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Richard Zare

1939 - Today

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Richard Neil Zare (born November 19, 1939, in Cleveland, Ohio) is the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science and a Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. Throughout his career, Zare has made a considerable impact in physical chemistry and analytical chemistry, particularly through the development of laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) and the study of chemical reactions at the molecular and nanoscale level. LIF is an extremely sensitive technique with applications ranging from analytical chemistry and molecular biology to astrophysics. One of its applications was the sequencing of the human genome. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Zare is the 584th most popular chemist (down from 573rd in 2024), the 11,565th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,701st in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Richard Zare ranks 584 out of 602. Before him are Benjamin Silliman, Rachel Fuller Brown, John George Children, Susan Solomon, Mary Engle Pennington, and Martyn Poliakoff. After him are Ching Wan Tang, Willis R. Whitney, Marie Maynard Daly, Esther M. Conwell, Richard Lerner, and Ruth R. Benerito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Richard Zare ranks 583. Before him are Félix Salinas, Pilar Roldán, Paul Winter, Terry Kiser, Humberto Cruz, and Subramanian Swamy. After him are Carole Shelley, Viktor Shustikov, Marit Paulsen, Terry Paine, Neil Sloane, and David Hobbs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Zare ranks 11,573 out of 20,380. Before him are Martha Coolidge (1946), Kasey Rogers (1925), John Clellon Holmes (1926), Dianna Agron (1986), Virginia Christine (1920), Uri Caine (1956), G. Gordon Liddy (1930), Edna May Oliver (1883), Tracy Caldwell Dyson (1969), Michelle Hurd (1966), D. J. Cotrona (1980), and Brian Van Holt (1969).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Richard Zare ranks 112. Before him are Mildred Cohn (1913), Ira Remsen (1846), Benjamin Silliman (1779), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), Susan Solomon (1956), and Mary Engle Pennington (1872). After him are Willis R. Whitney (1868), Marie Maynard Daly (1921), Esther M. Conwell (1922), Richard Lerner (1938), Ruth R. Benerito (1916), and Donald Howard Menzel (1901).

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