The Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering Seminar Series

Wendy Shaw is a Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Wash. on Monday, Sept. 14 at 12:10 p.m. in Todd 311.

Dr. Shaw earned her Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Seattle of Arts and Whitman College, Walla Walla and her Ph.D. in Physical/Biophysical Chemistry from University of Washington. Her areas of expertise include: gaining a fundamental, molecular-level understanding of the role of the enzyme scaffold, or outer coordination sphere, on molecular catalysts. Investigating the role of proton channels, the environment around the active site, structural stability and dynamics on catalysts for H2 production and oxidation as well as CO2 hydrogenation, using 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensional NMR and dynamic NMR techniques to characterize novel catalysts and catalytic intermediates for the interconversion of H+ to H2, O2 to H2O and N2 to NH3, respectively.

Topic:

Mimicking Enzymatic Function in Molecular Catalysts for Energy Transformations

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