Robin Williams (physicist) explained

Sir Robert Hughes Williams, (born 22 December 1941), commonly known as Robin Williams, is a Welsh physicist and academic, specialising in solid state physics and semiconductors. He was Vice-Chancellor of University of Wales, Swansea from 1994 to 2003. He had taught at the New University of Ulster and University of Wales, College of Cardiff, before joining Swansea.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Honours

In 1990, Williams was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the United Kingdom's national academy for the sciences.^[4] In 2010, he was elected a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW).^[5]

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours for services to education and to the community in Swansea and knighted in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to higher education, research and the Welsh language.

Selected works

• Book: Rhoderick . E. H. . Williams . R. H. . Metal-semiconductor contacts . 1988 . Clarendon Press . Oxford . 9780198593355 . 2nd.
• Book: Morgan . D. V. . Williams . R. H. . Physics and technology of heterojunction devices . 1991 . Peter Peregrinus . Stevenage . 9780863412042.
• Book: Davies . G. J. . Williams . R. H. . Semiconductor growth, surfaces, and interfaces . 1994 . Published by Chapman & Hall for the Royal Society . London . 9780412577307 . 1st.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Williams, Prof. Robert Hughes, (Robin) . . Oxford University Press . 8 June 2019 . en . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U40055 . 1 December 2018.
2. Web site: Professor Robin Williams CBE, FRS . Higher Education Funding Council for Wales - hefcw . 8 June 2019.
3. Web site: BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2019 – HIGH AWARDS . GOV.UK . 8 June 2019 . 2019.
4. Web site: Professor Robert Williams CBE FRS . Royal Society . 8 June 2019 . en-gb.
5. Web site: Yr Athro Robin Williams CBE HonFInstP FLSW FRS . The Learned Society of Wales . 8 June 2019.