Edward I. Solomon

Edward I. Solomon
Born
Edward Ira Solomon

1946 (age 77–78)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRensselaer Polytechnic Institute B.S. (1968)
Princeton University Ph.D. (1972)
SpouseDarlene Solomon
Scientific career
FieldsBioinorganic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Theoretical Chemistry
InstitutionsStanford University
ThesisThe Jahn-Teller Effect in the Orbital Triplet Excited States of Octahedral Manganese(II) (1972)
Doctoral advisorDonald S. McClure
Other academic advisorsCarl J. Ballhausen, Harry B. Gray
Doctoral studentsSerena DeBeer, Darlene Joy Spira, Andrew Gewirth, Peng Chen, Daniel Gamelin, Abhishek Dey
Other notable studentsFrank Neese, Thomas Brunold, James Penner-Hahn
Websiteweb.stanford.edu/group/solomon/home.html

Edward I. Solomon (born 1946) is the Monroe E. Spaght Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. He is an elected member of the United States National Academy of Sciences,[1] a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2][3] He has been profiled in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[4] He has been a longtime collaborator with many scientists, including his colleague at Stanford University Keith Hodgson for the study of metalloenzyme active sites by x-ray spectroscopy, along with the synthetic chemists Richard H. Holm, Stephen J. Lippard, Lawrence Que Jr. and Kenneth D. Karlin.

  1. ^ "National Academy of Sciences Member Directory - Edward I. Solomon". Archived from the original on 2019-03-24.
  2. ^ "Edward I. Solomon | Department of Chemistry". chemistry.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  3. ^ "American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Edward Ira Solomon". Archived from the original on 2021-06-10.
  4. ^ Zagorski, N. (2006). "Profile of Edward I. Solomon". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (35): 12963–12965. Bibcode:2006PNAS..10312963Z. doi:10.1073/pnas.0606007103. PMC 1559735. PMID 16924096.