Richard Catlow

Sir Charles Richard Arthur Catlow FLSW (born 24 April 1947) is a British chemist and professor at University College London and Cardiff University. Previously, he was Director of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory (1998–2007), and Wolfson Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution. Since 2016, he has served as the foreign secretary of the Royal Society., and since 2021 as President of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP).

Education He earned a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in 1970 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1974, from St John's College, University of Oxford.

Career and research Catlow has developed and applied computer models to solid state and materials chemistry. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2004 In 2020, he was awarded the Faraday Lectureship Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Catlow was knighted in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to leadership in science and research.

Catlow was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science (Dsc) by the University of Bath in July 2022. The award recognised the ever-growing impact of Catlow's research, 'particularly in the context of the global challenge of climate change.'