Graduate Student Positions Available

There are graduate student positions available in my group in the areas of model complex synthesis (especially non-heme iron complexes), high-level spectroscopy (including Magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) and Resonance Raman spectroscopy), and electronic structure calculations using density functional theory. Transition metal nitrosyls and their role in biology are central research areas in my group. These are studied using corresponding synthetic model complexes. Research projects are also available in the field of high-valent transition metal-oxo complexes, and the devopment of electrocatalysts for nitrite and nitrate reduction.

Projects include:
Synthesis of model complexes for nitric oxide reductases. This includes the preparation of heme and non-heme iron model complexes, the investigation of their coordination chemistry with NO, and reactivity studies (using chemical and electrochemical means). All complexes will further be investigated using a multitude of spectroscopic methods.

Preparation of late transition metal-oxo complexes, especially with Co and Ni, and studies into their electronic structures and reactivity. This includes detailed spectroscopic studies on these complexes.

Synthesis of new electrocatalysts for the reduction of nitrate to ammonia. This includes detailed electrochemical and mechanistic studies, and for successful catalysts, immobilization on electrode surfaces.

Preparation of engineered heme proteins as new (green) catalysts for the conduction of organometallic reactions in water.


Please email me for details. I am available to discuss any of these projects in detail in relation to your research interests.

Dr. habil. Nicolai Lehnert
Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics
Department of Chemistry
The University of Michigan
930 N. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
USA

Office: 2807 CHEM
Phone: (001)-734-615-3673
Department FAX: (001)-734-647-4847

lehnertn@umich.edu