Thomas A. Moore, director, Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis

Professor Thomas A. Moore got his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas Tech in 1976. He has been a professor in the ASU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry since 1976. He is also the director of the ASU Center for Bioenergy & Photosynthesis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas A. Moore, Ph.D.

Professor Thomas A. Moore
Regents' Professor
Director, Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis
Distinguished Sustainability Scientist, GIOS

Arizona State University
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Tempe, AZ 85287-1604

Phone: 480-965-3308
Fax: 480-965-2747
Email: tmoore@asu.edu

Education and Training

Texas Tech University, B.A. Chemistry, 1968
Texas Tech University, Ph.D. Chemistry, 1975
U. of Washington, postdoc Chemistry, 1973–1976

Research and Professional Experience

Director, Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, 2007 – present;
Chaire Internationale de Recherche Blaise Pascal, Région d'Ile de France, 2005 – 2007;
Director, Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, 2004 – 2007;
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, 1985-present;
Chercheur Associé au CNRS, Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie, Montpellier, France, 1985, and Visiting Scientist, 1984, 1986-1988;
Visiting Scientist, Departement Biologie, Service Biophysique, Centre d’Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay, France, 1982-83, 1984 and 1987;
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Arizona State University, 1981-85;
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Arizona State University, 1976-81.

Recent Publications

“Towards molecular logic and artificial photosynthesis,” Gust, D.; Moore, A. L.; Moore, T. A. in Proceedings of the 2007 Solvay Conference on Chemistry, Sauvage, J.-P. Ed., Wiley-VCH, 2010, in press.

“Artificial photosynthesis:  Progress and promise,” Gust, D.; Moore, A. L.; Moore, T. A. in Ciamician, Profeta dell’Energia Solare, Venturi, M. Ed., Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Bologna, 187-208 (2009).

“Biology and Technology for Photochemical Fuel Production,” M. Hambourger, G. F. Moore, D. M. Kramer, D. Gust, A. L. Moore, and T. A. Moore, Chem. Soc. Rev, 38, 25 – 35 (2009).

“Photoassisted overall water splitting in a visible light-absorbing dye sensitized photoelectrochemical cell,” Youngblood, W. J.; Lee, S.-H. A.; Kobayashi, Y.; Hernandez-Pagan, E. A.; Hoertz, P. G.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D.; Mallouk T. E., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 926-927, (2009).

“All-Photonic Molecular Keypad Lock,” Andréasson, J.; Straight, S. D.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D., Chem. Eur. J., 15, 3936 – 3939 (2009).

“Multiantenna Artificial Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex,” Terazono, Y.; Kodis, G.; Liddell, P. A.; Garg, V.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 7147-7155, (2009).

“Solar Energy Conversion in a Photoelectrochemical Biofuel Cell,” Hambourger, M.; Kodis, G.; Vaughn, M.; Moore, G. F.; Gust, D.; Moore A. L.; Moore. T. A. Dalton Trans. 2009, 9979 - 9989.

“Solar Fuels via Artificial Photosynthesis,” Gust, D.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L. Acc. Chem. Res. 2009, 42, 1890-1898.

“1-(3’Amino)propylsilatrane derivatives as covalent surface linkers to nanoparticulate metal oxide films for use in photoelectrochemical cells,” Brennan, B. J.; Keirstead, A. E.; Liddell, P. A.; Vail, S. A.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. Nanotechnology 2009, 20, 505203.

“Nailing Down Nickel for Electrocatalysis,” Hambourger, M. and Moore, T. A. Science 2009, 326, 1355-1356. Perspectives

“Porphyrin-based hole conducting electropolymer,” Liddell, P. A. Gervaldo, M. Bridgewater, J. W.; Keirstead, A. E.; Lin, S.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. Chemistry of Materials, 20, 135-142 (2008).

Synergistic Activities

Service to Journals. Associate Editor, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 1997-2002; Editorial Board Member, Carotenoids and Journal of Photoscience, 1997 - present.

Conferences. Co-Chair, 2006 American Society for Photobiology, 33rd Annual Meeting. Co-Chair, Gordon Conference on Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions, 2002. Co-Vice Chair, Gordon Conference on Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions, 1998 - 2000.

Societies. President, American Society for Photobiology, 2003-2004; Council, International Carotenoid Society, 2002-2005; Council, American Society for Photobiology, 1982-1985.

Workshops. DOE BESAC Grand Challenges subcommittee, 2006 – 2007; NAS/BCS, Bio-Inspired Fundamental Chemistry for Energy, 2007; Inter-Academy Council, Transitions to Sustainable Energy Systems, Berkeley, CA 2006; DOE/BES Solar Workshop, 2005; LBNL Solar to Fuel, Berkeley, 2005; AFOSR, Hydrogen, 2003.

Instruction and Outreach. Short course, bioenergetics, ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico, 2007 (part of an exchange program designed to bridge local Hispanic culture with high performance academics in Mexico); Lecture, NSF/UMET Energy and Climate Change Workshop, Puerto Rico, 2007 (part of a large effort to attract Puerto Rican undergraduates into science, engineering and math). Academic Advisor, Dept. of Chem & Biochem., Arizona State University, 2004 – present; Artificial Photosynthesis lectures, University of Paris Sud, Orsay, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau and CEA Saclay, 2005 – 2007.Honors College Program Coordinator, Arizona State University, 2002 – 2006; EPA Summer School, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, 2003.

Collaborators and Co-editors

G. Agostini (Padova), B. Albinsson (Chalmers), J. Andréasson (Chalmers), N. Armstrong (Arizona), D. Carbonera (Padova), E. N. Durantini (Rio Cuarto), H. Dürr (Saarlandes), R. van Grondelle (Free U Amsterdam), D. Gust (Arizona State), J. Kennis (Free U Amsterdam), S. Lindsay (Arizona State), A. Macpherson (Umea), E. Mariño (Monterrey), A. L. Moore (Arizona State), R. Mitchell( Victoria), O. Poluektov (Argonne), T. Rajh (Argonne), S. Saavedra (Arizona), O. Sankey (Arizona State), L. Sereno (Rio Cuarto), J. Silber (Rio Cuarto), S. Smirnov (N M State), N. Tao (Arizona State), M. Videa (Monterrey).

Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors.
P.-
S. Song (Ph.D. advisor) Professor emeritus, University of Nebraska; A. L. Kwiram (Postdoctoral Advisor) Professor emeritus, University of Washington.

Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor in Last 5 Years. J. Andréasson (Chalmers), M. Gervaldo (ASU), T. Harper, M. Hambourger (Ph.D.), G. Jeong, A. Keirstead (ASU), G. Kodis (ASU), D. Kuciauskas (Virginia Commonwealth), D. Tatman (Sequenom Inc) P. Liddell (ASU), S. Lin (ASU), A. N. Macpherson (Univ of York), Chris Madden (Ph.D. student), R. Palacios (Ph.D.) UT Austin, A. Primak, Y. Terazono (ASU), Y. Wang (MS), Xristo Zarate (Ph.D) U of AZ,.

Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars Supervised.
Approximately 16 graduate students and 20 postdoctoral scholars.

Thomas A. Moore, Ph.D.
Director, ASU Center for Bioenergy & Photosynthesis


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