President (incoming, term begins summer 2026, succeeding Annette Doherty), Royal Society Of Chemistry Rsc
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“The best way of making sure that nothing happens is to do nothing. If you do something, something might happen and I think you have done something by coming here today.”
“The reason why we want representation to be higher is not because it is a good thing to do or it's the fair thing to do. Of course that is correct. That is the case. But it's actually about being the best that we can be because I believe that a team that works at the highest of the highest level performance has to be a...”
“I believe that the chemical Sciences which excl a chemical science community that excludes a section of the community is going to be performing um at a level that is lower than its Optimum so you're missing you're missing uh the the perspectives and insights um that would actually uh lift the performance of the chemica...”
“I do have a talk that I give that um is titled am I am I am I am I a black chemist or am I a chemist who happens to be black and actually I look I I look forward to the day when I will just be a chemist who happens to be black rather than a black chemist you know because you don't hear other chemists describe that way...”
“I realized very quickly that it is not me that needed to change it is the system that needed to change because um a long for a long time I was being told I need to change to fit into the system but there's nothing wrong with me there's nothing wrong with with Excellence that is defined in a different way but if the sys...”
“I would say to them if you find something you really enjoy um and you want to do just go for it just do it do it as best as you can uh but don't do it but but but but get on with it and do it do not let other people determine what you do um and uh do not become a statistic do not do not look at the statistics and say I...”
Professor Robert Mokaya Provost and Deputy Vice Chancellor University of Sheffield A2A Student Workshop June 2025
Why is the culture of chemistry still racist? Join us as we talk to Prof. Robert Mokaya, OBE, a leader in materials chemistry and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement at the University of Nottingham. Please visit our website to get more information: https://vantastem.com/ Sponsored by: https://www.rsc.org/ Missing Elements Report Launch Event: • Missing Elements live launch event Missing Element Report: https://www.rsc.org/globalassets/22-n... Learn about his journey from Kenya to Cambridge, the significant drop-off in Black chemists post-undergraduate level, and insights from t…
Role models of Excellence matters. Professor Robert Mokaya the only Black Professor of Chemistry in the UK discusses how excellence becomes normality when those around you constantly demonstrate it. He shares how in his quest to answer his curiosity he has found a sense of Belonging. Date: 3rd November 2023
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