Howard Colquhoun

Howard M. Colquhoun
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Cambridge. University of London. Westfield College.
Scientific career
Fields	Polymer Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Supramolecular chemistry
Institutions	University of Reading, University of Salford, University of Manchester, ICI
Doctoral advisor	Bernard Aylett

Howard Colquhoun (born 1951) is Emeritus Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of Reading. After degrees at Cambridge (St Catharine's College, MA) and London (Westfield College, PhD), Howard Colquhoun carried out research at the University of Warwick and then at the ICI Corporate Laboratory in Cheshire before moving to Manchester University in 1994 as a Royal Society Industry Fellow. He was Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Salford from 1997, and was appointed to the Chair of Materials Chemistry at the University of Reading in 2000. In 2007 he was elected a Visiting Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Awards for his research include the RSC Medal and Prize for Materials Chemistry (2005), the Wilsmore Fellowship of the University of Melbourne (2007), the degree of Doctor of Science (ScD) of the University of Cambridge (2008), the Macro Group UK Medal for contributions to polymer science (2012), and the Brian Mercer Feasibility Award of the Royal Society (2013).