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The Man and His Vision

Professor James M. Mayer mayer[at]chem.washington.edu

Visitors

Prof. Xiujian Wang wang1_xj[at]yahoo.com.cn (January 2013 - January 2014) Guangxi Normal University, China Prof. Wang is working on new porphyrins for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction.

Prof. Zhaosheng Qian zqian[at]uw.edu (April 2013 - April 2014) Zhejiang Normal University, China Assistant Prof. Qian is studying the PCET reactivity of TiO2 nanoparticles.

Sarah Richard sarrich21[at]gmail.com (April 2013 - August 2013) Paris Descartes University, France Master's Student Sarah is investigating PCET reactions on Ti8 clusters.

Post Docs

Dr. Johanna Blacquiere jb44[at]uw.edu (Jan. 2011 - ) B.Sc. Honours, 2005, Mount Allison University-- New Brunswick, Canada (chemistry) Ph.D. 2011, University of Ottawa (Fogg) Johanna is interested in the design of molecular electrocatalysts for applications in O2 reduction. Incorporation of a proton relay functionality in the ligand framework is expected to improve catalyst performance.

Dr. Caroline Saouma csaouma[at]uw.edu (Feb. 2011 - ) B.S. 2005, MIT (chemistry) Ph.D. 2011, Caltech (Peters) Caroline is interested in studying PCET at biomimetic [Fe-S] clusters.

Dr. Carlos Rodríguez del Río crodri[at]uw.edu (Feb. 2012 - ) B.Sc, 2004, University of Barcelona, Spain (chemistry) M.Sc., 2005, University of Barcelona, Spain Ph.D., 2009, University of Barcelona, Spain, (Martínez) Carlos is investigating the use of iron porphyrins as electrocatalysts in the oxygen reduction reaction. Exploring the role of proton relays.

Dr. Derek J. Wasylenko djwasyle[at]uw.edu (Sept. 2012 - ) B.Sc., 2007, University of Calgary, AB, Canada (chemistry) Ph.D., 2012, University of Calgary, AB, Canada (Berlinguette) Derek is interested in studying the mechanisms of dioxygen reduction and applying these principles towards the design of surface modified electrodes for catalytic applications.

Graduate Students

Shoshanna Barnett sbarnett[at]u.washington.edu B.A./M.S. 2008, Brandeis University (chemistry) 5th year graduate student Shoshanna is studying the mechanism of water oxidation using copper compounds.

David Lao davidlao[at]u.washington.edu B.S. 2007, UW (chem engineering) 5th year graduate student David's research is focused on the development of a catalytic cycle for the oligomerization of methane.

Tom Porter portet[at]uw.edu B.S. 2009, Washington State University (chemistry) 4th year graduate student Tom is interested in studying CPET in biomimetic heme models.

Jessica Wittman jessica.wittman[at]gmail.com B.S. 2009, Montana State University (chemistry) 4th year graduate student Jessica is studying proton-coupled electron transfer of ruthenium complexes with separation between the Ru redox center and the ligand basic site.

Miles Braten bratenm[at]uw.edu B.S. 2008, University of San Francisco (chemistry) 3rd year graduate student Miles is looking into charging processes of metal oxide nanoparticles.

Carolyn Valdez cnvaldez[at]uw.edu B.S. 2010, Caltech (chemistry) 3rd year graduate student Carolyn is interested in understanding ZnO nanocrystals from the perspective of a small molecule chemist and is studying their redox properties.

Michael L. Pegis pegism14[at]gmail.com Honors B.S. 2012, Western Washington University (chemistry ACS) 1st year graduate student Michael is interested in the design of molecular electrocatalysts for the reduction of oxygen to water

Jennifer Peper jlpeper[at]gmail.com B.A. 2012, Indiana University (chemistry) 1st year graduate student Jennifer is using TiO2 nanoparticles to perform 2-electron reductions.

Undergraduate Students

Ben Horst ben.g.horst[at]gmail.com Senior at UW majoring in Chemistry (BS, ACS), Biochemistry (BA), and Mathematics (Minor). Ben is studying how TiO2 nanoparticles can reduce and oxidize other species.

Margaux Pinney margauxp[at]uw.edu Junior at UW (biochemistry, math minor) Margaux is investigating the kinetics of PCET reactions at [Fe-S] clusters.

Ashley Soria ansoria[at]uw.edu Senior at UW (chemistry) Ashley is studying the chemical reduction of zinc oxide nanocrystals.