Richard J. Saykally, PhD

Richard is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1979. His research group studies the structure and dynamics of water and aqueous systems with laser and synchrotron spectroscopy. He has published more than 450 papers, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has received the E. O. Lawrence Award. He convened the IIBHB’s Seventh Annual Townes and Tagore Seminar at UC Berkeley in 2016, where he spoke on the advantages of the HydroGrameen model over desalination. In a conversation with Dr. Rash B. Ghosh recorded that year, he talks about Charles Townes, his water research, desalination, and HydroGrameen.