Serena DeBeer

Prof. Dr.
Serena DeBeer
Born1973 (1973)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesSerena DeBeer George
EducationSouthwestern University, TX B.S. Chemistry (1995)
Stanford University Ph.D. Chemistry (2002)
Known forX-ray spectroscopy
nitrogenase
photosystem II
hydrogenase
Methane monooxygenase
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsSSRL SLAC Stanford University (2001–2009)
Cornell University (2009-present)
Ruhr University Bochum (2014–present)
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (2011–present)
Doctoral advisorEdward 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.