The Department of Chemistry chair at Stanford University, renowned for
his research in the area of laser chemistry, will speak at Grand Valley
State University as the 2007 Arnold C. Ott Lectureship in Chemistry.
Richard Zare's work has led to a greater understanding of chemical
reactions at the molecular level. By experimental and theoretical
studies he has made seminal contributions to knowledge of molecular
collision processes and contributed very significantly to solving a
variety of problems in chemical analysis. His development of laser
induced fluorescence as a method for studying reaction dynamics has been
widely adopted in other laboratories.
Two events planned for Wednesday, November 7, are free and open to the
public. A chemistry seminar, "Adventures in Liquid Stream Chemical
Analysis and Nanoparticle Chemical Synthesis," will be at 1 p.m.,
in 123 Manitou Hall, on the Allendale Campus. An evening lecture,
"Cars: Chemistry In Motion," is planned for 6 p.m., in
Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, 401 W. Fulton, Pew Grand Rapids
Campus. It will be preceded by a 5 p.m. reception in the auditorium lobby.
Zare is the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science at
Stanford University. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a graduate
of Harvard University, where he received his bachelor's degree in
chemistry and physics in 1961 and his doctorate in chemical physics in
1964. In 1965 he became an assistant professor at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, but moved to the University of Colorado in
1966, remaining there until 1969 while holding joint appointments in the
departments of chemistry, and physics and astrophysics. In 1969 he was
appointed to a full professorship in the chemistry department at
Columbia University, becoming the Higgins Professor of Natural Science
in 1975. In 1977 he moved to Stanford University. He was named chair of
the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University in 2005.
The lectureship was created and endowed by a generous gift from Arnold
C. Ott and Marion Ott. Ott received his doctorate in 1943 from Michigan
State University in chemistry/physics/bacteriology and is a leading
chemist and entrepreneur in West Michigan. He is one of the co-founders
of Grand Valley State University and served on the GVSU Board of
Trustees for 28 years.
For more information, contact the GVSU Department of Chemistry at (616) 331-3317.
Ott Lectureship in Chemistry planned at Grand Valley
Oct 24, 2007
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