Dudley R. Herschbach (1932- )

Awarded the Prize “for his contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.”

American chemist. Herschbach was born in San José, California on June 18, 1932. He was educated at the University of Stanford at Harvard University, where he gained his Ph.D. in 1958. After teaching at the University of California, Berkeley for four years, he returned to Harvard in 1963 as Professor of Chemistry. He has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences American Academy of Arts