Prof. Robert Hillman
About Robert
Robert Hillman was educated at Imperial College London and Oxford University. After post-doctoral research at Imperial College, he was appointed to a Lectureship at the University of Bristol, to the Chair of Physical Chemistry at the University of Leicester (1992), and as Dean of the Faculty of Science (2003–2009).
He was Scientific Editor of Faraday Transactions and Faraday Discussions (1994–1997), and was Editor-in-Chief of Electrochimica Acta from 2014 to 2024. Robert has served the International Society of Electrochemistry as UK National Secretary, Secretary General, Chair of the Scientific Meetings Committee, and President.
His research interests are in the field of interfacial chemistry and electroactive materials, with the underlying goal of elucidating molecular explanations for observed interfacial behaviour. Since interfaces are where material transfers occur upon contact between objects, this has motivated study of the interfacial science associated with fingerprints.
Recent research focuses on latent fingermark treatments involving the deposition of metals and polymers, together with analysis of the resulting surfaces and images.
