Allen Bard | |
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Born | Allen Joseph Bard December 18, 1933 New York City, U.S. |
Died | February 11, 2024 Austin, Texas, U.S. | (aged 90)
Education | Bronx High School of Science |
Alma mater | City College of New York (BS) Harvard University (MS, PhD) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry Electrochemistry |
Institutions | University of Texas at Austin California Institute of Technology Cornell University |
Website | bard |
Allen Joseph Bard (December 18, 1933 – February 11, 2024) was an American chemist.[2] He was the Hackerman-Welch Regents Chair Professor and director of the Center for Electrochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin.[3] Bard developed innovations such as the scanning electrochemical microscope, his co-discovery of electrochemiluminescence, his key contributions to photoelectrochemistry of semiconductor electrodes, and co-authoring a seminal textbook.[4]