Regular biography
Jonathan A. Kephart is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. His research focuses on inorganic materials and organometallic chemistry, employing synthetic and physical inorganic chemistry techniques alongside electrochemistry to study coordination chemistry at heterogeneous interfaces. His work aims to develop sustainable solutions for next-generation electronics, precious metal separations, and catalysis. The Kephart Lab investigates molecular-level insights into solid-state materials and explores novel synthetic methods to create atomically-precise inorganic nanostructures with unique electronic and reactive properties. His research is centered on three main topics: mineralization for new molecular phases of transition metal oxides, surface coordination for selective material-to-molecule excision, and molecular architectures that mimic interfacial defects for catalytic applications.
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Jonathan A. Kephart is an Assistant Professor at Cornell University specializing in Inorganic Chemistry, Cluster Chemistry, and Electrocatalysis. His research focuses on the synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of inorganic clusters, with an emphasis on their catalytic properties and metal-support interactions. Kephart's work explores how structural and electronic features of clusters influence their reactivity, particularly in electrocatalytic processes. His studies include the development of atomically precise nanoclusters and their applications in catalysis, redox chemistry, and materials science. His research also investigates the role of disorder and functionalization in enhancing the performance of inorganic materials.