Author Archives: Karen Mulfort

Welcome summer students!

The group is lucky to host two students this summer! Colin Duckworth just finished his freshman year at the University of Alabama and will be working with Lisa on reaction center protein photochemistry. Elijah Davis is a recent graduate from … Read More »

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Lisa is a new AAAS Fellow!

Let’s give a huge congratulations to Lisa, who has been selected as a new Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)! AAAS fellows are nominated for their ​efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or … Read More »

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New Clean Energy award!

Karen, Alex, and Cong Liu (CSE Catalysis) have been awarded in the BES Clean Energy and Low-Carbon Manufacturing Initiative! Their program, titled “Molecularly Defined Multi-Metal Clusters for Solar Energy Conversion” will investigate new solution- and vapor-phase synthesis approaches to obtaining … Read More »

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AWIS Scientist of the Month!

Congratulations to Lisa, who is featured as the Scientist of the Month for the Chicago chapter of the Association for Women in Science! In the feature article she discusses her balance between world-class research in photosynthesis and bioinorganic chemistry with … Read More »

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CCBC: Center for Catalysis in Biomimetic Confinement

Dave, Lisa, Oleg, Nina, and Karen are excited to be PIs in the newly formed Center for Catalysis in Biomimetic Confinement (CCBC) Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC)! CCBC is led by Prof. Cheryl Kerfeld (Michigan State University, LBNL) and brings … Read More »

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Congratulations Professor He!

Xiang is leaving Argonne for the warmth and sunshine of Florida as he accepts a faculty position at the Florida Institute of Technology! We will miss Xiang’s vast contributions to many of the group’s programs, but eagerly await his own … Read More »

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Farewell Professor Sprague-Klein!

Congratulations to Emily, who is leaving Argonne to begin a faculty position in the Department of Chemistry at Brown University!! We will miss all of your contributions to the group, but are excited to see all of the great science … Read More »

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Chem. Sci. cover

Congratulations to Lisa, whose recent publication in Chem. Sci. is featured on the cover! This work describes a biohybrid approach to observing and isolating important intermediates in the photosynthetic electron transfer relay. Great work team!!

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Angew. Chem. cover

Sam’s latest paper is featured on the cover of its issue of Angewandte Chemie! This manuscript describes the high-resolution solution phase structural analysis of five bimetallic complexes using high-energy X-ray scattering and pair distribution function analysis (HEXS/PDF). We were able … Read More »

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New QIS program!

Congratulations to Oleg, who is the lead PI for a new DOE/BES program in the recent Quantum Information Science (QIS) initiative! The program will investigate how quantum effects influence solar energy conversion processes in nature, and focuses on the effects … Read More »

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