Samir Zard

Samir Zard
Born1955
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut
Imperial College
Université Paris-Sud
Known forBarton–Zard synthesis
AwardsCNRS Silver Medal (2007)
Légion d'honneur (2007)
Grand Prix Achille Le Bel (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry

Samir Zard (born 1955) is a Lebanese-French chemist and the president of the department of chemistry at the École polytechnique, Paris, where he also directs the department of organic chemistry and synthesis.