He had taught at the New University of Ulster and University of Wales, College of Cardiff, before joining Swansea.[1][2][3]

Honours

In 1990, Williams was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the United Kingdom's national academy for the sciences.[4] In 2010, he was elected a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW).[5]

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours for services to education and to the community in Swansea[6] and knighted in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to higher education, research and the Welsh language.[7]

Selected works

  • Rhoderick, E. H.; Williams, R. H. (1988). Metal-semiconductor contacts (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198593355.
  • Morgan, D. V.; Williams, R. H., eds. (1991). Physics and technology of heterojunction devices. Stevenage: Peter Peregrinus. ISBN 9780863412042.
  • Davies, G. J.; Williams, R. H. (1994). Semiconductor growth, surfaces, and interfaces (1st ed.). London: Published by Chapman & Hall for the Royal Society. ISBN 9780412577307.

References

  1. ^ "Williams, Prof. Robert Hughes, (Robin)". Who's Who 2019. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U40055. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Professor Robin Williams CBE, FRS". Higher Education Funding Council for Wales - hefcw. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. ^ "BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2019 – HIGH AWARDS" (PDF). GOV.UK. 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Professor Robert Williams CBE FRS". Royal Society. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Yr Athro Robin Williams CBE HonFInstP FLSW FRS". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  6. ^ "No. 57155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2003. pp. 7–9.
  7. ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B2.