G. Charles Dismukes

Princeton University

Department of Chemistry, Hoyt Laboratory, Princeton, NJ  08544

Office Tel (609) 258-3949 Fax (609) 258-1980; dismukes@princeton.edu; http://www.princeton.edu/~catalase

PERSONAL                                                     

 

  Married: Linda P. Nowicki; children: Gerard, Grace and Sophia.

 

EDUCATION:                                                 

                            Lowell Technological Institute, Lowell, MA                                             Chemistry, High Honors,     BS 1971

      Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI                     Radiation Phys. Chemistry,                   PhD 1976

                                                                                         Mentor: John Willard

      Univ.of California, Berkeley, CA                       Biophysics                                            1976-1978

      Lab. of Chemical Biodynamics                          Mentors: Kenneth Sauer & Melvin Klein                      

        

POSITIONS AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE                                                                                

·        Full, Associate & Assistant Professor: Dept. of Chemistry, Princeton               1991, 1984, 1978         

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Affiliated member Princeton Environmental Institute                                                                                                        1995

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Affiliated  of the Princeton Materials Institute                                                                                                                              1990

·        Visiting Professor Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble France,                                      1997

·        Visiting Professor Kansai-Gaikun University, Nishinomiya, Japan                                   1997               

·        Visiting Research Scientist:  Squibb Institute for Medical Research; , Princeton               1991 

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Visiting Scientist Service de Biophysique, Dept. de Biologie, CEN-Saclay                                                                      1984

                                                         

AWARDS:

·        1969, 70, 71 Top chemistry student award Lowell Tech. Institute & BS with high honors

·        1971 American Institute of Chemistry Outstanding Senior Award, New England Chapter

·              1972-75 DOE Predoctoral Scholarship, University of Wisconsin

·              1975 Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award, University of Wisconsin

·              1975-78 DOE Postdoctoral Fellowship Lab. of Chemical Biodynamics, University of California

·        1979 DuPont Young Faculty Award

·        1981-83 G. D. Searle Scholars Award

·        1983 Monbusho Visiting Lectureship (Japan's Ministry of Education) RIKEN Symposium

·        1984-86 Alfred P. Sloane Award

·        1987 Monbusho Visiting Lectureship (Japan's Ministry of Education) NIBB, Okazaki

·        1984 Visiting Research Fellowship, Service de Biophysique Departement de Biologie, CEN-Saclay

·        1991 Squibb Institute Fellowship, Visiting Research Scientist

·        1992 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Kyoto University

·        1992 National Research Council Fellowship

·        1997 CNRS Distinguished Visiting Fellow Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble France

·        1997 NRSA Fogarty International Fellow

·        1997 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Distinguished Visiting Fellow Kansai-Gaikun Univ.

·        2004 Lemberg Award, Australian Academy of Sciences;

 

Selected Honors & National/International Service, 2004-

2008 Lecturer, MULTI AGENCY COORDINATION COMMITTEE FOR COMBUSTION RESEARCH (MACCCR) NIST FUELS RESEARCH REVIEW, Gaithersburg MD, 8-10 September; Convenor: Julian Tishkoff

2008 Plenary lecturer, ZIF International bioenergy symposium “SolarBioFuels”, Center for Biotechnology, University of Bielefeld, Germany, August 12-14, Convener: Olaf Kruse 

2008 Lecturer, AFOSR BioFuels Program Review, Aug 5-6, Convenor: Walter Kozumbo.

2008 Lecturer/Advisor to National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) workshop on Microalgal Lipid to Biofuels, February 19-21, 2008 Arlington, VA.

2008 Lecturer, Rutgers Univ. Energy Center Symposium, New Brunswich, NJ, April 21.

2008 lecturer, PRISM-Industrial Research Symposium, Materials for Energy. Princeton, NJ, Marth19th-20th, 2008.

2008 Plenary lecturer, ESF-EMBO Symposium on “Molecular Bioenergetics of Cyanobacteria: Towards Systems Biology Level of Understanding”, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 29 March - 3 April; Convener: Eva Mari Aro.

2008 Lecturer, Utah State University, Dept of Chemistry, March, host L. Seefeldt.

2007 Plenary lecturer, National ACS Meeting, Presidential Symposium: "Realizing the Full Potential of Solar Energy Conversion through Basic Research in Chemistry and Biochemistry", Chicago, Convener: Arthur Nozik, March 25-29,

2007 Reviewer, German BMBF (Federal ministry of education and research) on “Biohydrogen", Berlin, Feb. 21-23. Schedule conflict.

2007 Plenary lecturer/workshop report, Royal Society Discussion "Revealing how Nature uses sunlight to split water", London , UK, Convener: James Barber, April 23-24.

2007 Lecturer/member workshop report, National Academy of Sciences, “Workshop on Bio-Inspired Chemistry for Energy”, Convener, Douglas Ray, May 14-15,

2007 Plenary lecturer, International Hydrogenase Conference, Breckenridge, CO, August 5-10.

2007 Symposium lecture, AFOSR Conference on Biological Hydrogen Production from Water and Light, Colorado School of Mines/National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO, Convener: Matthew Posewitz, August 11.

