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Nicolai Lehnert

Nicolai Lehnert

Nicolai Lehnert
Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Literature, Science, & Arts » Biophysics
Literature, Science, & Arts » Chemistry

Nicolai Lehnert is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics at the University of Michgan. He studied Chemistry at the Heinrich­-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany, and obtained his Diploma in Chemistry in 1995. He then moved to the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, were he received his Ph.D. in 1999 working on model systems for nitrogenase under supervision of Priv.-Doz. Dr. F. Tuczek and Prof. Dr. P. Gütlich. He then joined the group of Prof. Dr. E. I. Solomon at Stanford University, USA for postdoctoral research from 1999 to 2001. In November 2001, he started as a Habilitand (senior research assistant, includes the conduction of independent research) at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany. After completion of his Habilitation (qualification for permanent faculty positions at German Universities) in 2006 he accepted a faculty position at the University of Michigan, where he started in September 2006. He received tenure in 2012. His work is focused on the coordination chemistry of nitric oxide as it pertains to biological systems, in particular NO sensing and detoxification. He is also an expert in solar energy conversion using (photo)electrocatalysis, and the application of metalloenzymes in biocatalysis, to create more sustainable approaches to chemical synthesis.

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