B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005 Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2011 NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, 2011-2014

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The increase in worldwide demand for energy, coupled with the proposed role of CO2 on global warming and the eventual depletion of fossil fuels, necessitates the development of new technologies for the efficient conversion of energy. My research program is focused on developing a fundamental understanding of transition-metal mediated small molecule activation, as it pertains to energy conversion and green synthetic applications. Using motifs found in Nature, we will design and develop transition metal complexes that will allow us to test ideas on how to selectively achieve complex multi-e?C/multi-H+ chemical transformations at low over-potentials. Topics of current interest include (i) activation of O2 for fuel cell and synthetic applications, and (ii) electrocatalytic CO2 fixation and CO2 reduction to methanol. Detailed reactivity and mechanistic studies will be combined with a wealth of data from spectroscopic and structural techniques to provide insights to these transformations, which will allow for the rational design of functional catalysts. Members o

Saouma, C. T.; Lu, C. C.; Day, M. W.; Peters, J. C. Solvent-Mediated Control of the CO2 Reduction Profile by Fe(I): C-O Cleavage Versus C-C Coupling. Chem. Sci.2013, DOI: 10.1039/C3SC51262B. Saouma, C. T.; Lu, C. C.; Peters, J. C. Mononuclear Five- and Six-Coordinate Iron Hydrazido and Hydrazine Species. Inorg. Chem.2012, 51, 10043 ?C 10054. Kinney, R. A.; Saouma, C. T.; Peters, J. C.; Hoffman, B. M. Modeling the Signatures of Hydrides in Metalloenzymes: ENDOR Analysis of a Di-iron Fe(???CNH)(???CH)Fe Core. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2012, 134, 12637 ?C 12647. Saouma, C. T.; Kaminsky, W.; Mayer, J. M. Protonation and Concerted Proton?CElectron Transfer Reactivity of a Bis-Benzimidazolate Ligated [2Fe?C2S] Model for Rieske Clusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2012, 134, 7293 ?C 7296.

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