Argonne National Laboratory

Lisa M. Utschig

Chemist (Photosynthesis)

Dr. Lisa Utschig is a Chemist at the U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.

Biography

Lisa Utschig is a Chemist with the Solar Energy Conversion Group and Lead Principal Investigator - Natural Photosynthesis.

Education

  • BA, Cornell College
  • PhD, Northwestern University
  • Enrico Fermi Scholar, Argonne National Laboratory

Primary Research Interests

  • Investigation of photochemical energy conversion in natural photosynthetic systems
  • Development of innovative bioinorganic approaches to modify photosynthetic proteins for solar fuel production
  • Creation of novel biohybrid complexes for the study of light-induced electron transfer reactions coupled to catalyst site hydrogen generation

Select Recent Publications

  1. “Preface to the special issue:  photosynthesis-inspired biohybrid and biomimetic systems”  Photosynthesis Research, 2020.  DOI: 10.1007/s11120-019-00703-z
  2. “Women at the forefront of energy research:  A virtual issue” ACS Energy Letters, 2020. DOI:  10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02695
  3. “Interprotein electron transfer biohybrid system for photocatalytic H2 production” Photosynthesis Research, 2020.  DOI: 10.1007/s11120-019-00705-x
  4.  ​“Spin-correlated radical pairs as quantum sensors of bidirectional ET mechanisms in Photosystem I”  J. Phys. Chem. B, 2019, 123, 7536-7544. DOI: 10.1021/acs/jpcb.9b06636
  5.  ​“Z-scheme solar water splitting via self-assembly of photosystem I-catalyst hybrids in thylakoid membranes”  Chemical Science, 2018, 9, 8504-8512. DOI:10.1039/c8sc02841a
  6. “Charge separation related to photocatalytic H2 production from a Ru-apoflavodoxin-Ni biohybrid”  ACS Energy Letters, 2017, 2, 230-237.
  7. “Ru-protein-Co biohybrids designed for solar hydrogen production:  understanding electron transfer pathways related to photocatalytic function”  Chemical Science, 2016, 7, 7068-7078. 
  8. “Modular homogeneous chromophore-catalyst assemblies”  Acc. Chem. Res. 2016, 49(5), 835-843.
  9. “Light-driven hydrogen production from Photosystem I-catalyst hybrids” Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2015, 25, 1-8.
  10. “Aqueous light driven hydrogen production by a Ru-ferredoxin-Co biohybrid” Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 10628-10631.
  11. “Directionality of electron transfer in Type I reaction center proteins:  High-frequency EPR study of PSI with removed iron-sulfur centers” J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b04063
  12. “Protein delivery of a Ni catalyst to Photosystem I for light-driven hydrogen production” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 13246-13249.