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David N. Beratan

R.J. Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry
Box 90346, Durham, NC 27708-0346
5311 French Science Center, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Mapping of Electron Tunneling Pathways in Proteins

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 2028

Elucidating Interplays of Chirality and Spin in Chiral Assemblies

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2023 - 2028

Electron Bifurcation Theory

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2020 - 2026

Nanocrystal-Based Diodes for Solar to Electric Energy Conversion

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2007 - 2026

Collaborative Research: De novo Protein Constructs for Photosynthetic Energy Transduction

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2025

Dexter Energy Transfer: Pathways, Mechanisms, and Kinetics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2018 - 2025

Using Multidimensional Spectroscopy and Machine Learning to Map Electronic Coupling Pathways

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation · 2023 - 2025

De Novo Protein Energy Transducing Biomachines Enabled via Controlled Bifurcon Flow

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by W.M. Keck Foundation · 2022 - 2024

2024 American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2024 - 2024

CCI Phase I: NSF Center for Synthesizing Coherence

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2024

Collaborative Research: Infra-Red Control of Electron Transfer Mechanisms

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2007 - 2024

Enzymatic Energy Conversion

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · 2023 - 2023

DNA Repair under Extreme Conditions - Extended Studies

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Temple University · 2017 - 2022

De Novo Biomachines

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2019 - 2022

Discovery and Manipulation of Biomolecular-Noble Gas Interactions

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Defense Threat Reduction Agency · 2018 - 2022

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2021

Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Washington State University · 2018 - 2020

NSF/DMR-BSF: Bioinspired materials for electron and proton conduction membranes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2016 - 2020

Blue Waters Fellowship - University of Illinois

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Illinois · 2018 - 2019

GAANN - Department of Chemistry

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEProgram Administrator · Awarded by Department of Education · 2015 - 2019

Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis (BETCy)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Montana State University · 2016 - 2018

Developing small-molecule probes of protein arginine methyltransferases

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2018

DNA Repair Under Extreme Conditions

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Temple University · 2013 - 2017

Collaborative Research: Electron Transfer and Storage in Assemblies Based on Nucleic Acids

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2011 - 2017

Conductive DNA Systems and Molecular Devices

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Northwestern University · 2011 - 2016

Charge-Transfer Dynamics Relevant to Protein-Mediated Energy Transduction

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2016

Theory Assisted Library and Inverse Design for Materials Optimization

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2013 - 2016

Structural Biology and Biophysics Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2015

Infra Red Control of Molecular Electron Transfer Pathways

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Cyprus · 2012 - 2014

External Relationships


  • American Chemical Society
  • Center of Electromicrobiology at Aarhus University, Denmark
  • Cloud Pharmaceuticals (formerly TeraDiscoveries)
  • University of Bristol (UK) - Center for Creating and Comprehending the Circuitry of Life, beginning August 2022

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has reported outside activities with the companies, institutions, or organizations listed above. This information is available to institutional leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts of interest.