2006 Conference Chair, Biological Hydrogen Production from Water and Light: Current Status & Future Prospects, Sponsored by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research; Princeton, July. http://www.princeton.edu/~biosolar/july_2006_biosolar_h2_2nd_annual.htm

2006 lecturer, CCNY, Dept. of Biochemistry, Bronx NY, August

2006 lecturer, Harvard University, Div. Engineering & Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, October.

2006 lecturer, American Chemical Society, Princeton Chapter, NJ, November.

2006 lecturer, Technology Transfer Goes Green: Better Business for a Better Tomorrow, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, November

2006 IGERT lecturer (graduate student invitation), Arizona State University, February.

2006 Plenary lecturer, BIO: Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Honolulu, HI, Jan

2006 Plenary lecturer, Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April.

2006 Duke University, Nicholas School for the Environment, Durham, NC, April

2006 Purdue University, Energy Center, W. Lafayette, IN, May

2006 Gordon Research Conf. Photosynthesis, Biohydrogen Session Chair, Bryant Univ. R. I., July.

2006 Stanford University, Global Climate & Energy Project, Stanford, CA, , July

2005 Conference Chair, Biological Hydrogen Production from Water and Light: Current Status & Future Prospects, Sponsored by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research; Princeton, June. http://www.princeton.edu/~biosolar/Kick%20Off%20Meeting%20Program%20&%20Photos.htm

2005  Program Organizing Committee NASA Astrobiology Institute Biennial Meeting http://nai.nasa.gov/nai2005/

2005 Symposium Lecture: The Human Frontiers Science Program 5th Annual Awardees Meeting, Bethesda, MD June 5-8.

2005- Director of multi-institutional BioSolarH2 team, AFOSR-MURI; http://www.princeton.edu/~biosolar/

2004 Advisor to NSF-GETF:  Advanced Renewable Hydrogen Production Working Group. (organizer Helena Chum, DOE-BES) June.

2004 Symposium Lecture: International Satellite Meeting: Photosynthesis and Post-Genomic ERA, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec Canada, Convener: R. Carpentier, 25-28 August.

2004 Symposium Lecture: International Congress on Photobiology and Photochemistry, Jeju, So. Korea, June 10-15.

2004 Lemberg Lecture Series, Australian Academy of Sciences, 15 – 24 June,:

         University of Queensland, host: Dr. Ben Hankamer, 

         University of Sydney, host: Prof. Tony Larkum:

         Public Lecture: Australian National University, Canberra, host: Dr. Tom Wydrzynski,

      "Nature's Renewable Energy Blueprint: Bio-Solar Energy via Photosynthesis"

         University of Melbourne, host: Prof. Tony Wedd, 23 June,

         Public Lecture: CSIRO-Melbourne and Monash University, host: Dr. Gerry Swiegers, 24 June,

2004 Reed College, Dept of Chemistry, February

2004 NASA Astrobiology Institute, IPTAI Workshop, Jan.”Biosustainable Energy and Nutrient Cycles in the Deep Subsurface of Earth and Mars”

2004 EUROBIC 7 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany. Organizer: Prof. Bernhard Lippert. (declined due to scheduling conflict)

2004 SABIC; S. Mazumder convenor; India (declined due to schedule conflict) Dec 5-10

2003 Plenary Lecturer/ member to the US DOE-BES Workshop on Hydrogen Production Technologies: roadmap report on "Basic Research for Hydrogen Production, Storage and Use" (organizer Mildred Dreselhauser) Symposium chairs: T. Mallouk and L. Mets; June.

         http://hydrogen.anl.gov/pdfs/2003_hydrogen_workshop.pdf

 

Service to the Profession

·                                            Program reviewer for: DOE-BES, NREL-AFOSR, NSF-GETF, NSF-Inorganic Chemistry Div., NSF-Metabolic Biochemistry; Canadian National Science & Engineering Research Council, AGENO;

    NIH Metallobiochemistry Resource Center Study Group for National EPR Facilities;

    NIH Molecular Biophysics Training Grant Study Group

    NIH-Chem&Bioanalytical Science Rev. Panel

    NIH-Postdoctoral Award Review Panel

·    Biophysical Society Nat. Committee on Careers

·    Board of Editors, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

·    Consultant to: Sakana Inc., 1999; NJ Dept Environmental Protection, 2000; Sarnoff Laboratories, 2001; Agere Systems 2001; Allied Innovative Systems, 2001; Bingham McCutchen(2004); GCEP-Stanford Univ.(2007); V.P. Engineering Analysis, Directed Technologies, Inc. (2008)

·        American Chemical Society, past President Princeton Chapter

·    SBIC founding member

·    ACS member and national meeting symposium organizer

 

CURRENT ACTIVE GRANTS, Principal Investigator G.C. Dismukes:

           

Source: Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Title: Renewable Bio-solar Hydrogen Production from Robust Oxygenic Phototrophs

Co-investigators: E. I. Stiefel, D. A. Bryant, M. Posewitz, E. Hegg, & R. Bidigare

