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Michael J. Therien

William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry
Box 90346, Durham, NC 27708-0346
5330 French Family Science Cen, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Our research involves the synthesis of compounds, supermolecular assemblies, nano-scale objects, and electronic materials with unusual ground-and excited-state characteristics, and interrogating these structures using state-of-the-art transient optical, spectroscopic, photophysical, and electrochemical methods. Research activities span physical inorganic chemistry, physical organic chemistry, synthetic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, spectroscopy, photophysics, excited-state dynamics, …

Current Appointments & Affiliations


William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry · 2009 - Present Chemistry, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Chemistry · 2008 - Present Chemistry, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 2008 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers

Education, Training & Certifications


University of California, San Diego · 1987 Ph.D.
University of St. Andrews (United Kingdom) · 1982 B.S.