Other Presentations

In Science Studio: Featured Interview

May 9, 2026
Richard Zare & His Research

In Naturphänomene: Von Irrlichtern und Mikroblitzen

Mar 16, 2026

In Deutschlandfunk: Geheimnis gelüftet: Irrlichter im Moor durch Methan. Podcast in German.

Nov 4, 2025

In NPR: The spooky science of will-o’-the-wisps, mysterious microlightning in the swamp

Nov 2, 2025

In Science News Explores: Zap! Peeling off tape can spark chemical reactions in the air

Sep 8, 2025

In Science News Explores: Micro-sparks between water droplets may have started life on Earth

May 19, 2025
Richard Zare & His Research

From The Chemical Educator: Richard N. Zare, Enhance, Enable, and Elucidate

May 5, 2025
On Education

Richard Zare’s Parsons Award Address (2001)

Apr 11, 2025
Other Lectures & Speeches

In Scientific American: Life on Earth may have been jump-started by ‘microlightning’

Apr 1, 2025
Richard Zare & His Research

In The Debrief: Microlightning in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth, in a “striking” new twist on life’s origins

Apr 1, 2025
Richard Zare & His Research

In CNN: Scientists redid an experiment that showed how life on Earth could have started. They found a new possibility

Apr 1, 2025
Richard Zare & His Research

In the Stanford Daily: From the periodic table to the food we eat: ‘Chemistry in the Kitchen’ draws students in

Apr 1, 2025
On Education

In Gigazine: A new device has been developed to extract ‘green ammonia’ from the air, which can be used as fuel or fertilizer

Jan 20, 2025
Richard Zare & His Research

Editorial Opinion in Molecular Frontiers Journal

Jan 13, 2025
Opinion Pieces

Revolutionizing Chemistry: A New Frontier in Sustainable Innovation

Jan 13, 2025
Richard Zare & His Research

In the Stanford Report: New device produces critical fertilizer ingredient from thin air, cutting carbon emissions

Dec 16, 2024
Richard Zare & His Research

Microbubbles active C–H bonds, converting methane into ethane and formic acid

Oct 25, 2024
Richard Zare & His Research

Stanford Chem 32 Virtual Manual

Aug 17, 2024
On Education

In the Stanford Report: New mass spectrometry method could advance multiple fields

Aug 17, 2024
Richard Zare & His Research

Progress in Practice: Three Plenaries I, Richard N. Zare, Enhance, Enable, and Elucidate

Aug 17, 2024
On Education

Prof. Lucy Shapiro on the Origin of Bio-X at the Celebration of Bio-X’s 25th Anniversary

Jun 5, 2024
Other Lectures & Speeches

Article published in The Analytical Scientist: The Science of Measurement

Dec 29, 2023
Opinion Pieces

Feature in Advances in Engineering: Advancing Mass Spectrometry Imaging: Immuno-DESI-MSI Unveils the Spatial Proteomic Landscape

Nov 24, 2023
Richard Zare & His Research

Carl Djerassi Centenary

Oct 30, 2023
On Djerassi

Chemical & Engineering News Guest Editorial: Celebrating Carl Djerassi

Oct 23, 2023
Opinion Pieces On Djerassi

DIY Chemistry: How to Make Nylon

Oct 14, 2023

How optimizing indoor humidity can help stop the spread of Covid and flu

Aug 23, 2023
Opinion Pieces

Let’s Talk Chemistry Podcast Episode 33: Dr. Richard Zare on the Mystery of Droplets and Life on Mars

Aug 13, 2023
Richard Zare & His Research

Interview with Richard N. Zare, 2009 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences

Jul 6, 2023
Prizes & Awards

理查德·扎尔 Richard N. Zare speech presented at the 3rd World Laureates Forum (Oct. 2020)

Jul 6, 2023
Other Lectures & Speeches

Professor Zare featured in “Dialogues between renowned scientists and Gen-Z at the 4th WLF” (Nov. 2021)

