This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $450,000 provides funding from July 2022 through June 2025 for mechanistic organic photochemistry research at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. The principal investigator, Professor Alexander Greer, will analyze oxygen-involving photochemical reactions and subsequent downstream processes to delineate primary from secondary, tertiary, and quaternary photo-oxidation mechanisms. This work aims to improve control of bacterial...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) for a 3-year project. The objective is to establish light-activated reactions that form transition metal hydride complexes, which are critical for producing fuels and commodity chemicals. The research activities will study the electronic structure and photochemistry of...
Professor Kutateladze of the University of Denver will use a $575,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to further develop photoassisted approaches for the synthesis of complex heterocyclic molecules with potentially useful therapeutic properties. Over a three-year period from September 2023 through August 2026, his research aims to expand the synthetic photochemistry toolbox, specifically excited state intramolecular...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $530,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new computer simulation models for studying light-driven chemical processes. The three-year grant, effective September 1, 2023, will enable the Neuscamman research group to create advanced tools for accurately simulating the movement of electrons and molecules in response to light...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $685,000 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The five-year award beginning March 1, 2021 will support research titled "CAREER: ELECTRON-PRIMED PHOTOCATALYSIS AS A PLATFORM TO EXPAND ARYL RADICAL REACTIONS." The university's Research and Sponsored Programs division will deliver products and services focused on using electron-primed...
This $650,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry supports the research of Dr. Raphael Florentino Ribeiro of Emory University. The award, effective December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2028, aims to develop new theoretical approaches and computational methods for investigating chemical phenomena in microenvironments that confine light and interact strongly with matter. The research will computationally explore strategies to achieve...
Rutgers, The State University was awarded a $470,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct mechanistic studies of organic reactivity under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Over a three-year period from July 2021 through June 2024, Rutgers researchers will leverage this funding to increase understanding of major problems in chemistry through advancing the store of scientific knowledge on organic reaction mechanisms. Specifically,...
This $700,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research conducted by Professor Daniel G. Nocera of Harvard University. The funded research focuses on using light-driven bond rearrangements at the metal center of molecular complexes to facilitate the conversion of renewable energy into fuels and other useful materials. Key areas of investigation include: 1) enhancing the selectivity of C-H bond activation by...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $432,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Utah. The funding supports a research project led by Professor Jon Rainier that aims to utilize light-driven photoelectrocyclization reactions to synthesize complex, optically active molecules with potential pharmaceutical, agricultural, and materials applications. The project seeks to uncover fundamental photochemical phenomena and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $575,000 project grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study the use of light in organic synthesis. Under this 3-year award effective July 1, 2024, Professor Tehshik Yoon and his team will design novel photocatalysts that can interact directly with small molecules to control how they react and form more complex products. The research aims to transform discovery in pharmaceutical...