Lowell Technological Institute, Lowell, MA: Chemistry, High Honors, BS 1971 Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI: Radiation Phys. Chemistry, PhD 1976, Mentor: John Willard Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA: Biophysics 1976-1978 Lab. of Chemical Biodynamics Mentors: Kenneth Sauer and Melvin Klein

Biophysical Chemistry/Inorganic Chemistry

Renewable solar based fuels, chemical catalysis for energy, microbial metabolism for fuels, photosynthesis, bioinorganic chemistry

G. Charles Dismukes is a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University on the faculties of the Chemistry & Chemical Biology Department and the Waksman Institute of Microbiology. He is a member of the executive committee of the Institute for Advanced Materials and Device Nanotechnology (IAMDN), and the graduate training faculty in Microbiology and Biochemistry.

Research Areas: Biological and chemical methods for renewable solar-based fuel production, catalysis, photosynthesis, metals in biological systems and tools for investigating these systems.