Jul 5, 2023
Other Lectures & Speeches

Professor Zare in “Who Put the X in Bio-X?” by the Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program

Jun 16, 2023
Richard Zare & His Research

All about Dairy, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) (remote)

Oct 24, 2022
Other Lectures & Speeches

A New Way to Stop the Spread of Respiratory Infections, IIT Bhubaneswar Talk 2022

Oct 12, 2022
Other Lectures & Speeches

How to succeed at research? BITS Pilani, Goa, India (remote)

Jul 8, 2022
Other Lectures & Speeches

The Quest to Control Chemical Reactions Using Interfacial Electric Fields

Jan 11, 2021
Opinion Pieces

大气颗粒物进入大脑，或导致认知障碍和痴呆

Jan 5, 2021
Other Lectures & Speeches

Herlinde Koelbl – Fascination of Science: Richard Zare

Nov 12, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Richard N. Zare seminar at University of Alabama 2020

Nov 12, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Richard N. Zare receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh

Nov 12, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Presenting at the World Laureate Forum 3 in Shanghai, China

Nov 12, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Ultrafast Digestion of Proteins Using Microdroplet Mass Spectrometry

Nov 3, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Dick Zare: ‘I got into big fights with my science teacher’, interview with Rebecca Trager, Chemistry World.

Sep 16, 2020
Opinion Pieces

“Don’t Trust the Cricket!”, State University of West Georgia Commencement address

May 26, 2020
Commencement Addresses

“The Importance of Science and Technology for China”, Hunan University commencement (in English)

May 26, 2020
Commencement Addresses

The Power of the Question, the speech that Prof. Zare gave to the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, has been featured on the Editor’s Page of C&E News.

May 26, 2020
Commencement Addresses

Streaming video: “It’s a Blast!” public lecture on explosives by Col. Brian D. Shaw (Introduction by Prof. Zare)

May 26, 2020
On Rockets & Explosions

Methanol/Air-fueled Bottle Rocket

May 26, 2020
On Rockets & Explosions

Modified Methanol/Air-fueled Bottle Rocket

May 26, 2020
On Rockets & Explosions

The Zarelab Guide to Microfluidic Lithography

May 26, 2020
Guides

Zare Ponders Life on Earth, Mars and Beyond, Stanford Daily Online

May 26, 2020
On Extraterrestrial Objects

The Martian Chronicles, San Jose Mercury West Magazine

May 26, 2020
On Extraterrestrial Objects

“Was there life on Mars?” given at West Virginia University, part of the Benedum Lecture Series

May 26, 2020
On Extraterrestrial Objects

Wonderfest Ponders Extraterrestrial Life, San Jose Mercury News

May 26, 2020
On Extraterrestrial Objects

Level Head is Key to Talk of Martians, USA Today

May 26, 2020
On Extraterrestrial Objects

ABC Australia: The Science Show–A Ticket to Mars

May 26, 2020
On Extraterrestrial Objects

Professor Zare talks with NPR about Organic Compounds found in Martian Rocks and the Difficulty of Keeping Your Discoveries Quiet

May 26, 2020
On Extraterrestrial Objects

Professor Zare on Science Friday talking about the best way to preserve the effervescence of an open bottle of Champagne

May 26, 2020
On Bubbles

Do bubbles in Guinness go down?

May 25, 2020
On Bubbles

Replace Coke and Mentos with Coke and Salt, Geyser of Coke demonstrated during a lecture at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

May 25, 2020
On Bubbles

Interview with Bloomberg Radio — “Teachers Need to Inspire”

May 25, 2020
On Bubbles

Professor Zare on Science Friday talking about the Science of Bubbles Including How to Make your Beer and Champagne Taste Better

May 25, 2020
On Bubbles

Professor Zare giving a presentation on Bubbles at Beijing Institute of Technology (in Chinese)

