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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Zare has received more than 89,249 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Richard Zare is the 573rd most popular chemist (down from 532nd in 2019), the 10,700th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,954th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Richard Zare ranks 573 out of 602. Before him are George M. Whitesides, Ira Remsen, Marie Maynard Daly, Edith M. Flanigen, Emma P. Carr, and Rachel Fuller Brown. After him are Susan Solomon, Achim Müller, Gilbert Stork, Omowunmi Sadik, F. Albert Cotton, and Jacqueline Barton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Richard Zare ranks 559. Before him are David Souter, Paul Winter, Javier González, Jet Harris, Martin Feldstein, and José Fernández. After him are Brian Jacques, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, James M. Bardeen, Paul Sauvage, Kate O'Mara, and Pavel Morozenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Zare ranks 10,700 out of 20,380. Before him are Allen Johnson (1971), Shaun White (1986), Jimmy Bryan (1926), John McNaughton (1950), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), and Fyvush Finkel (1922). After him are Charles Dumas (1937), Susan Solomon (1956), Lloyd Price (1933), Summer Phoenix (1978), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), and Bob Bryan (1978).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Richard Zare ranks 108. Before him are George M. Whitesides (1939), Ira Remsen (1846), Marie Maynard Daly (1921), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Emma P. Carr (1880), and Rachel Fuller Brown (1898). After him are Susan Solomon (1956), F. Albert Cotton (1930), Jacqueline Barton (1952), Bonnie Bassler (1962), Percy Lavon Julian (1899), and Benjamin Silliman (1779).

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