Richard Zare

Richard Neil Zare (born November 19, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American physical chemist. He is Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. Zare earned his B.A. in 1961 and his Ph.D. in 1964 in physical and analytical chemistry at Harvard University under the direction of Dudley Herschbach. Zare is well known for his research in laser chemistry, resulting in a greater understanding of chemical reactions at the molecular level. He has also... more

Richard Neil Zare (born November 19, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American physical chemist. He is Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. Zare earned his B.A. in 1961 and his Ph.D. in 1964 in physical and analytical chemistry at Harvard University under the direction of Dudley Herschbach. Zare is well known for his research in laser chemistry, resulting in a greater understanding of chemical reactions 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... less