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Gareth Roberts (physicist)

British physicist

Died aged 66TaurusUnited Kingdom

Biography

Sir Gareth Gwyn Roberts (16 May 1940 – 6 February 2007) was a Welsh physicist specialising in semiconductors and molecular electronics, who was influential in British science policy through his chairmanship of several academic bodies and his two reports on the future supply of scientists and how university research should be assessed. He was knighted in 1997 for his services to higher education.

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Career highlights

Career & roles

  • vice-chancellor of the University of Sheffield

Employers / organisations

  • University of Sheffield
  • Durham University
  • Ulster University

Awards & honours (4)

  • Fellow of the Royal Society
  • Holweck Prize
  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Knight Bachelor

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