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Michael Fayer

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Michael Fayer · Science & Medicine

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Physical chemist known for ultrafast infrared spectroscopy

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1947, Los Angeles, California, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Michael Fayer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physical chemist known for ultrafast infrared spectroscopy

How & why

Fayer is a Jewish American physical chemist at Stanford who pioneered ultrafast infrared nonlinear laser techniques, especially two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy, to watch molecular motion on the fastest timescales. His methods reveal the dynamics of water, biological molecules and complex liquids, and he has trained generations of scientists. Born in Los Angeles, he earned his doctorate at Berkeley and has been on the Stanford faculty since 1974.

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Physical chemist known for ultrafast infrared spectroscopy

1947

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry