Michael J. Therien
Office: 2213 FFSC
Phone: (919) 660-1670
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Research Interests
Our research is concerned primarily with mechanistic studies of charge transfer reactions as well as the biomimetic chemistry of light harvesting and small molecule activation. Electron and energy transfer processes impact a vast number of research areas of modern chemistry. Detailed understanding of these reactions is not only important from a theoretical perspective; with a firm mechanistic foundation, it may be possible to design and build synthetic enzymes that catalyze highly specific redox reactions, design new catalysts for alkane activation that feature electron transfer initiation, as well as synthesize photosynthetic reaction center mimics and artificial light-harvesting antenna systems, important first steps toward the development of both new solar energy storage technologies and molecular electronic devices.
Publications
Most recent publications in PubMed