Mae'n bleser gen i gyhoeddi trydydd penodiad, sef yr Athro Andrew Barron i swydd Cadair Ymchwil Sêr Cymru mewn Carbon Isel, Ynni a'r Amgylchedd, ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe. Daw o Brifysgol Rice yn Houston, Texas,  lle mae'n dal Cadair Charles W. Duncan Junior - Welch mewn Cemeg, ac yn Athro Gwyddorau Deunyddiau. Mae'n un o'r Cyfarwyddwyr a sefydlodd Sefydliad Systemau Ynni a'r Amgylchedd Prifysgol Rice. Mae hefyd yn aelod uwch o Sefydliad Richard E. Smalley ar gyfer Gwyddorau a Thechnoleg Nano - sefydliad ymchwil byd-enwog a sefydlwyd gan enillydd Gwobr Nobel yn y maes.
I am delighted then to announce, formally, a third appointment, that of Professor Andrew Barron as a Sêr Cymru Research Chair in Low Carbon, Energy and Environment, based with Swansea University. He comes from Rice University in Houston, Texas where he holds the Charles W. Duncan Junior - Welch Chair of Chemistry and he is a Professor of Materials Science. He is founding Director of the Rice University - Energy and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). He is also a senior member of the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology - a world-leading Nanoscale research Institute, founded by a Nobel Prize-winner working in the field.