Bruce S. Brunschwig

Beckman Institute, MC 139-74                                                          phone: 626-395-2420

California Institute of Technology                                                      FAX: 626 564-9672

1200 E California Blvd.                                                                     e-mail: bsb@caltech.edu

Pasadena, CA 91125

Bruce S. Brunschwig has been studying change transfer, inorganic photochemistry and solar fuels solar chemistry for 40 years, and has published over 200 papers.

Dr. Brunschwig graduated from the University of Rochester with a B.A. in Chemistry in 1966 working with Prof. Robert W. Kreilick. He received a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (NYU School of Engineering) under the supervision of Prof. Norman Peterson in 1972. He then taught for five years at Hofstra University where he served as department Chair for his last two years. He moved to the Department of Chemistry at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1977 where he worked with Dr. Norman Sutin. He rose to the rank of Senior Chemistry. He moved to the Beckman Institute of the California Institute of Technology in 2003 where he is a Member of the Beckman Institute and director the Molecular Materials Resource Center and an active in Solar Conversion Research.

Research Interests:

Studies of thermal and photoinduced electron-transfer reactions.

Dark and light induced electron transfer between semiconductors and solution redox couples.

Kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation and reduction of water to H₂ and O₂.

XPS, FTIR, and AFM studies of semiconductor surfaces.

Spectroscopy of charge-transfer transitions.

Models for electron-transfer reactions.

Artificial photosynthesis.

Passivation of semiconductor surfaces.

Vapor sensors arrays – artificial nose.

Professional Preparation

Stevens Inst. of Technology           Hoboken, N.J.           Chemistry,                     transferred

University of Rochester                 Rochester, N.Y.        Chemistry,                B. A., 6/1966

NYU Poly. School of Eng.             Bklyn., N.Y.              Chem. Physics        Ph. D., 6/1972

Appointments

California Institute of Technology: Member of the Beckman Institute              2003-present

Director, Beckman Institute Molecular Materials Research Center                   2003-present

Brookhaven National Laboratory: Senior Scientist                                             2002-2003

California Institute of Technology: Visiting Faculty                                          1991-1992

Brookhaven National Laboratory: Scientist                                                        1983-2002

Brookhaven National Laboratory: Associate Scientist                                       1979-1983

Brookhaven National Laboratory: Visiting Scientist                                          1977-1978

Hofstra University: Chairman, Chemistry Department                                      1975-1978

Hofstra University: Assistant Professor of Chemistry                                        1973-1979

New College of Hofstra University: Assistant Professor of Chemistry:             1972-1977

Publications

Over 200 publications in refereed journals with over 12,000 citations.

Other Activities

Member of Management Team of NSF CCI Solar at Caltech.

Director of the Molecular Materials Resource Center at Caltech.

Develop experimental laboratory course, Chemistry 3X, for Freshman at Caltech.

Member of the development team for the Joint Center for Artificial Photochemistry.

Participant in the CCI Solar Army outreach program.

Lead design team for the laboratory space in Jorgensen Laboratory Building. for JCAP at Caltech.