Professor Brian F.G. Johnson FRS, FRSE,  FRSChem,  FAcad Eu., FAS.  Professor of  Inorganic Chemistry University of Edinburgh 1991 – 1995, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry University of Cambridge 1995 – 2005, Master Fitzwilliam College Cambridge 1999 – 2005. Research interests include studies of transition metal carbonyls, organometallic chemistry, nano- particles, and homogeneous catalysis; author of over one thousand research articles and papers.