Daniel Harris

Meet Daniel Harris

Nominator comment: For over four decades Daniel Harris has written the "gold standard" of analytical chemistry textbooks, used by about half of North American students and many more around the world through its numerous translations. The 9th edition (2016) has been translated into Italian, Greek, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese. The 10th edition (2020) has been translated (so far) into Greek, Korean, Portuguese, and Chinese (simplified and complex characters). Dan has a deep concern for his students as individuals, even though they number in the hundreds of thousands. He is not only concerned about the students in the class, but also considers what they need to know when they start graduate school or their first job. It’s not surprising that many analytical chemists continue to have their copy of QCA within reach years if not decades after they finish their analytical courses.