The Blakemore Laboratory
Inspired by the pursuit of sustainability, our group studies mechanisms of redox-induced chemical reactions, particularly those involving actinides, lanthanides, and carbon dioxide. We draw on perspectives from inorganic/organometallic chemistry, molecular electrochemistry, and surface science.
RECENT BLAKEMORE GROUP NEWS
8 November 2024 – James visited the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf today and gave an invited talk for the Department of the Chemistry of the f-Elements. Thanks to Dr. Robert Gericke and Group Leader Dr. Moritz Schmidt for the opportunity to present our work on actinide chemistry, and for the discussions related to our upcoming collaborative work on magnetometry!
7-11 October 2024 – James and Alex presented our group's research this week at the Advanced Techniques in Actinide Spectroscopy - Actinide X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (ATAS-AnXAS) Joint Workshop in Karlsruhe, Germany. James presented an invited keynote talk on electroanalytical study of chemical reactivity in U, Np, and Pu complexes, and Alex presented our group's work on the solution redox chemistry of uranyl crown-ether complexes. Thanks to Tonya and the whole organizing team for the opportunity to present our work, and for organizing a very successful meeting! The proceedings for the meeting can be found here.
8-12 September 2024 – James attended the Plutonium Futures meeting this week in Charleston, South Carolina and presented our group's collaborative work on proton coupled electron transfer chemistry of high-valent neptunium and plutonium complexes. Thanks to the organizers selecting our work to be presented in an oral presentation! "Plutonium Futures - The Science," as this meeting is formally known, is an international conference focused on the physical and chemical properties of plutonium and relevant actinide elements.
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