Michael Therien

{{Infobox scientist | name = Michael J. Therien | image = | image_size = 175 px | caption = | field = Chemistry | work_institution = Duke University University of Pennsylvania | alma_mater = University of St. Andrews (B.S.) University of California, San Diego (Ph.D) | doctoral_advisor = William C. Trogler | known_for = Physical chemistry Physical organic chemistry Physical inorganic chemistry | website = {{url|https://sites.duke.edu/therienlab/}} }}

'''Michael J. Therien''' is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at Duke University.<ref name="Duke Chemistry">{{cite web|title=Duke Chemistry|url=https://chem.duke.edu/faculty/michael-j-therien|website=Duke University Chemistry|access-date=16 July 2019}}</ref>

==Career== Therien received his B.S. in Chemistry from University of St. Andrews in 1982.<ref name="Duke aiM Program">{{cite web|title=Duke aiM Program|url=https://aim-nrt.pratt.duke.edu/people/michael-therien|website=Duke aiM Program|access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref> He began his studies in organometallic chemistry at University of California, San Diego, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1987 working with William C. Trogler.<ref name="Academic Tree - Trogler">{{cite web|title=Academic Family Tree – William C. Trogler|url=https://academictree.org/chemistry/peopleinfo.php?pid=62353|website=Academic Tree - Trogler|access-date=16 July 2019}}</ref> Upon completion of his Ph.D. in 1987, he was a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology under Harry B. Gray.<ref name="Duke Chemistry"/> In 1990, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry at University of Pennsylvania, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996, full Professor in 1997, and named Alan G. MacDiarmid Professor in 2002.<ref name="Duke Chemistry"/> In 2008 he was appointed William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at Duke University, the position he currently holds.<ref name="Duke Chemistry"/>

==Current research== The Therien laboratory designs and characterizes supermolecular structures, bioinspired assemblies, and nanoscale materials that possess exceptional optical, electronic, and excited-state dynamical properties. His laboratory pioneered new approaches to engineer electro-optic function important for light harvesting, long-wavelength emission, imaging, frequency doubling, and photon upconversion. Other accomplishments include: defining molecular wires that enable expansive charge delocalization; developing carbon nanotube superstructures that facilitate energy conversion; and illuminating biologically important mechanistic insights critical for generating high-energy photoproducts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Therien Lab Website|url=https://sites.duke.edu/therienlab/research/}}</ref>

==Major publications== (Publications listed below have been cited more than 200 times)<ref name="Google Scholar">{{cite web|title=Google Scholar|url= https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C34&q=michael+j+therien&btnG= |access-date=20 August 2020}}</ref>