May 25, 2020
On Bubbles

Chemical Fizzics: The Chemistry of Drink. Professor Zare speaks with Stanford summer school students about bubbles in carbonation and why they grow in size as they rise

May 25, 2020
On Bubbles

Remembering Carl Djerassi

May 23, 2020
On Djerassi

Fraga, Zare receive Cox Medal for Fostering Undergraduate Research, Stanford Report

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Remarks on receiving the 1998 Centennial Medal, Harvard University

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Transcript of presentation of National Science Board Distinguished Service Award to Richard Zare, Washington DC

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Pioneer of Laser Technique in Molecule Study Wins Welch Award, Houston Chronicle

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

The Parsons Award Goes to Zare, Chemical & Engineering News

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

“What are the Elements of a Successful Career in Chemistry?”, Charles Lathrop Parsons Award Address, National Press Club, Washington, DC

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

“The Virtues of Failure” talk given at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France to receive Honorary Degree:

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Wolf Prize Acceptance Speech, Jerusalem, Israel

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Receiving H. Julian Allen Award, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Zare Named 2010 Priestley Medalist, Chemical & Engineering News

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Richard Zare Wins Priestley Medal, ChemPhysChem

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Inaugural class of ACS Fellows honored for excellence in chemistry, service to society, Chemical & Engineering News

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Photos from the ACS Fellowship Award Ceremony

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Richard Zare receives Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM), The Stanford Report

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

President Obama poses with Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) winners in the Blue Room of the White House

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Cientificos de Frontera Zare Award Video

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Quack Zare BBVA Video

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Media Clippings

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Photo Awards Presentation Ceremony

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Richard N. Zare and Michael E. Fisher win the 2009 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Fostering Creativity, Chemical & Engineering News

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Bubbling With Enthusiasm, Chemical & Engineering News

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Priestley Medal Presentation and Address, ACS Spring 2010 National Meeting, San Francisco

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Chunli Bai presents Richard Zare with an Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society Certificate

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Richard Zare receives R. B. Bernstein Award in Stereodynamics

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

The International Evaluation Committee (IEC) for assessing the performance of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) meets with State Councillor Madame Lin Yandong (in Chinese), Dec 17, 2010

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Richard Zare receives the Einstein Professorship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Richard N. Zare speaks at the IUPAC International Congress on Analytical Sciences (ICAS 2011), Kyoto, Japan, upon receiving honorary membership into the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry (JSAC), video recorded by Prof. Daniel Chiu, Department of Chemistry, Washington University

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Richard Zare Receives Torbern-Bergman Medal from Swedish Chemical Society for Significant Contributions to Analytical Chemistry (photo of medal)

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Richard Zare Receives The World Academy of Sciences Lecture Medal from President Hu Jintao of China (Chinese version). (Photo of Medal)

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Richard Zare Discussing his TWAS Medal Lecture on His Advances in Detecting Tuberculosis at this year’s conference.

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

Richard Zare Receives the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award from the People’s Republic of China. State Counselor Liu Yandong Presented Professor Zare with the Gold Medal Award. Press Release from The Chinese Academy of Sciences. Press Release in Chinese Local News Clip about the Award.

May 23, 2020
Prizes & Awards

ChemWipes 2009

May 22, 2020
ChemWipes

Observation of the 0-fs pulse, An April Fools joke published in Optics & Photonics News

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Report to the National Science Board, Richard N. Zare, Chairman NSB May 1996-May 1998, Washington DC

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Progress in Practice: Three Plenaries I. Richard N. Zare, Enhance, Enable, and Elucidate, Article by Brian P. Coppola, The Chemical Educator 3 S1430-4171(98)03215-0 (1998)

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

“Nobel Laureates Visited the Exhibition of Energy and Environment,” News article about Prof. Zare in Beijing Times (September 15, 2007)

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

“Who is Able to Do Both Research and Management at the Same Time? I Am One of Them!,” News article about Prof. Zare in ScienceNet (September 13, 2007)

