Richard Cooper

Richard Cooper is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Head of Chemical Crystallography at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on experimental and computational methods in X-ray and neutron crystal structure analysis, with applications in materials science. He leads the Chemical Crystallography research group, maintaining the CRYSTALS analysis package. His work bridges diffraction-based structural characterization and machine learning-driven materials discovery.

Research Interests: Crystal structure analysis, materials design, cheminformatics, and applications in sensors, catalysts, pharmaceuticals, and energy storage. Recent work applies drug discovery methodologies to materials chemistry for predicting crystallization propensities.

Labs/Teams: Chemical Crystallography Group at the University of Oxford.