Jonah W. Jurss
Assistant Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
The University of Mississippi
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Jonah W. Jurss is Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at The University of Mississippi. He has done his B.S. Chemistry with Honors from North Carolina State University, Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Postdoctoral Research Associate in University of California, Berkeley. His current research focuses on developing and understanding new earth-abundant catalysts for energy conversion chemistry and the selective functionalization of hydrocarbons.
Research Interest
Solar energy conversion, artificial photosynthesis (H2O oxidation, CO2 reduction), surface attachment, catalysis, mechanistic studies.
Publications
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Jurss JW, Concepcion JC, Norris MR, Templeton JL, Meyer TJ. (2010) Surface catalysis of water oxidation by the blue ruthenium dimer. Inorganic chemistry; 49: 3980-2.
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Jurss JW, Concepcion JJ, Butler JM, Omberg KM, Baraldo LM, Thompson DG, Lebeau EL, Hornstein B, Schoonover JR, Jude H, Thompson JD. (2012) Electronic structure of the water oxidation catalyst cis, cis-[(bpy) 2 (H2O) RuIIIORuIII (OH2)(bpy) 2] 4+, the blue dimer. Inorganic chemistry; 51: 1345-58.
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Jurss JW, Khnayzer RS, Panetier JA, El Roz KA, Nichols EM, et al. (2015) Bioinspired design of redox-active ligands for multielectron catalysis: effects of positioning pyrazine reservoirs on cobalt for electro-and photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from water. Chemical Science; 6: 4954-72.
