Please join Yale Chemistry for the 2025 Crabtree Lecture in inorganic chemistry with Prof. Jonas Peters, Bren Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech.
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The Peters Group’s studies in (bio)inorganic and organometallic chemistry emphasize new concepts for catalysis, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis to drive important and mechanistically fascinating transformations. These include reactions of biological significance (e.g., N2-to-NH3 conversion), and transformations of consequence to global sustainability and human health (e.g., solar fuels via electrocatalytic CO2 and N2 fixation), including the development of electrocatalytic proton-coupled electron transfer (ePCET) mediators for selective reductions of unsaturated (including organic) substrates. Within each area, the Peters Group aims to establish and understand what underpins the reactivity patterns they discover, thereby gaining insight into the fundamental principles behind these catalytic transformations. Using a range of spectroscopies and accompanying theoretical studies, they map electronic structures alongside studies of the corresponding mechanistic pathways. For more information on Prof. Peters’ research: The Peters Group
Hosted by Prof. Nilay Hazari and Prof. Gary Brudvig