Michael R. Wasielewski

ISEN Executive Director, Chemistry at Northwestern University

Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry
Director, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT)
Executive Director, Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN)

Departments

Chemistry

Education

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Chicago
B.S. Chemistry, University of Chicago

Research Interests

Artificial photosynthesis: solar fuels & solar electricity, molecular electronics, quantum information science

Professor Wasielewski’s research centers on light-driven charge transfer and transport in molecules and materials, photosynthesis, nanoscale materials for solar energy conversion, spin dynamics of multi-spin molecules, quantum information science, and time-resolved optical and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Significant Recognition

Royal Society of Chemistry, Faraday Lectureship Prize, 2022
Hinshelwood Lectureship, University of Oxford, 2022
Bergman Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 2021
Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2021
Royal Society of Chemistry, Bruker Prize in EPR Spectroscopy, 2021
Josef Michl American Chemical Society Award in Photochemistry, 2020
Silver Medal in Chemistry, International EPR Society, 2018
Royal Society of Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry Award, 2017
Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2016
American Institute of Chemists, Chemical Pioneer Award, 2016
Honda-Fujishima Lectureship Award, Japanese Photochemistry Association, 2015
Swiss Chemical Society Lectureship, 2015
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2014
Royal Society of Chemistry Environment Award, 2013
Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2013
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society, 2012
R. Stephen Berry Lecturer, Telluride Science Center, 2010
Frontiers of Chemistry Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University, 2010
Clare Hamilton Hall Endowed Chair, Northwestern University, 2010
Hutchison Lecturer, University of Rochester, 2009
Kaufman Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh, 2008
The Porter Medal for Photochemistry, 2008

Significant Professional Service

Member, National Academy of Sciences Consensus Committee on “Identifying Opportunities at the Interface of Chemistry and Quantum Information Science”, 2022-present
Vice-President, Americas, International EPR Society, 2021-present
Executive Committee Member, Initiative at Northwestern for Quantum, Information Research and Engineering (INQUIRE), 2019-present
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Liquid Sunlight Alliance (LiSA), 2020-present
Member, DOE-Basic Energy Sciences Council for Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, 2018-present
Co-Chair, Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels Gordon Research Conference, 2014
Academic Advisory Committee, Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, (iChEM), University of Science and Technology, China, 2012-2015
Energy Advisory Board, US Senator Mark Kirk (Illinois) 2012-2015
Member, External Advisory Board, Center for Interface Science: Solar Electric Materials (CISSEM), University of Arizona, 2012-2014
Member, Technical Advisory Board, Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame University (cSEND), 2012-2015
Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for Advanced Solar Photovoltaics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2009-2018
Co-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Photochemistry, 2009
Illinois 10th Congressional District Energy Advisory Board, 2008-2010
Organizer, ANSER Center Inaugural Symposium, 2008
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020-present
Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Society Reviews, 2019-present
Editorial Advisory Board, Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 2018-present
Executive Advisory Board, Advances in Sustainable Systems, 2017-present
Editorial Advisory Board: Energy and Environmental Sciences, 2016-present
Editorial Advisory Board: Nature Communications, 2010-2016
Editorial Board: Energy and Environmental Sciences, 2008-2015

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“Exponential Distance Dependence of Photoinitiated Stepwise Electron Transfer in Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Molecules: Implications for Wire-like Behavior”

Published In: Journal of the American Chemical Society

Exponential Distance Dependence of Photoinitiated Stepwise Electron Transfer in Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Molecules: Implications for Wire-like Behavior, A. Butler Ricks, D. T. Co, K. E. Brown, M. Wenninger, S. D. Karlen, Y. A. Berlin, and M. R.

“A Multistate Switchable [3]Rotacatenane”

Published In: Chemistry-a European Journal

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201002152

“Mechanically Stabilized Tetrathiafulvalene Radical Dimers”

Published In: J. Am. Chem. Soc.

DOI: ja110584c.pdf

Ali Coskun, Jason M. Spruell, Gokhan Barin, Albert C. Fahrenbach, Ross S. Forgan, Michael T. Colvin, Raanan Carmieli, Diego Benítez, Ekaterina Tkatchouk, Douglas C. Friedman, Amy A. Sarjeant, Michael R. Wasielewski, William A. Goddard, and J. Fraser Stoddart, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133 (12), 4538-4547

“Resonance-Shifting to Circumvent Reabsorption Loss in Luminescent Solar Concentrators”

Published In: Nature Photonics

DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.236

Noel C. Giebink, Gary P. Wiederrecht, Michael R. Wasielewski, Nature Photonics, 2011, 5 (11), 694-701

“Strong Exciton-Photon Coupling with Colloidal Quantum Dots in a High-Q Bilayer Microcavity”

Published In: Appl. Phys. Lett.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3558731

Noel C. Giebink, Gary P. Wiederrecht, Michael R. Wasielewski, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2011, 98 (8), article 081103

“Thermodynamic Efficiency Limit of Excitonic Solar Cells”

Published In: Phys. Rev. B

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.195326

Noel C. Giebink, Gary P. Wiederrecht, Michael R. Wasielewski, Stephen R. Forrest, Phys. Rev. B, 2011,83 (19), article 195326

“Biomimetic Multifunctional Porous Chalcogels as Solar Fuel Catalysts”

Published In: J. Am. Chem. Soc.

DOI: 10.1021/Ja111275t

Benjamin D. Yuhas, Amanda L. Smeigh, Amanda P. S. Samuel, Yurina Shim, Santanu Bag, Alexios P. Douvalis, Michael R. Wasielewski, and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011,133 (19), 7252-7255

“Synthesis, Characterization, and Photoinduced Energy and Electron Transfer in a Supramolecular Tetrakis (Ruthenium(II) Phthalocyanine) Perylenediimide Pentad”

Published In: Chem-Eur J

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201002963

Angel J. Jiménez, Bruno Grimm, Victoria L. Gunderson, MT Vagnini, Sandra Krick Calderon, M. S. Rodríguez-Morgade, Michael R. Wasielewski, Dirk M. Guldi, and Tomas Torres. Chem-Eur J, 2011, 17 (18), 5024-5032

“Planar Dye-Sensitized Photovoltaics through Cavity Mode Enhancement”

Published In: Energy Environ. Sci.

DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01578H

Alex B. F. Martinson, Noel C. Giebink, Gary P. Wiederrecht, D. Rosenmann, and Michael R. Wasielewski, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4 (8), 2980-2985

“Photoinitiated Multistep Charge Separation in Ferrocene-Zinc Porphyrin-Diiron Hydrogenase Model Complex Triads”

Published In: Energy Environ. Sci.

DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01334C

Premaladha Poddutoori, Dick T. Co, Amanda P. S. Samuel, Chul Hoon Kim, Michael T. Vagninia, and Michael R. Wasielewski, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4 (7), 2441-2450

Michael R. Wasielewski

Education

Research Interests

Artificial photosynthesis: solar fuels & solar electricity, molecular electronics, quantum information science

Significant Recognition

Significant Professional Service

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