Skip to main content Skip to navigation

Prof Richard Walton

Academic profile photograph


Prof Richard Walton

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry 



Richard is Professor of Chemistry and Chair of Chemistry Research Committee. His research interests are in solid-state chemistry, spanning the synthesis and characterisation of inorganic materials including porous materials, transition-metal oxides and metal-organic frameworks, and industrial applications in heterogeneous catalysis and energy via various collaborations.

Biography

  • BA (Hons) Chemistry, 1990 – 1994 (MA 2000), Worcester College, University of Oxford (Part II Thesis Prize 1994)
  • PhD (Supervisor Dr S.J. Hibble), 1994 – 1997, University of Reading (Postgraduate Chemistry Colloquium Prize 1997)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1997-2000, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford
  • College Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, New College, University of Oxford, 2000
  • Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Exeter, 2000-2005
  • Lecturer in Solid-State Chemistry, Open University, 2005-2006
  • Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Warwick, 2006-2011
  • Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Warwick, 2011-
  • DSc, University of Warwick, 2013
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014
  • Royal Society Industry Fellow with Johnson Matthey, 2015-2019