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Professor Ross Forgan is Professor of Supramolecular and Materials Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. He earned an MChem (Hons) First Class from the University of Edinburgh in 2004 and a PhD in supramolecular inorganic chemistry in 2008 under the supervision of Professor Peter Tasker. From 2008 to 2011, he held a postdoctoral position with Nobel Laureate Professor Sir J Fraser Stoddart at Northwestern University, USA, researching organic interlocked molecules, chemical topology, and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). In 2011, he returned to the University of Glasgow as a senior research fellow in Professor Lee Cronin’s group, investigating hybrid materials and 3D-printing applications. Awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship from 2012 to 2021, he launched his independent career, advancing to Reader in 2016 and Professor in 2019.