Robert C. Hughes: key obituary facts
Is Robert C. Hughes dead? Yes. Robert C. Hughes died on August 27, 2026, at age 85.
Cause of death: Robert C. Hughes's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Robert C. Hughes known for?
He was a Chemist.
More about Robert C. Hughes
Born: 27 November 1940.
Gender: male.
Occupation: chemist.
Robert C.
Hughes, an American chemist, died on August 27, 2026, aged 85. Born Robert Clark Hughes on November 27, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio, he studied chemistry at Carleton College before earning a doctorate at Stanford University.
He later joined Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a postdoctoral fellow and worked there with several research groups. Hughes was named a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1982. His work included contributions to field-effect transistors, chemical sensors, temperature sensors and gas-level detection, and he served as senior scientist at Sandia in 1997 before retiring in 2003.