The Bioinspired Light Escalated Chemistry (BioLEC) Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC)

Princeton, NJ
Joined October 2018
Massive congratulations to @dmac68 and @ben_list on winning the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry!
BREAKING NEWS: The 2021 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.”
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Think like a plant! That's what researchers @Princeton did when they developed a catalyst that makes chemical reactions productive for longer. Based on how photosynthesis works, they slowed down a step in a chemical process to get more out of it: chemistry.princeton.edu/news…
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Congratulations to @BioLECEFRC's @gabriela_ssc, Prof. Abigail Doyle, and @todd_hyster, who have all won 2022 ACS National Awards! cen.acs.org/people/awards/AC…
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The @MacMillan_Lab published today in "Nature Chemistry" on the photoredox-catalyzed site-selective functionalization of tyrosine residues, in collab with the Scholes Lab and @BMSNews. Congrats Beryl, Daniel, Steven, Daniel, Greg, Dave, and all: go.nature.com/3hctckV
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BioLEC EFRC retweeted
We are looking for a postdoctoral research associate with expertise in synthetic photochemistry and an interest in mechanistic studies to join the @BioLECEFRC team at @BrookhavenLab. jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/postd… biolec.princeton.edu/
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What is the role for quantum vibrations in the transfer of electrons for solar energy conversion? Check out research by Princeton Prof Greg Scholes and his team in Nature Chemistry @BioLECEFRC vimeo.com/489109930
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Just out in @J_A_C_S, research from @BioLECEFRC showing that direct excitation of flavin hydroquinone within “ene”-reductase active sites enables new substrates to participate in photoenzymatic reactions. Congrats Braddock, Phillip, Dan, Yuji, Greg, Todd. #chemistry #phdchat
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A more environmentally friendly and less wasteful way to produce the polymers that make up plastics is to use UV light. With our support, researchers from @NCState have found ways to use lower energy yellow or green light to make polymer gels news.ncsu.edu/2020/09/photoa…
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Researchers at @Princeton have yielded a new platform to allow chemists to reinterpret the rules of stereochemistry and stereocontrol, a discovery with important implications for the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries chemistry.princeton.edu/news…
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The organisers of this week's #BlackInChem event spoke to @ChemistryWorld about their stories and hopes for the event. Let's amplfy Black voices and celebrate Black excellence in chemistry. Follow @BlackInChem @Devin_Eleven @onlyayanna_ & @That_Astro_Chic ⚗️🧪 and get involved
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Y’all ready for the flyer for #BlackinChem ?! 👀👀👀👀👀 @That_Astro_Chic @onlyayanna_ @KathinatedDrink @blackinthelab @NatRodLopes1 @hi_d_nq and I are sooooooo excited 🎉🎉🎉 Mark your calendars!
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Phil Castellano (@CastellanoGroup) writes on the progress towards deterministic control of thermally activated delayed photoluminescence - which promises bespoke photosensitizers and light emitters - in the latest #JACSPerspective acspubs.co/tNMT50AgGJ4
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Excitation of Ni-photoredox intermediates generates d-d states that can form Ni(I) via Ni-aryl homolysis. Read more about this work from @PrincetonChem @NCStateChem @BioLECEFRC: acspubs.co/k30S30qovQA
This is a fun project supported by @doescience @BioLECEFRC and it has been fun working with Abby Doyle and her students and Greg Scholes and his group. #chemtwitter @CastellanoGroup @sgarakyaraghi #photoredox – at Raleigh, NC
Excitation of Ni-photoredox intermediates generates d-d states that can form Ni(I) via Ni-aryl homolysis. Read more about this work from @PrincetonChem @NCStateChem @BioLECEFRC: acspubs.co/k30S30qovQA
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Congrats to @gabriela_ssc @johnsonchem @DincaGroupMIT! @BioLECEFRC @NCStateChemGSA – at Raleigh, NC
The Department of Chemistry has recently approved the promotions of Professors Mircea Dincă, Jeremiah Johnson, and Gabriela Schlau-Cohen. All promotions are effective July 1, 2020. Congratulations @DincaGroupMIT @johnsonchem @gabriela_ssc! chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-…
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Following BioLEC’s attendance at the IAPS meeting, Thrust B Leader Garry Rumbles introduces the topic for our Emerging Topics Workshop: multiphoton and multielectron chemistry. #scicomm
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