Executive Director, Chemistry at Northwestern University
- Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry
- Director, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT)
- Executive Director, Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy
Departments
Education
- Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Chicago
- B.S. Chemistry, University of Chicago
Research Interests
Artificial photosynthesis: solar fuels & solar electricity, molecular electronics, quantum information science
Professor Wasielewski’s research centers on light-driven charge transfer and transport in molecules and materials, photosynthesis, nanoscale materials for solar energy conversion, spin dynamics of multi-spin molecules, quantum information science, and time-resolved optical and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Significant Recognition
- Royal Society of Chemistry, Faraday Lectureship Prize, 2022
- Hinshelwood Lectureship, University of Oxford, 2022
- Bergman Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 2021
- Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2021
- Royal Society of Chemistry, Bruker Prize in EPR Spectroscopy, 2021
- Josef Michl American Chemical Society Award in Photochemistry, 2020
- Silver Medal in Chemistry, International EPR Society, 2018
- Royal Society of Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry Award, 2017
- Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2016
- American Institute of Chemists, Chemical Pioneer Award, 2016
- Honda-Fujishima Lectureship Award, Japanese Photochemistry Association, 2015
- Swiss Chemical Society Lectureship, 2015
- Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2014
- Royal Society of Chemistry Environment Award, 2013
- Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2013
- Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society, 2012
- R. Stephen Berry Lecturer, Telluride Science Center, 2010
- Frontiers of Chemistry Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University, 2010
- Clare Hamilton Hall Endowed Chair, Northwestern University, 2010
- Hutchison Lecturer, University of Rochester, 2009
- Kaufman Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh, 2008
- The Porter Medal for Photochemistry, 2008
Significant Professional Service
- Member, National Academy of Sciences Consensus Committee on “Identifying Opportunities at the Interface of Chemistry and Quantum Information Science”, 2022-present
- Vice-President, Americas, International EPR Society, 2021-present
- Executive Committee Member, Initiative at Northwestern for Quantum, Information Research and Engineering (INQUIRE), 2019-present
- Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Liquid Sunlight Alliance (LiSA), 2020-present
- Member, DOE-Basic Energy Sciences Council for Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, 2018-present
- Co-Chair, Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels Gordon Research Conference, 2014
- Academic Advisory Committee, Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, (iChEM), University of Science and Technology, China, 2012-2015
- Energy Advisory Board, US Senator Mark Kirk (Illinois) 2012-2015
- Member, External Advisory Board, Center for Interface Science: Solar Electric Materials (CISSEM), University of Arizona, 2012-2014
- Member, Technical Advisory Board, Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame University (cSEND), 2012-2015
- Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for Advanced Solar Photovoltaics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2009-2018
- Co-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Photochemistry, 2009
- Illinois 10th Congressional District Energy Advisory Board, 2008-2010
- Organizer, ANSER Center Inaugural Symposium, 2008
- Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020-present
- Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Society Reviews, 2019-present
- Editorial Advisory Board, Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 2018-present
- Executive Advisory Board, Advances in Sustainable Systems, 2017-present
- Editorial Advisory Board: Energy and Environmental Sciences, 2016-present
- Editorial Advisory Board: Nature Communications, 2010-2016
- Editorial Board: Energy and Environmental Sciences, 2008-2015