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Robert Mokaya

Robert Mokaya

Professor Robert Mokaya OBE FRS

Fellow


Elected: 2023

Contact:

wwwhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/people/r.mokaya

ORCID0000-0001-6349-6785

Biography

Robert was born and raised in Kenya and obtained his first degree in Chemistry from the University of Nairobi. He obtained his Ph.D. in Cambridge, and subsequently held a Junior Research Fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge. He moved to the University of Nottingham in 2000 where he is now Professor of Materials Chemistry and a Pro-Vice-Chancellor.

Robert's research interests are in the overarching theme of porous materials discovery, including synthesis and use as adsorbents, catalysts and energy materials. He has pioneered several synthesis approaches to templated carbons and activated carbons and their use as gas (H2, methane and CO2) stores. A feature of his research is discovery of new materials with optimal properties for specific applications, but which are prepared via simpler, cheaper and sustainable routes. This includes silica-based and carbonaceous materials, and their use as adsorbents, catalysts, and as electrode materials. He was recipient of a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2017 and was awarded an OBE in 2022 for services to the chemical sciences.

Robert has been extensively involved in research capacity building initiatives in the Global South, and in outreach activities in underrepresented groups in higher education, and STEM in particular.

Professional positions

Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Profesor of Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham

Interest and expertise

Subject groups

  • Chemistry
    • Chemistry, materials
  • Engineering
    • Materials science (incl materials engineering)
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