Chris Moser

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1987  Ph.D. in Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
"Electron Transfers of Reaction Center Hybrid Protein Systems"

1979 B.A. (Magna cum laude) in Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of Pennsylvania

APPOINTMENTS

2005-Present: Editor, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta—Bioenergetics

1999-Present: Associate Director, Johnson Research Foundation University of Pennsylvania

1993: Assistant Director, Johnson Research Foundation
University of Pennsylvania

1987 Post Doctoral Fellow with P. L. Dutton
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of Pennsylvania

PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTERESTS

Electron transfer theory and design of natural and synthetic proteins; 
Vulnerability of natural bioenergetic systems to medically relevant failure;
Application of principles of natural bioenergetic systems to harvesting sunlight for catalysis and clean energy, including design of artificial electron transfer proteins that self assemble on electrodes;
UV, Visible and Infrared spectroscopy, electrochemistry and light activated kinetics as probes for action of these systems.