Background
Lai, Richard Jean was born on May 18, 1940 in Poet-Celard, Drome, France. Son of Efisio Armand and Jeanne Marguerite (Peysson) Lai.
Lai, Richard Jean was born on May 18, 1940 in Poet-Celard, Drome, France. Son of Efisio Armand and Jeanne Marguerite (Peysson) Lai.
Maitrise chimie, Faculty Sciences St. Charles, Marseille, France, 1967; doctorat ès sciences, Faculty Sciences St. Charles, Marseille, France, 1974.
Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research, Marseille, since 1969.
Fellow Royal Society Chemistry. Member American Chemical Society, Society Francaise de Chimie.
Married Marie Odile Trensz, July 10, 1965 (divorced 1980). 1 child, Emmanuelle; married Lucette Scamaroni, April 23, 1983.