Zhenyu Zhao

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 

2011 B.A. in Chenmistry
University of Pennsylvania

2011 B.A. in Mathematics

University of Pennsylvania

Awards and Honors

20

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.