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

“Notes of Nobel Laureate Beijing Forum 2007,” News article about Prof. Zare in Science and Technology Daily (September 12, 2007)

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

“Distinguished Scientists Received Honorary Professorships from Tsinghua University and Students Asked about Global Warming,” News article about Prof. Zare in Science and Technology Daily (September 12, 2007)

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

“Wolf Prize Laureate Zare: I have a Chinese Penpal,” News article about Prof. Zare in ScienceNet (September 12, 2007)

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

“Richard Zare: Beijing Needs Three Solutions for Environmental Protections,” News article about Prof. Zare in Beijing Times (September 12, 2007)

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

“Nobel Laureates Beijing Forum Richard Zare: Rub a Layer of Sunblock for the Earth,” News article about Prof. Zare in Beijing Evening News (September 12, 2007)

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

“Do Best for Energy Saving: The Wolf Prize Laureate Walks to Work,” News article about Prof. Zare in ScienceNet (September 11, 2007)

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

“Nobel Laureates Beijing Forum Will Open Tomorrow,” News article about Prof. Zare in Beijing Evening News (September 10, 2007)

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

CBS News on Why the Sky is Blue

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Inauguration of the Madan Mohan Malaviya Amphitheatre in the C. N. R. Rao Hall of Science

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Richard Zare gives Boissevain Lecture at Bucknell University on How To Be Successful. October 2012

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Richard Zare discusses Global Energy and Climate Change on Radical Physics.

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Professor Zare discusses the “Recipe for Life” with Astriobiologist and NASA-Ames Researcher, Lynn Rothschild.

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Richard Zare: Making Materials That Hate Water To Love Water: The Transformative Power of Chemistry

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Professor Zare discusses Human Alcholysis.

May 22, 2020
Other Lectures & Speeches

Charting a Course for Chemistry Education, M. M. Kirchhoff and R. N. Zare, Journal of Chemical Education 86, 145 (2009).

May 19, 2020
On Education

Prof. Zare on Mentoring, prepared for Presidental Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring award proceedings, January, 2010

May 19, 2020
On Education

Prof. Zare on Writing Professor Zare discusses the importance of writing and communication in the field of Chemistry for Stanford’s Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR).

May 19, 2020
On Education

Prof. Zare on Obstacles Facing American Universities Professor Zare discusses the financial obstacles facing both public and private Universities in the United States.

May 19, 2020
On Education

Prof. Zare on Tenure Professor Zare describes his departments criteria for tenure and what makes a good researcher. Korean Version.

May 19, 2020
On Education

Professor Zare on Education Professor Coppola, University of Michigan, discusses a talk given by Professor Zare on education and creating a student-centered approach to learning.

May 19, 2020
On Education

Professor Zare performs a demonstration showing the fall and rise of a heavy water ice cube in normal water.

May 19, 2020
On Education

Professor Zare on better practices in scientific pubilishing

May 18, 2020
On Education

Professor Zare on IISERs discussing the Indian higher educational system

May 18, 2020
On Education

Professor Zare discusses autonomy and accountability in institutions of higher education in this opinion piece for Current Science.

May 18, 2020
On Education

Rethinking the ‘Other’ Sciences, A Chemical & Engineering News Opinion Piece in which Professor Zare discusses the importance of research areas lying outside the physical sciences.

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Professor Zare’s report reflecting on the progress that the National Science Board made during his tenure as chairman.

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

What Galileo And Newton Started, A Chemical & Engineering News Opinion Piece in which Professor Zare reviews The Ascent of Science by Brian Silver

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Reshaping Affirmative Action, Chemical & Engineering News

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Interdisciplinary Research: From Belief to Reality, Science Magazine

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Millennial Musings, Chemical & Engineering News

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

A Highly Unoriginal Idea, Analytical Chemistry

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

The American Chemical Industry – A Perspective from an Academic, delivered talk at the 219th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Remarks made before the 14th Canadian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Ottawa, Canada

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Test Takers Or Scientists? (Korean version), editorial in Chosun Ilbo (March 4, 2006)

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Test Takers Or Scientists?, guest editorial for Chemical and Engineering News, Volume 83, Number 5 p. 3

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Letter to New York Times: Scientists Speak Out about Guantanamo

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Sex, Lies, and Title IX, Perspective in Chemical and Engineering News

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

“Rising Above the Gathering Storm (RAGS) Redux: From RAGS to ???” plenary lecture presented at SERMACS on 11-14-2008.

