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Robert Gilbert

Australian chemist

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Also known as Bob Gilbert · Robert G. Gilbert · Robert Goulston Gilbert

Born: 1946
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1.Stated in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and InnovationRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and InnovationRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Citizenship: Australia
Occupation: chemist
Education: Australian National University
Employer: University of Sydney
, University of Queensland
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1.Stated in ORCID Public Data File 2023pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0001-6988-114X/employment/14809267Retrieved 2023-11-10
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Robert Goulston Gilbert is a polymer chemist whose most significant contributions have been in the field of emulsion polymerisation. In 1970 he gained his PhD from the Australian National University, and worked at the University of Sydney from then until 2006. In 1982, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute; in 1994 he was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. In 1992, he was appointed full professor, and in 1999 he started the Key Centre for Polymer Colloids, funded by the Australian Research Council, the University and industry. He has served in leadership roles in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the world ‘governing body’ of chemistry. He was founding chair (1987–98) of the IUPAC Working Party on the Modelling of Kinetics Processes of Polymerisation, of which he remains a member, and is a member of the IUPAC scientific task groups on starch molecular weight measurements, and terminology. He was vice-president (1996–97) and president (1998–2001) of the IUPAC Macromolecular Division, and secretary of the International Polymer Colloids Group (1997–2001). As of 2007, he is Research Professor at the Centre of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Queensland, where his research program concentrates on the relations between starch structure and nutrition.

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Given name: Robert
Member of: Australian Academy of Science
Family name: Gilbert
Awards: David Craig Medal and Lecture(2010)
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1.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/david-craig-medal-and-lectureRetrieved 2025-08-05
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Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science(1994)
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1.science.org.au/profile/bob-gilbert
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1.Stated in ADAGP directoryRetrieved 2019-12-26
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Sex or gender: male
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 50 years pma
Field of work: polymer science
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1.doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzywRetrieved 2021-03-25
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Doctoral student: Christopher James Ferguson
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1.hdl.handle.net/10092/5647
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