*{{cite journal|last1=Migliore |first1= A |last2=Polizzi |first2=NF |last3=Therien |first3=MJ|last4=Beratan |first4=DN| title=Biochemistry and theory of proton-coupled electron transfer |journal=Chem. Rev. |date=2014 |volume=114|issue= 7 |pages=3381–3465 |doi=10.1021/cr4006654|pmid= 24684625 |pmc=4317057}} *{{cite journal|last1=Levine | first1=DH |last2=Ghoroghchian |first2=PP |last3= Freudenberg |first3=J |last4= Zhang |first4= G |last5=Therien |first5= MJ |last6=Greene |first6= MI| last7= Hammer |first7= DA |last8= Ramachandran |first8=M |title= Polymersomes: a new multi-functional tool for cancer diagnosis and therapy |journal=Methods |date=2008 |volume= 46 | issue=1 |pages=25–32 |doi=10.1016/j.ymeth.2008.05.006 | pmid=18572025 |pmc=2714227}} *{{cite journal|last1= Ghoroghchian |first1=PP|last2=Li|first2=G |last3=Levine |first3=DH|last4=Davis |first4=KP|last5=Bates |first5=FS|last6=Hammer |first6=DA| last7=Therien|first7=MJ| title= Bioresorbable Vesicles Formed through Spontaneous Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polycaprolactone|journal=Macromolecules|date=2006|volume=39|issue=5|pages=1673–1675 |doi=10.1021/ma0519009|pmid=20975926|pmc=2958688|bibcode=2006MaMol..39.1673G}} *{{cite journal|last1= Strachan |first1=DR|last2=Smith|first2=DE |last3=Johnston |first3=DE|last4=Park |first4=TH|last5=Therien |first5=MJ|last6=Bonnell |first6=DA| last7=Johnson|first7=AT| title= Controlled fabrication of nanogaps in ambient environment for molecular electronics|journal=Applied Physics Letters|date=2005|volume=86|issue=4|pages=043109 |doi=10.1063/1.1857095|arxiv=cond-mat/0504112|bibcode=2005ApPhL..86d3109S|s2cid=118911866}} *{{cite journal|last1= Ghoroghchian |first1=PP|last2=Frail|first2=PR |last3=Susumu |first3=K|last4=Blessington |first4=D|last5=Brannan |first5=AK|last6=Bates |first6=FS| last7=Chance|first7=B|last8=Hammer |first8=DA|last9=Therien |first9=MJ| title= Near-infrared-emissive polymersomes: Self-assembled soft matter for in vivo optical imaging|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|date=2005|volume=102|issue=8|pages=2922–2927 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0409394102|pmid=15708979|pmc=549472|bibcode=2005PNAS..102.2922G|doi-access=free}} *{{cite journal|last1=Zhang | first1=TG |last2=Zhao|first2=Y |last3=Asselberghs |first3=I |last4=Persoons |first4=A |last5=Therien |first5=MJ| title=Design, Synthesis, Linear, and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated (Porphinato)zinc(II)-Based Donor−Acceptor Chromophores Featuring Nitrothiophenyl and Nitrooligothiophenyl Electron-Accepting Moieties|journal=J. Am. Chem. Soc.|date=2005|volume=127| issue=27 |pages=9710–9720 |doi=10.1021/ja0402553| pmid=15998075 | bibcode=2005JAChS.127.9710Z }} *{{cite journal|last1=Kumble | first1=R |last2=Palese |first2=S |last3=Lin |first3=VSY |last4=Therien |first4=MJ |last5=Hochstrasser |first5=RM | title=Ultrafast Dynamics of Highly Conjugated Porphyrin Arrays |journal=J. Am. Chem. Soc.|date=1998 |volume=120| issue=44 |pages=11489–11498 |doi=10.1021/ja981811u | bibcode=1998JAChS.12011489K }} *{{cite journal|last1= Hyslop |first1=AG |last2=Kellett |first2=MA |last3=Iovine |first3=PM |last4=Therien |first4=MJ| title=Suzuki Porphyrins: New Synthons for the Fabrication of Porphyrin-Containing Supramolecular Assemblies|journal=J. Am. Chem. Soc.|date=1998 |volume=120 |issue=48 |pages=12676–12677 |doi=10.1021/ja982410h |bibcode=1998JAChS.12012676H }} *{{cite journal|last1=Priyadarshy |first1=S|last2=Therien |first2=MJ|last3=Beratan |first3=DN |title= Acetylenyl-Linked, Porphyrin-Bridged, Donor−Acceptor Molecules: A Theoretical Analysis of the Molecular First Hyperpolarizability in Highly Conjugated Push−Pull Chromophore Structures |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|date=1996|volume=118|issue=6|pages=1504–1510 |doi=10.1021/ja952690q|bibcode=1996JAChS.118.1504P}} *{{cite journal|last1=LeCours |first1=SM|last2=Guan |first2=H-W|last3=DiMagno |first3=SG|last4=Wang |first4=CH|last5=Therien |first5=MJ|title= Push−Pull Arylethynyl Porphyrins: New Chromophores That Exhibit Large Molecular First-Order Hyperpolarizabilities |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|date=1996|volume=118|issue=6|pages=1497–1503 |doi=10.1021/ja953610l|bibcode=1996JAChS.118.1497L }} *{{cite journal|last1=De Rege |first1=PJ|last2=Williams |first2=SA|last3=Therien |first3=MJ| title=Direct evaluation of electronic coupling mediated by hydrogen bonds: implications for biological electron transfer |journal=Science|date=1995|volume=269|issue=5229|pages=1409–1413 |doi= 10.1126/science.7660123 |pmid=7660123|bibcode=1995Sci...269.1409D|s2cid=19939105}} *{{cite journal|last1=Lin |first1=VS|last2=Therien |first2=MJ| title= The Role of Porphyrin-to-Porphyrin Linkage Topology in the Extensive Modulation of the Absorptive and Emissive Properties of a Series of Ethynyl- and Butadiynyl-Bridged Bis- and Tris(porphinato)zinc Chromophores |journal=Chemistry – A European Journal|date=1995|volume=1|issue=9|pages=645–651 |doi= 10.1002/chem.19950010913 }} *{{cite journal|last1=Lin |first1=VS|last2=DiMagno |first2=SG|last3=Therien |first3=MJ| title= Highly conjugated, acetylenyl bridged porphyrins: new models for light-harvesting antenna systems |journal=Science|date=1994|volume=264|issue=5162|pages=1105–1111 |doi= 10.1126/science.8178169 |pmid=8178169|bibcode=1994Sci...264.1105L}} *{{cite journal| last1=DiMagno |first1=SG|last2=Lin |first2=VS| last3=Therien |first3=MJ| title= Facile elaboration of porphyrins via metal-mediated cross-coupling |journal=Journal of Organic Chemistry|date=1993|volume=58|issue=22|pages=2983–5993 |doi= 10.1021/jo00074a027 }}

==Awards and honors== Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2020<ref name="gf">{{cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/news/foundation-news/2020-guggenheim-fellowship-winners-announced/|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | 2020 Fellows Press Release|website=gf.org|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> Fellow, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=Duke Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering| url= https://cbte.pratt.duke.edu/people/therien}}</ref> International Francqui Chair, 2008<ref>{{cite web|title=Francqui Foundation |url=https://www.francquifoundation.be/new-page-4/international-francqui-professor-limietdatum-15-mei/titularissen/}}</ref> Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005<ref>{{cite web|title=AAAS Fellows 2005 |url=https://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/AnnualReports/2005/2005_2225_Fellows.pdf}}</ref> Philadelphia Section Award, American Chemical Society, 2004<ref>{{cite web|title=Recipients of the Philadelphia Section Award |url=http://www.philadelphia.sites.acs.org/sectionawards.htm}}</ref> Young Investigator Award, Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines, 2002<ref>{{cite web|title=SPP/JPP Young Investigator Awards|url=http://www.icpp-spp.org/general/yng_inv_awrds.php}}</ref> Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1995<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Sloan Fellows |url=https://sloan.org/past-fellows |access-date=2019-07-17 |archive-date=2018-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314000756/https://sloan.org/past-fellows |url-status=dead }}</ref> NSF National Young Investigator, 1993-98<ref>{{cite web|title=NSF Young Investigator: Electron Transfer in Metallo- Porphyrins |url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9357130}}</ref> Young Investigator Award, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, 1992-1994<ref>{{cite web|title=Beckman Young Investigators, Michael J. Therien| url=http://www.beckman-foundation.org/beckman-young-investigators/michael-j-therien}}</ref> Searle Scholar, 1991><ref>{{cite web|title=Searle Scholars, Michael J. Therien |url=https://www.searlescholars.net/people/michael-j-therien}}</ref>

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