Marion C. Thurnauer

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Education

• University of Chicago, Ph.D. Chemistry, 1974
• University of Chicago, M.S., Chemistry, 1969
• University of Chicago, B.A. with honors, Chemistry, 1968

Professional Experience

• Argonne National Laboratory
  • 2006–present, Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Emeritus, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
  • 2003, Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Chemistry Division
  • 1995–2003, Division Director, Chemistry Division
  • 1993–1995, Group Leader, Photochemical Energy Sciences Group, Chemistry Division
  • 1992–1994, Women in Science Program Initiator
  • 1991, Senior Chemist, Chemistry Division
  • 1981, Chemist, Chemistry Division
  • 1977, Assistant Chemist, Chemistry Division
  • 1974, Postdoctoral Appointee, Chemistry Division, Photosynthesis Group, with J. J. Katz and J. R. Norris

Selected Honors

• University of Chicago–Argonne Pinnacle of Education Award (2007)
• Argonne Science Career in Search of Women Conference Founders' Award (2007)
• Francis P. Garvan–John M. Olin Medal Award, National American Chemical Society (2002)
• The University of Chicago Award for Distinguished Performance (1991)
• Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award, Iota Sigma Pi, National Honorary Society for Women in Chemistry (1987)
• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1997)
• YWCA Outstanding Women Leaders of DuPage County Award (1996)
• Association of Technological Socieities Award of Merit (1990)
• Argonne National Laboratory Director's Award for Extraordinary Effort in Organizing "Science Careers in Search of Women" Conference (1990)
  

Selected Professional Activities

• 2007–present: Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials Proposal Evaluation Board
• Co-Editor, The Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria (2008) Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Vol. 28, (Hunter CN, Thurnauer, MC, Daldal F and Beatty JT, eds) Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
• 2007, 2008:  Consumer Advocate Reviewer, DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, Breast Cancer Research Program
• 1996–2003:  Advisory Board, NSF-Idaho EPSCoR Project Review, Moscow, Idaho
• 2002:  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Physical Biosciences Division Review Committee
• 2001:  Committee of Visitors for Division of Chemistry of NSF, February 2001
• 2000–2002:  Editorial Board, Biophysical Journal
• 1998–2001:  Chemical Sciences Roundtable, National Research Council; Vice-Chair, 2000–2001
• 1999–2001:  Users Committee for National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
• 2002:  Organizing Committee Workshop on Women in the Chemical Workforce, National Research Council
• 1994: Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Photosynthesis: Biophysical Aspects
• 1993:  Vice-chair, Gordon Research Conference on Photosynthesis: Biochemical Aspects
  

Research Interests

• Solar photochemical energy conversion in bacterial and oxygenic photosynthesis and model photosynthetic systems
• Development of time-resolved magnetic resonance techniques, particularly for application to study sequential electron transfer in photochemical energy conversion
• Bio-inspired nanomaterials that mimic the energy transduction of natural photosynthesis
  

Recent Publications (selected from more than 100)

ENDOR OF SPIN-CORRELATED RADICAL PAIRS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AT HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD: A TOOL FOR MAPPING ELECTRON TRANSFER PATHWAYS
O. G. Poluektov, L. M. Utschig, A. A. Dubinskij, and M. C. Thurnauer
J. Am. Chem. Soc. Comm. 126 (6), 1644-1645 (2004)

PHOTOINITIATED CHARGE SEPARATION: FROM PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO NANOPARTICLES
M. C. Thurnauer, N. M. Dimitrijevic, O. G. Poluektov, and T. Rajh
The Spectrum 17 (1), 10-15 (2004)

TIME-RESOLVED HIGH-FREQUENCY AND MULTIFREQUENCY EPR STUDIES OF SPIN-CORRELATED RADICAL PAIRS IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER PROTEINS
M. C. Thurnauer, O. G. Poluektov, and G. Kothe
Chapter 6 in Biological Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 22, Very High Frequency (VHF) ESR/EPR, O. Y. Grinberg and L. J. Berliner, Eds., Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2004, pp 165-206

METAL ION MODULATED ELECTRON TRANSFER IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROTEINS
L. M. Utschig and M. C. Thurnauer
Acc. Chem. Res., 37 (7), 439-447 (2004)

ELECTRON TRANSFER PATHWAYS AND PROTEIN RESPONSE TO CHARGE SEPARATION IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTERS: TIME-RESOLVED HIGH-FIELD ENDOR OF THE SPIN-CORRELATED RADICAL PAIR P865+QA-
O. G. Poluektov, L. M. Utschig, A. A. Dubinskij, and M. C. Thurnauer
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 4049-4059 (2005)

BIDIRECTIONAL ELECTRON TRANSFER IN PHOTOSYSTEM I: DIRECT EVIDENCE FROM HIGH-FREQUENCY TIME-RESOLVED EPR
O. G. Poluektov, S. V. Paschenko, L. M. Utschig, K. V. Lakshmi, and M. C. Thurnauer
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127 (34), 11910-11911 (2005)

PROBING REACTION MECHANISMS IN MIXED PHASE TiO2 BY EPR
D. C. Hurum, A. G. Agrios, S. E. Crist, K. A. Gray, T. Rajh, and M. C. Thurnauer
J. Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 150 (2-3), 155-163 (2006)

HIGH-FIELD EPR STUDIES OF ELECTRON TRANSFER INTERMEDIATES IN PHOTOSYSTEM I
M. C. Thurnauer, O. G. Poluektov, and G. Kothe
(2006) In: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Vol. 24, (Golbeck, JH, ed) Photosystem I, The Light-Driven Plastocyanin:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase, pp. 339- 360, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands

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