Dr Ross Forgan is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. His research into the application of metal-organic frameworks in biomimetic catalysis and nanoscale drug delivery is underpinned by fundamental studies into molecular recognition and self-assembly processes inside nanoporous materials.

Ross was awarded his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2008, and has previously held research positions at the University of Glasgow and Northwestern University, USA.  He is also a founding member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland, for emerging leaders in science and humanities, the professions, the arts, business and civil society in Scotland.