Richard D. Robinson (engineer)

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Richard D. Robinson
EducationColumbia University (PhD, 2004)
Tufts University
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials science
InstitutionsCornell University

Richard D. Robinson is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University.[1]

Education[edit]

Robinson grew up in Indianapolis and discovered science and engineering through a National Science Foundation program in eighth grade.[2][3] Robinson obtained his BS and MS in mechanical engineering at Tufts University and his PhD in Applied Physics 2004 at Columbia University.[1]

Academic career[edit]

Richard Robinson joined Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley as a Lawrence Chemist Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemistry and Materials Science in the group of Paul Alivisatos, 2004-2008. In July 2008, he joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University as an assistant professor. In 2016, Robinson spent time at the Institute of Chemistry at Hebrew University on a Fulbright Scholarship.[4]

Research[edit]

Robinson works on size-, shape-, composition-, and surface-controlled nanoparticle synthesis, and nanoparticle assembly, and nanoparticle assembly for electronic and catalytic applications.[5][4] Robinson's work was featured in the Cornell Chronicle,[6][7] Physics Today,[8][9] and R&D.[10] In addition, Robinson has received many awards and distinctions for his research, such as the National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award, Fulbright Scholar, and the R&D 100 Award for his work on nanocrystal solar cells.[11]

As of Spring 2024, his publications have received 11,418 citations, and his h-index is 36.[12]

Honors and awards[edit]

Robinson received an NSF CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation and a 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award in 2012.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Richard D. Robinson - Materials Science and Engineering". College of Engineering, Cornell University. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Engineering takes diversity of its faculty to heart: Why Cornell has become 'a better place to go' for many young professors". Ezra - Cornell's Quarterly Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers - Rich Robinson: Nanoscientist". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Israel is the go-to place for nanotech research". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Harnessing the Properties of Nanoparticles". Cornell Engineering - YouTube. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Tiny tool measures heat at the nanoscale". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  7. ^ "New technique simplifies creation of nanoparticle 'magic-sized clusters'". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Shrinking phonon spectrometry". Physics Today. 2014. doi:10.1063/PT.5.7037.
  9. ^ Smart, Ashley G. (2014). "Phonon spectrometry goes nanoscale". Physics Today. 67 (2): 16–17. Bibcode:2014PhT....67b..16S. doi:10.1063/PT.3.2262.
  10. ^ "Nontoxic nanosheets could turn waste heat into power". R&D. 2012-04-13. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Richard D. Robinson". Cornell Research. 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  12. ^ "Richard D. Robinson, Cornell University".

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