Lisa Utschig is a Chemist with the Solar Energy Conversion Group.

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. “Spin-correlated radical pairs as quantum sensors of bidirectional ET mechanisms in Photosystem I”  J. Phys. Chem. B, 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs/jpcb.9b06636
2.  ​“Z-scheme solar water splitting via self-assembly of photosystem I-catalyst hybrids in thylakoid membranes”  Chemical Science, 2018, DOI:10.1039/c8sc02841a
3. “Charge separation related to photocatalytic H₂ production from a Ru-apoflavodoxin-Ni biohybrid”  ACS Energy Letters, 2017, 2, 230-237.
4. “Ru-protein-Co biohybrids designed for solar hydrogen production:  understanding electron transfer pathways related to photocatalytic function”  Chemical Science, 2016, 7, 7068-7078. 
5. “Modular homogeneous chromophore-catalyst assemblies”  Acc. Chem. Res. 2016, 49(5), 835-843.
6. “Light-driven hydrogen production from Photosystem I-catalyst hybrids” Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2015, 25, 1-8.
7. “Aqueous light driven hydrogen production by a Ru-ferredoxin-Co biohybrid” Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 10628-10631.
8. “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
9. “Protein delivery of a Ni catalyst to Photosystem I for light-driven hydrogen production” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 13246-13249.