Born Long Beach, California, 1958. University of California, San Diego, B.A., 1980. California Institute of Technology, Ph.D., 1986. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Director's Postdoctoral Fellow, 1986-1987. University of Pittsburgh, Professor, 1987-1999. University of Chicago, Professor, 1999-. Chairman, Department of Chemistry, 2003-2009. Deputy Dean, Physical Science Division, 2013-. Accolades

2014 Arthur L. Kelly Prize for Exceptional Faculty Service. 1999 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1998 Visiting Faculty Scholar, Los Alamos National Laboratory. 1997 Visiting Professor, Ecole Centrale Paris. 1996 Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award, University of Pittsburgh. 1993-1995 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. 1990-1995 David and Lucile Packard Fellow. 1987-1992 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Distinguished New Faculty Grant. 1987-1992 National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator.

Inorganic Chemistry/Materials/Nanoscience

Research in the Hopkins group is centered in inorganic chemistry. We are broadly interested in understanding the relationships among the molecular and electronic structures of inorganic compounds and their excited-state, redox, catalytic, and surface chemistry, especially within the contexts of applications to renewable energy and functional materials. Our work incorporates synthetic chemistry, mechanistic studies, physical characterization (steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopies, electrochemical and structural methods, scanning-probe microscopy), and computational studies. Three current areas of interest are:

Artificial photosynthesis Molecular patterning of surfaces Conjugated transition-metal materials

Electronic, Redox, and Photophysical Consequences of Metal-for-Carbon Substitution in oligo-Phenylene-Ethynylenes. D. C. O'Hanlon, B. W. Cohen, D. B. Moravec, R. F. Dallinger and M. D. Hopkins, J. Am Chem. Soc. 2014,136, 3127–3136. (link) Electron-Transfer Sensitization of H2 Oxidation and CO2 Reduction Catalysts Using a Single Chromophore. N. T. La Porte, D. B. Moravec and M. D. Hopkins, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2014, 111, 9745–9750. (link) Photoinduced Charge Separation in Zinc–Porphyrin/Tungsten–Alkylidyne Dyads: Generation of Reactive Porphyrin and Metallo Radical States. D. B. Moravec and M. D. Hopkins, Chem.—Eur. J. 2013, 19, 17082–17091. (link) Dihydrogen Activation by a Tungsten–Alkylidyne Complex: Toward Photoredox Chromophores that Deliver Renewable Reducing Equivalents. C. A. Morales-Verdejo, M. I. Newsom, B. W. Cohen, H. B. Vibbert and M. D. Hopkins, Chem. Comm. 2013, 49, 10566–10568. (cover article. link) Oxidation-Potential Tuning of Tungsten–Alkylidyne Complexes over a 2 V Range. D. E. Haines, D. C. O’Hanlon, J. Manna, M. K. Jones, S. E. Shaner, J. Sun and M. D. Hopkins, Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 9650–9658. (link) FRET Sensitization of Tungsten–Alkylidyne Complexes by Zinc Porphyrins in Self-Assembled Dyads. D. B. Moravec and M. D. Hopkins, J. Phys. Chem. A 2013, 117, 1744–1755. (link) Near-Infrared Transient-Absorption Spectroscopy of Zinc Tetraphenylporphyrin and Related Compounds. Observation of Bands that Selectively Probe the S1 Excited State. D. B. Moravec, B. M. Lovaasen and M. D. Hopkins, J. Photochem. Photobio. A 2013, 254, 20–24. (link) Ground State and Excited State Structures of Tungsten–Benzylidyne Complexes. B. M. Lovaasen, J. V. Lockard, B. W. Cohen, S. Yang, X. Zhang, C. K. Simpson, L. X. Chen and M. D. Hopkins, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 5660–5670. (cover article, link) Synthesis, Structures, Bonding, and Redox Chemistry of Ditungsten Butadiyne Complexes with WC–CW Backbones. J. Sun, S. E. Shaner, M. K. Jones, D. C. O’Hanlon, J. S. Mugridge and M. D. Hopkins, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 1687–1698. (link) 1000-Fold Enhancement of Luminescence Lifetimes via Energy-Transfer Equilibration with the T1 State of Zn(TPP). B. W. Cohen, B. M. Lovaasen, C. K. Simpson, S. D. Cummings, R. F. Dallinger and M. D. Hopkins, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 5777–5779. (link)