We achieve our aims by combining wide-ranging expertise centered on a single mission, bringing together our team of organic and inorganic chemists, biochemists, spectroscopists, physical chemists, materials scientists and engineers to approach catalysis in new ways.
BioLEC News
Dave MacMillan wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry!
Wholehearted congratulations to Dave MacMillan, BioLEC's Director of Strategy, on winning the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Dave was recognized with Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and the University of Cologne for the development of...
Former BioLEC Distinguished Postdoc Hannah Sayre starts new position at Northeastern University
Congratulations to Hannah Sayre, who has just started in her new role as Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Hannah was the first post doc selected for BioLEC's Distinguished Postdoctoral program, working...
BioLEC Investigators Win ACS National Awards
Congratulations to three BioLEC investigators who have won prestigious 2022 ACS National Awards!Gabriela Schlau-Cohen (MIT) was recognized with the ACS Pure Chemistry AwardAbigail Doyle (UCLA) won the ACS Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in...
Paul Chirik Wins ACS Catalysis Award
Paul Chirik, the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry, has received the Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis, one of 60 national awards administered this month by the American Chemical Society (ACS) for 2021. The Somorjai Award recognizes...
Solar Fuels and Feedstocks: The Quest for Renewable Black Gold
Published in: Energy & Environmental ScienceAbstract: Photocatalysis for organic synthesis is a tool capable of C–C, C–O and C–N bond transformations. This technology has the potential to transform the chemical manufacturing industry and support growing demand for...
BioLEC Researchers Discover New Photoactivation Mechanism for Polymer Production
The BioLEC team consists of multiple research groups from universities and national laboratories across the United States.