Total Period:  05/01/05-04/31/10 (5 years)

Awarded Funds: $5,500,000 TC

 

Source: Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Title: Renewable Bio-solar Hydrogen Production from Robust Oxygenic Phototrophs- Supplement: Systems Biology applied to Biohydrogen Production

Co-investigators: GC Dismukes and Donald Bryant

Total Period:  05/01/08-10/14/10

Funds: $289,788

 

Source: Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Title: Renewable Bio-solar Hydrogen Production from Robust Oxygenic Phototrophs- Supplement: Microchemostat and Laboratory Imposed Directed Evolution of Hydrogenases

Co-investigators: Robert Austin and John Peters

Total Period:  02/01/06-01/31/09

Awarded Funds: $850,000 TC/3year

 

Source: DOD-DURIP

Title: Purchase of a mass spectrometer/two-dimensional liquid chromatograph system (LC/MS) for modern proteomic and metabolomic research.

Total Period:  07/01/06-12/31/08

Awarded Funds Funds: $488,034

 

Sponsor: U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation; CRDF 15156

Title: Molecular Basis for Participation of Bicarbonate in Photosynthesis Water Oxidation

Co-investigator: V. V. Klimov

Total Period: January 2006-December 2008

Awarded Funds: $24,200TC (US investigator portion)

 

Co-Investigator on the following funded grant applications:

 

Source: DOE-GTL Biohydrogen

Title: Quantitative tools for dissection of hydrogen-producing metabolic networks

Investigators: J. D. Rabinowitz (P.I), G. C. Dismukes and H. Rabitz (co-PIs)

Period: Oct 2007-Sept 2010

Funds: $1.1M

 

Pending:

 

Source: DOE-BES

Proposal Title:  Synthesis and Theory of Catalysts for Hydrogen Production from Water

Estimated Project Cost: $5.2M

Period: 48 mo.

Lead Investigator:   G. Charles Dismukes

Co-Principal Investigators: Andrew Bocarsly, Steven Bernasek, Roberto Car, Morrel Cohen, Annabella Selloni

 

Source: DOE-OBER

Proposal Title:  A Consortium for Developing Advanced Algal Biofuel Feedstocks

Estimated Project Cost: $12,568,213

Period: 60 months

Lead Investigator:  Paul G. Falkowski

Co-Principal Investigators: G. Charles Dismukes, Debashish Bhattacharya, Joachim Messing, Todd Michael, Matthew Posewitz, Assaf Vardi.

 

Source: Toyota

Proposal Title:  Future direction for research on artificial photosynthesis for conversion of solar energy into chemical fuels

Estimated Project Cost: $141,400

Period: 1 year

Lead Investigator: G. Charles Dismukes

 

Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration- Astrobiology Program

Title: Detection Life in Arctic Permafrost Refugia on Earth and Mars

Co-investigators: Lisa Pratt (PI), T. C. Onstott , C. Gmachl

Total Period: 4 years

 

Recent  Grants (PI):

 

Sponsor: American Chemical Society; PRF# 43093-AEF (Alternatiave Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Title: Solar Biohydrogen Production by Means of Biodiversity

Co-investigator: Derrick Kolling

Total Period: Jan 2005-Dec 2007

Awarded Funds: $100,000 TC

 

Source:  National Institutes of Health ID:  GM39932
Title: Assembly and Structure of Photosynthetic Water Oxidases
Period:  04/01/03-03/30/08

Awarded Funds: $1,103,153 TC

 

Source: Dreyfus Foundation

Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry

Period: Jan 2003-Dec 2007

Awarded Funds: $96,000 TC

 

Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration- Astrobiology Program

Title: Indiana-Princeton-Tennessee Astrobiology Institute (IPTAI): Detection of Biosustainable Energy and Nutrient Cycling in the Deep Subsurface of Earth and Mars.

PU Co-investigators: T. C. Onstott (PI), K. Lehmann, E. I. Stiefel, S. Mynemi

Total Period: 10/03-09/07

Funds: $300,000

 

PRINCETON  COURSES TAUGHT :  8 undergrad + 9 grad  ( 5 created):

           

Currently taught courses:

Production of Renewable Fuels & Energy               ENV/CHM 525 (created)

             

New curriculum development:

Bridging Core Laboratories                         CHM371/MSE302/CHE346 (co-created, fall 2009)

 

Past teaching:

General Chemistry                                                  202

            Adv. General Chemistry                                                204

            Physical Chemistry II                                                    306

            Inorganic Chemistry I                                                    307

            Integrated Lab I                                                            371

            Integrated Lab II                                                          372

            Molecular Spectroscopy                                               504

            Group Theory in Chemistry                                           505

            Biophysical Chemistry                                       508(created)

            Electron Magnetic Resonance Spect.                            509(created)/ CHM & PMI

            Principles of Macromolecular Structure             542

            Inorganic Chemistry of Life                                           544(created)

            Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms                                    524

Photosynthetic Energy Metabolism                                      510 (created)

            Coordination Chemistry                                                523

Astrobiology: Life in the Universe                            GEO/AST/CHM/EEB 255 (co-created)