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Guest Speaker: Prof. Sarah Bowman


Guest Speaker: Prof. Datong Song


2025 R. B. King Lecture:
Sustainable Production of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds

This project seeks to invent novel chemical pathways from phosphate raw material inputs to value-added phosphorus chemicals of commercial importance. Traditionally, the phosphorus chemicals industry has utilized carbothermal reduction of mined phosphate rock in the production of white phosphorus as the starting point for all reduced phosphorus chemicals. This example of industrial redox malpractice needs to be replaced, and we are calling for…


Inorganic Chemistry Literature Seminar: Lanjun (Amy) Cheng


Inorganic Chemistry Research Seminar: Bingnan Li


Structural Investigation of Substrate Binding and Oxygen Addition in Thiol Dioxygenases

Thiol dioxygenases (TDOs) are a family of unique non-heme iron-dependent metalloenzymes that catalyze the addition of both atoms of molecular oxygen to the thiol groups of their substrates.1 Previously characterized members have shown several important roles in thiol and oxygen homeostasis among bacteria, mammals, and plants.2 These enzymes belong to the cupin enzyme superfamily, which is characterized by a β-barrel fold and has two semi-…


Achieving Peroxidase-like Kinetics and ROS Production with Single-atom Iron Nanozymes

Antioxidant enzymes such as peroxidase, catalase, and superoxide dismutase perform the critical role of converting reactive oxygen species (ROS) like hydrogen peroxide and superoxide into benign molecules such as water and dioxygen. However, some modern cancer treatments seek to take advantage of the destructive effects of ROS to induce cell death in tumor cells1. Native peroxidases are typically cytoprotective, but their ability to rapidly and…


Exploring and Engineering Iron Enzymes

From respiration to nitrogen fixation, iron-containing enzymes catalyze some of the most critical biological processes. These enzymes exploit their complex protein architecture to manipulate the chemical properties of their iron center and execute a diverse array of biochemical reactions. The Bhagi-Damodaran lab is dedicated to elucidating the structural and mechanistic foundations of iron enzyme function and developing small-molecule discovery…


Mechanistic Insights into Acetyl CoA Synthase from Nickel-Substituted Azurin

CO dehydrogenase (CODH) and Acetyl CoA synthase (ACS) belong to the ancient Wood-Ljungdhal pathway, widely speculated to have been the first metabolic pathway to develop in the earliest lifeforms. Early life forms were strictly anaerobic and this metabolic pathway allowed those organisms to grow solely on CO and CO2. CODH first catalyzes the reversible reduction of CO2 to CO. ACS then catalyzes C-C bond formation between CO and CH3 to form an…


R. B. King Lecture: Enabling Molecular Quantum Information Science with Electron Spins

Quantum technologies based on molecular electron spin coherence afford unique potential in miniaturization, spatial localization, and tunability through synthetic chemistry and biomolecular integration. However, many applications within molecular quantum information science hinge on slowing down spin relaxation, a process that effectively leaks quantum information into the environment. Additionally, applications such as quantum sensing with…
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