Richard Zare
Encyclopedia
Richard Neil Zare is an American
physical chemist. He is Professor of Chemistry
at Stanford University
.
under the direction of Dudley Herschbach.
chemistry, resulting in a greater understanding of chemical reaction
s at the molecular level. He has also written a widely used textbook on the topic of angular momentum in quantum systems. He is member of the editorial advisory boards of several scientific publications, among them Chemistry World, Angewandte Chemie
, Central European Journal of Chemistry
, "Journal of Separation Sciences" and the "Chinese Journal of Chromatography".
Zare is the author of various academic papers involving the research of the spectroscopy of chemical compounds.
Zare has been involved in astrobiology.
He is co-author of a paper forwarding the hypothesis that a meteorite from Mars, ALH84001
, contained traces of Martian life. Other researchers have questioned these findings and they remain controversial.
Zare has been involved in public speaking in his home area of Silicon Valley and around the world.
, 1999; Welch Award in Chemistry, 1999; Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, 2000; Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education, 2000; Charles Lathrop Parsons Award, 2001; Faraday Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2001; Laurance and Naomi Carpenter Hoagland Prize, 2003; Foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
, 2004; Foreign member Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, P.R.C., 2004; James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry, Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, 2004; The ACS (New York Section) Nichols Medal, 2004, Wolf Prize in Chemistry 2005,
the Priestley Medal
in 2010, and the King Faisal International Prize in 2011.
United States
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physical chemist. He is Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
.
Education
Zare earned his B.A. in 1961 and his Ph.D. in 1964 in physical and analytical chemistry at Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
under the direction of Dudley Herschbach.
Academic career
Zare is well known for his research in laserLaser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...
chemistry, resulting in a greater understanding of chemical reaction
Chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. Chemical reactions can be either spontaneous, requiring no input of energy, or non-spontaneous, typically following the input of some type of energy, such as heat, light or electricity...
s at the molecular level. He has also written a widely used textbook on the topic of angular momentum in quantum systems. He is member of the editorial advisory boards of several scientific publications, among them Chemistry World, Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers all aspects of chemistry. Its impact factor was 12.730 in 2010, the highest value for a chemistry-specific journal that publishes original research...
, Central European Journal of Chemistry
Central European Journal of Chemistry
The Central European Journal of Chemistry is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research results in all fields of chemistry. It publishes original research articles, reviews, rapid and short communications, and book reviews...
, "Journal of Separation Sciences" and the "Chinese Journal of Chromatography".
Zare is the author of various academic papers involving the research of the spectroscopy of chemical compounds.
Zare has been involved in astrobiology.
He is co-author of a paper forwarding the hypothesis that a meteorite from Mars, ALH84001
ALH84001
Allan Hills 84001 is a meteorite that was found in Allan Hills, Antarctica on December 27, 1984 by a team of U.S. meteorite hunters from the ANSMET project. Like other members of the group of SNCs , ALH 84001 is thought to be from Mars. However, it does not fit into any of the previously...
, contained traces of Martian life. Other researchers have questioned these findings and they remain controversial.
Zare has been involved in public speaking in his home area of Silicon Valley and around the world.
Award and Fellowships
Fresenius Award, 1974; Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1976; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1976; Member, American Philosophical Society, 1991; Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London, 1999; Michael Polanyi Medal, 1979; Earle K. Plyler Prize, 1981; Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh Award, 1983; National Medal of Science, 1983; Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics, 1985; Michelson-Morley Award, 1986; Kirkwood Medal, 1986; Willard Gibbs Medal, 1990; Peter Debye Award, 1991; National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences, 1991; Dannie-Heineman Preis, 1993; The Harvey Prize, 1993; ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Chemical Instrumentation, 1995; The Bing Fellowship Award, 1996; California Scientist of the Year Award, 1997; ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry, 1998; E. Bright Wilson Award in SpectroscopyE. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy
The E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy is awarded annually by the American Chemical Society to recognize outstanding accomplishments in fundamental or applied spectroscopy in chemistry. It was first awarded in 1997 and was named in honor of the American Physical Chemist and Spectroscopy...
, 1999; Welch Award in Chemistry, 1999; Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, 2000; Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education, 2000; Charles Lathrop Parsons Award, 2001; Faraday Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2001; Laurance and Naomi Carpenter Hoagland Prize, 2003; Foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
, 2004; Foreign member Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, P.R.C., 2004; James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry, Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, 2004; The ACS (New York Section) Nichols Medal, 2004, Wolf Prize in Chemistry 2005,
the Priestley Medal
Priestley Medal
The Priestley Medal is the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society and is awarded for distinguished service in the field of chemistry. Established in 1922, the award is named after Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen who immigrated to the United States of America in 1794...
in 2010, and the King Faisal International Prize in 2011.
Representative Publications
- "Hadamard Transform Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: More Signal, More of the Time," F. M. Fernández, J. R. Kimmel, and R. N. Zare, Angewandte Chemie,42, 30-35 (2003).
- "Chemical Cytometry on a Picoliter-Scale Integrated Microfluidic Chip," H. Wu, A. R. Wheeler and R. N. Zare, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 101, 12809-12813 (2004).
- "Laser Control of Chemical Reactions," R. N. Zare, Science, 279, 1875-1879 (1998).
- "Anatomy of Elementary Chemical Reactions," A. J. Alexander and R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Ed.,75, 1105-1118 (1998).
- "Observation and Interpretation of a Time-Delayed Mechanism in the Hydrogen Exchange Reaction," S. C. Althorpe, F. Fernández-Alonso, B. D. Bean, J. D. Ayers, A. E. Pomerantz, R. N. Zare, and E. Wrede, Nature 416, 67-70 (2002).
Books
- Angular Momentum: Understanding Spatial Aspects in Chemistry and Physics (1988) ISBN 0471858927
- Laser Experiments for Beginners (with Bertrand H. Spencer, Dwitght S. Springer) (1995) ISBN 0935702369
- Angular Momentum: Understanding Spatial Aspects in Chemistry and Physics and Companion to Angular Momentum (with Valeria D. Kleiman, Hongkun Park, and Robert J. Gordon) (1998) ISBN 0471244783
- Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, Volume 1 (with Edward S. Yeung) (2008) ISBN 0824344014
- A Companion to Angular Momentum (with Valeria D. Kleiman, Hongkun Park, Robert J. Gordon) (2009) ISBN 047119249X