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Letter on Title IX, Perspective in Chemical and Engineering News

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Why Help a Growing Scientific Giant?, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8202 – 8203

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Fatty Bundles Sneak siRNA Into Cells, Chemical and Engineering News 2011

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Assessing Academic Researchers, Angewandte Chemie Editorial 2012

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

“Wired” Science or Whither the Printed Page? Professor Zare and Shmuel Winograd discuss the issues the scientific community faces when publishing their journals and papers electronically.

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Professor Zare on Science and Techonology Centers. Professor Zare contributes as the Chairman of the Panel on Science and Techonology Centers in this publication put out by the National Academy of Sciences

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Professor Zare on Science Funding in China. Professor Zare and Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker discuss the role of the Nation Science Foundation of China and its contributions and impact over the last 25 years.

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Professor Zare on Scientific Authorship. Professor Zare discusses scientific authorship and how to give credit where credit is due in this guest editorial for Current Science. Chinese version published in China Science Daily

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Yonghe Zheng and Richard N. Zare, “Developing Fundamental Research that Meets the Needs of the Country but at the Same Time Motivates Curiosity-Driven Investigations,” China Social Science Net, December 28, 2014 (in Chinese).

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Professor Zare opines further on Scientific Authorship in this German language piece published in Bunsen Magazine. The English translation can be found here.

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Professor Zare disusses the obsession with being number one in this opinion piece for Current Science. A Chinese language version can be found here.

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Professor Zare discusses autonomy and accountability in institutions of higher education in this opinion piece for Current Science.

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

Professor Zare presents the case for peer-informed review to increase innovation in scientific research at universities in this opinion piece for Chemical & Engineering News. A Chinese language version can be found here.

May 18, 2020
Opinion Pieces

New Columbia Professor, 29, news item, New York Times, May 19, 1969

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

“Wired” Science or Whither the Printed Page, Editorial, Science 269, 615 (1995)

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

New Tools are Catalysts for Proactive Chemistry, Dallas Morning News

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

Tiny Reaction Vessels Mimic Cell Membranes, Chemical & Engineering News

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

Chemistry Teacher Zare Captivates Young Minds with Lab Theatrics, Stanford Report

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

In Question: Richard Zare, San Jose Mercury News SV Magazine (via the Wayback Machine)

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

A Quest for Fun, Article about Prof. Zare by Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay, In My Shoes, Anal. Chem. 79 7945-7947 (2007)

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

Stanford chemist shows there is action in failed chemical reactions. Prof. Richard Zare shows how energy can be transferred from a hydrogen atom to a deuterium molecule without the atom actually striking the molecule.

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

Some fundamental interactions of matter turn out to be fundamentally different than thought, say Stanford researchers, Stanford Report

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

Stanford researchers find a quicker, cheaper way to sort isotopes, Stanford Report

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

Featured Scientist, Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy @ scifun.org

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

Science is Not a Zero-Sum Game, Interview with Prof. Zare in “Resonance”

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

Stanford Lab Explores Fundamental Nature of Cancer Using Mass Spectrometry

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

Richard N. Zare: An Oral History. Prof. Zare gives a narrative of his life and work in this interview conducted by the Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program.

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

Prof. Zare presents his research on the composition of scorpion venom in this video of a lecture given at El Colegio Nacional as part of a symposium discussing The best of Stanford University in Mexico.

May 14, 2020
Richard Zare & His Research

Opinion Pieces

May 12, 2020