Allen J. Bard

Allen Bard
Bard in 2014
Born	Allen Joseph Bard (1933-12-18)December 18, 1933 New York City, U.S.
Died	February 11, 2024(2024-02-11) (aged 90) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Education	Bronx High School of Science
Alma mater	City College of New York (BS) Harvard University (MS, PhD)
Awards	Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1982)[1] Olin Palladium Award (1987) Linus Pauling Award (1998) NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (1998) Priestley Medal (2002) William H. Nichols Medal (2004) Wolf Prize (2008) National Medal of Science (2011) Enrico Fermi Award (2013) King Faisal International Prize (2019)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry Electrochemistry
Institutions	University of Texas at Austin California Institute of Technology Cornell University
Website	bard.cm.utexas.edu

Allen Joseph Bard (December 18, 1933 – February 11, 2024) was an American chemist.^[2] He was the Hackerman-Welch Regents Chair Professor and director of the Center for Electrochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin.^[3] Bard developed innovations such as the scanning electrochemical microscope, his co-discovery of electrochemiluminescence, his key contributions to photoelectrochemistry of semiconductor electrodes, and co-authoring a seminal textbook.^[4]