The coordination chemistry of transition metal ions, in particular with N-heterocycles, α-amino acids, diamines and macrocyclic ligands. Computational chemistry: which has been broadly described as anything that requires the use of computers in chemical research. This interest intensified in 1994 with his establishment of the first web site in the Caribbean at the Chemistry Department at Mona, which was used to highlight areas of general interest such as: informative articles on the chemistry of Jamaican fruits, vegetables and spices, the prospects of teaching chemistry via the World Wide Web, multimedia computer applications in chemistry, use of JCAMP-DX file formats on the Web. Since then he has acted as its web master (now a legacy site). Software designed to read and display spectral data was developed at Mona and licensed to a USA-based firm in November 1997 and they subsequently distributed over 2 million free copies. In 2006, a version was released as Open Source (JSpecView) and in 2012, the code was merged with an Open Source molecular graphics programme (Jmol). The software is used by the RSC, ACS and Bruker among others. The change to convert the code to JavaScript (JSmol) enables it to run on all major platforms, including Windows, MAC, UNIX, Android, iOS etc. Introduced Microwave Oven Reaction Enhanced (MORE) Chemistry at Mona and its use in undergraduate and research laboratories to reduce reaction times.     “The Department of Chemistry, UWI, Mona, with emphasis on the early years.” This book was published in 2010 with Professor Emeritus Kenneth E Magnus and available from Amazon. The History of the Turner Family of Clarendon. Edward Turner (1796, Clarendon, Jamaica -1837, London, England) was the first Prof of Chemistry at the University of London (1827-1837) and Wilton George Turner obtained a PhD in chemistry from Justus von Liebig at Geissen in 1838. The History of the Blyth Family of Westmoreland. John Buddle Blyth (1814, Westmoreland, Jamaica -1871, Cork, Ireland) was the first Prof of Chemistry at Queen's College, Cork, Ireland “From logwood to SLOWPOKE, a Biography of Professor Gerald Lalor”. This book was published in 2019 by Robert J. Lancashire and Conrad G.C. Douglas.   An active IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) member who helped devise and publish standards for spectroscopic data formats (JCAMP-DX) through their sub-committee on electronic data standards (SEDS, under the IUPAC Division: Committee on Publications and Cheminformatics Data Standards, CPCDS). In 2019, a new project: Development of a Standard for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) Data Management of Spectroscopic Data was launched. Several reports and guides have already been published and several more should be completed during 2026. Fellow of IUPAC, Fellow of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS) Prof. Lancashire has published over 50 journal articles on his research.