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Daniel G. Nocera
American inorganic chemist
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Daniel George Nocera
- Born:
- July 3, 1957, Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S. (age 67)
- Title / Office:
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005)
- Subjects Of Study:
- renewable energy
Daniel G. Nocera (born July 3, 1957, Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American inorganic chemist known for inventing the first practical “artificial leaf,” a silicon-based catalyst capable of separating hydrogen and oxygen from water in the presence of sunlight. Nocera received a B.S. in chemistry from Rutgers University in 1979 and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1984. While working at Caltech in the laboratory of inorganic chemist Harry Gray, he studied the transfer of electrons in inorganic systems and in biological systems such as proteins; these studies are now regarded as the first ...(100 of 451 words)