Richard J.
Saykally
Richard James Saykally (born September 10, 1947)
is an American chemist. He is currently the Class of Richard James Saykally[1]
1932 Endowed Professor of Chemistry at the
University of California, Berkeley. He has received
numerous awards for his research on the molecular
characteristics of water and aqueous solutions.
Biography
Saykally was born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin and
educated at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and
University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he received
his PhD under R. Claude Woods in 1977. Saykally has
been a professor at the University of California, Born September 10, 1947
Berkeley since 1979 after postgraduate research at the Rhinelander, Wisconsin,
National Institute of Standards and Technology with USA
Kenneth Melvin Evenson. Saykally and his students Nationality American
have pioneered many important advances in Alma mater University of Wisconsin-Eau
spectroscopy, including velocity modulation Claire
spectroscopy of ions, terahertz laser vibration-rotation- University of Wisconsin–
tunneling spectroscopy of clusters, infrared photon Madison
counting spectroscopy, cavity ringdown spectroscopy,
Known for Molecular characteristics
and X-ray spectroscopy of liquid microjets. These have
and structure of water
permitted the first detailed study of important textbook
molecules, including the hydronium (H3O+), Awards Irving Langmuir Award
(2000)
hydroxide (OH−) and ammonium (NH4+) ions, as well
E. O. Lawrence Award
as small water clusters and carbon clusters.
(2004)
Recent work includes the spectroscopic determination Peter Debye Award (2009)
of a universal water force field via the study of water Scientific career
clusters, the development of femtosecond nonlinear Fields Chemistry
optical molecular imaging methods applied to single
Institutions University of California,
nanowire lasers and biological systems, femtosecond
Berkeley
Deep UV SHG/SFG studies of liquid electrolyte
interfaces, and soft X-ray spectroscopy of liquids and Thesis Microwave spectroscopy of
liquid surfaces. transient molecular species
in glow discharges ([Link]
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Honors and awards IWzTAAAAMAAJ) (1977)
Doctoral advisor R. Claude Woods
A co-author of over 400 publications that have been Other academic Kenneth M. Evenson
cited over 50,000 times (H index > 100), the recipient advisors
of over 75 honors and awards from 15 different Doctoral Frank Keutsch
countries, Saykally is a member of the National students Lucy Ziurys
Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Martin Gruebele
Arts and Sciences, and in 2004 received the Ernest
Other notable James R. Heath (postdoc)
Orlando Lawrence Award from the U.S. Department of
students
Energy, the Hinshelwood Lectureship from Oxford
University and the Inaugural International Solvay
Chair in Chemistry from the Solvay Institutes of Belgium. He is a UC-Berkeley Distinguished Teacher,
and has been active at the national level in science education. Over 150 students and postdocs have
trained under his direction, many of whom hold prominent positions in academic, government, and
industrial institutions.[2]
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Award (1979)
Presidential Young Investigator Award (1984)
named to Miller Research Professor Chair (1985–1986)
E. K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy (1989)
Michelson Prize for Spectroscopy (1989)
Lippincott Medal for Spectroscopy (1992)
Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award (1992)
American Chemical Society Harrison Howe Award (1992)
Royal Society of Chemistry Bourke Award (1992)
Churchill Fellowship at University of Cambridge (1995)
Humboldt Senior Scientist Award (1995)
named Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1995)
named Fellow of the American Physical Society (1989)
named Fellow of the Optical Society of America
named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
named Member of United States National Academy of Sciences (1999)
Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award (1999)
ACS Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics (2000)
Royal Society of Chemistry's Centenary Medal (2000)
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (2004)
Johannes Markus Marci Medal (Czechoslovakia)(2004)
filled the Morino Lectureship chair (Japan)(2005)
filled the University of Oxford Hinshelwood Lectureship chair (2006)
filled the Inaugural Solvay Chair in Chemistry (Belgium)(2008)
ACS Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry (2009)
Golden Jubilee Thematic Lectures (Indian Institute for Technology, Delhi) (2011)
Morris Travers Lectures (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) (2011)
J. C. Bose Memorial Lectures (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata)
(2011)
Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Lectureship Prize (2012)
delivered the W. A. Noyes Distinguished Lecture in Physical Chemistry (University of Texas,
Austin) (2013)
delivered the CaSTL (Chemistry at the Space-Time Limit) Lecture (University of California,
Irvine) (2014)
E. Roger Washburn Memorial Lectureship in Physical Chemistry (University of Nebraska)
(2016)
named Keynote Speaker NANOLYTICA (Simon Fraser University) (2017)
E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy (American Chemical Society) (2017)
received the Jean Dreyfus Lectureship (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) (2018)
delivered the BESE Distinguished Lecture (KAUST, Saudi Arabia) (2018)
SCS Lectureship (Swiss Chemical Society) (2018)
Helmholtz International Fellowship Award (Helmholtz Society, Berlin) (2018)
Inaugural Claude and Janice Trottier Endowed Lectureship (University of Rhode Island)
(2019)
The Cross Lecture in Physical Chemistry (University of Washington) (2021)
Linnett Lecturer(Lennard-Jones Centre Inaugural Meeting; Cambridge, UK) (2023)
Spiers Memorial Lecture: (Royal Society of Chemistry; London, UK) (2023)
Current research interests
As of 2019, Saykally's active research includes:[3]
Terahertz laser spectroscopy of clusters
X-ray spectroscopy of liquids and interfaces
Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of liquids and interfaces
Chemical interactions on liquid surfaces
X-ray laser nonlinear optical spectroscopy
References
1. "Optica biography" ([Link]
ykally/).
2. "The Saykally Group - UC Berkeley" ([Link]
hp).
3. "Faculty & Research | College of Chemistry" ([Link]
External links
Saykally Group Website ([Link]
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry Listing for Richard J. Saykally ([Link]
aculty/saykally/)
Richard J. Saykally ([Link]
publications indexed by Google Scholar
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