Jerrold Zar

{{Short description|American biologist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Jerrold H. Zar

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|06|28}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| fields = Biology

| workplaces = Northern Illinois University

| alma_mater = University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

| doctoral_advisor = S. Charles Kendeigh

}}

Jerrold Howard Zar (born 1941) is an American biologist and Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University, having been elected as Fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.{{Cite web |url=https://www.aaas.org/fellow/zar-jerrold-h |title=Zar, Jerrold H. |publisher=aaas.org |accessdate=April 22, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=http://niu.edu/biology/about/faculty/zar/index.shtml |title=Jerrold H. Zar |publisher=niu.edu |accessdate=April 22, 2017}}