Charles Bonner Harris (April 24, 1940 – March 10, 2020) was an American physical chemist.

Education and career

Charles B. Harris was born in New York City and spent most of his youth in Grosse Pointe. He attended the University of Michigan and received his bachelor's degree in 1963. In 1966 he received his Ph.D. in chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under F. Albert Cotton. The following year, Harris went to the University of California, Berkeley, where he became a professor in the chemistry department. He headed this department from 2003 and was dean of the faculty from 2004 to 2007. In 2015 he retired. His research focus was in the field of ultrafast dynamics and electron dynamics as well as the dynamics of chemical reactions in liquids. He educated multiple generations of scientists in chemical dynamics and ultrafast science who have since become leaders in the field including, as Ph.D. students, Paul Alivisatos,

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Honors and awards

Harris was elected a member of the

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in 2002. Besides, he is also a member the

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, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the

American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ...

, and the Optical Society of America.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Charles B. 1940 births 2020 deaths University of California, Berkeley faculty Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Physical chemists Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows of the American Physical Society Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences American chemists Scientists from New York City