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Paul Chirik
High-energy-density lithium batteries enabled by a nanoscale hybrid electrolyte
Working with a team of interdisciplinary engineers and scientists at Cornell University, NSF-funded IGERT Fellow Jennifer Nugent and Prof. Lynden Archer have developed a new class of mechanically-tunable... More »
About Me
I am synthetic chemist and currently hold the Peter J. W. Debye chair in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell. For the past 8 years, my research group has been interested in discovering transition metal catalyzed reactions that reduce fossil fuel consumption, use base rather than precious metals and minimize waste streams.
Specifically, we work in two areas. The first focuses on new synthetic methods for the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into more value-added chemicals while the second seeks to use Earth- abundant elements as replacements for heavy metals in organic synthesis and catalysis.
