Prof. Dr. Serena DeBeer | |
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Born | 1973 |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Serena DeBeer George |
Education | Southwestern University, TX B.S. Chemistry (1995) Stanford University Ph.D. Chemistry (2002) |
Known for | X-ray spectroscopy nitrogenase photosystem II hydrogenase Methane monooxygenase |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | SSRL SLAC Stanford University (2001–2009) Cornell University (2009-present) Ruhr University Bochum (2014–present) Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (2011–present) |
Doctoral advisor | Edward I. Solomon Keith O. Hodgson |
Serena DeBeer (born 1973) is an American chemist. She is currently a W3-Professor and the director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany, where she heads the Department of Inorganic Spectroscopy. Her expertise lies in the application and development of X-ray based spectroscopic methods as probes of electronic structure in biological and chemical catalysis.