The Department of Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University is made up of internationally recognized faculty involved in all areas of contemporary chemical science, including many interdisciplinary areas that combine chemistry with biology, medicine, physics, and materials.

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The Goldberg Group

The Goldberg Group reports a series of sequentially formed peroxo(diiron), FeIV(O), and FeIII(OH) complexes from the reaction of a thiolate-ligated nonheme iron complex with O2. These complexes improve our understanding of the fundamental process of dioxygen activation by iron complexes and the related sulfur-ligated nonheme iron enzymes.

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New delocalization pathways in conjugated materials

In a collaboration with chemists at Georgetown University and University of Oregon, the The Tovar Group engineered radial conjugation pathways into pi-conjugated systems that are traditionally made up of linear pathways.

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The Bowen Group

The Bowen Group realized highly selective C-H bond activation in methane by single platinum atomic anions.

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The Klausen Group

The Klausen Group reports the synthesis of a silicon macrocycle.

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The Thoi Group

The Thoi Group's new work reveals novel post-synthetic modification strategy leads to improved electrochemical performance in Li-S batteries.

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The Greenberg Group

The Greenberg Group discovered that DNA methylation produces deleterious DNA-protein cross-links in the chromatin of cellular DNA, which could influence how biologists think about the cytotoxicity of drugs such as temozolomide (used to treat glioblastoma) and lead to improvements in how cells are damaged by DNA alkylation.

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Fluoronium ions characterized in solution

The Lectka Lab reports proton, carbon and fluorine NMR studies that elucidate the structure of a symmetric fluoronium ion trapped by a rigid framework.

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News & Announcements

September 10, 2020

Former Townsend Lab Group Member Makes FORTUNE’s Annual 40 under 40 List

FORTUNE is a world renowned organization dedicated to curating articles based on successful individuals, businesses, industries and much more. Each year their elite team compose a list of emerging leaders […]

August 26, 2020

Prof. McQueen and Team Selected to Run National Quantum Information Science Research Center

There are five National Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers. The Department of Energy (DOE) has chosen the Brookhaven National Laboratory as one of the laboratories to run one of […]

August 25, 2020

Former Lectka Lab Group Member Develops FDA Approved Cancer Drug

Dana Ferraris was the first ever group member to graduate from the Johns Hopkins University chemistry department Ph.D. program in Dr. Thomas Lectka lab group back in 1999. Dr. Ferraris […]

August 25, 2020

The Greenberg Group Publishes a Hot Paper on DNA Damage in Angewandte Chemie

Congratulations to Liwei Zheng of the Greenberg group for his recent publication in Angewandte Chemie which was selected as a Hot Paper by the editors. In collaboration with the Su […]

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Faculty Research Highlights
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The Goldberg Group

New delocalization pathways in conjugated materials

The Bowen Group

The Klausen Group

The Thoi Group

The Greenberg Group

Fluoronium ions characterized in solution

News & Announcements

Former Townsend Lab Group Member Makes FORTUNE’s Annual 40 under 40 List

Prof. McQueen and Team Selected to Run National Quantum Information Science Research Center

Former Lectka Lab Group Member Develops FDA Approved Cancer Drug

The Greenberg Group Publishes a Hot Paper on DNA Damage in Angewandte Chemie

Faculty Research Highlights Explore the department’s most current findings

The Goldberg Group

New delocalization pathways in conjugated materials

The Bowen Group

The Klausen Group

The Thoi Group

The Greenberg Group

Fluoronium ions characterized in solution

Faculty Research Highlights
Explore the department’s most current findings