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Sunney I. Chan

George Grant Hoag Professor of Biophysical Chemistry Emeritus

California Institute of Technology

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Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Sunney I. Chan is currently serving as a Division Of Chemistry And Chemical Engineering George Grant Hoag Professor of Biophysical Chemistry Emeritus at California Institute of Technology.

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Sunney I. Chan

California Institute of Technology

George Grant Hoag Professor of Biophysical Chemistry Emeritus

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biochemistry biophysics molecular biology enzymes structural biology protein science redox biology membrane biology biological inorganic chemistry chemistry biological chemistry inorganic chemistry physical chemistry transition metal chemistry nuclear magnetic resonance particulate methane monooxygenase coordination chemistry chemical biology catalysis structural molecular biology enzyme catalysis biochemical sciences microbial physiology methylococcus capsulatus biocatalysis enzyme inhibition molecular microbiology protein chemistry membrane science quantum chemistry energy chemistry chemical sciences magnetic resonance biomolecular structure catalytic process industrial catalysis molecular catalysis redox chemistry catalyst preparation lecithin bilayers methane oxidation environmental microbiology bioenergetics bacteriology nmr study lipid bilayers trace metals structure-function enzyme kinetics surface reactivity membrane transport lipid science metalloproteins lunar science trimethylene oxide copper ions bilayer membranes methane monooxygenases methanol chemical biotechnology thermal catalysis organometallic catalysis charge transport protein transport cluster chemistry proton transfer one-electron properties methanotrophic bacteria epr studies cytochrome oxidase polyuridylic acid molecular motions bioactive metal chemical composition lipid chemistry membrane systems spectroelectrochemistry

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Hijacking the Hydrogen Atoms in Photo-Splitting of H2O2 for Efficient Reduction of Co2 to Ch3oh. Fuel (2023)

Ankush KularkarSachin ChaudhariSomeshwar PolaSadhana S. RayaluSunney I. ChanPenumaka Nagababu

hydrogen atomschemical engineeringfuel sciencephotocatalysiscombustionmaterials science

Methane Oxidation by the Copper Methane Monooxygenase: Before and After the Cryogenic Electron Microscopy Structure of Particulate Methane Monooxygenase From Methylococcus Capsulatus (Bath). Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society (2022)

Sunney I ChanVincent C.‐C WangPeter P.‐Y. ChenSteve S.‐F. Yu

trace metalsredox chemistrybiophysical chemistrychemical sciencesenzymesmicrobial physiologycopper methane monooxygenasechemical biologyparticulate methane monooxygenasemolecular biologyinorganic chemistrybiochemistrymicrobiologybiological chemistryenvironmental microbiologyenzyme catalysismethane oxidationmembrane biologytransition metal chemistrystructure-function enzyme kineticsredox biology

Voltage-Gated Electrocatalysis of Efficient and Selective Methane Oxidation by Tricopper Clusters Under Ambient Conditions. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2022)

Yi-Fang TsaiThiyagarajan NatarajanZhi-Han LinI-Kuen TsaiDamodar JanmanchiSunney I. ChanSteve S.-F. Yu

tricopper clustersenergy chemistryambient conditionschemical engineeringvoltage-gated electrocatalysiselectrochemistry

Catalytic Machinery of Methane Oxidation in Particulate Methane Monooxygenase (Pmmo). Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (2021)

Sunney I. ChanWei-Hau ChangShih-Hsin HuangHsin-Hung LinSteve S.-F. Yu

biological engineeringenzymesenzyme catalysismolecular catalysisbiocatalysismethane oxidationbiochemistrycatalysiscatalytic machineryparticulate methane monooxygenasebiomolecular engineeringbiological inorganic chemistry

Copper Centers in the Cryo-Em Structure of Particulate Methane Monooxygenase Reveal the Catalytic Machinery of Methane Oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2021)

W.-H. ChangH.-H. LinI-K. TsaiS.-H. HuangS.-C. ChungI-P. TuS. S.-F. YuS. I. Chan

catalysiscatalytic machinerychemistryredox chemistrystructural molecular biologybiophysical chemistrycopper centersbiological inorganic chemistryenzymeschemical kineticschemical biologyparticulate methane monooxygenasebiological engineeringbiocatalysisbiochemistryenergy chemistrysurface reactivityenzyme catalysismethane oxidationcoordination chemistrytransition metal chemistryredox biologycryo-em structure

Mechanism of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone-Dependent Hydride Transfer Chemistry From Spectroscopic and High-Resolution X-Ray Structural Studies of the Methanol Dehydrogenase From Methylococcus Capsulatus (Bath). Journal of the American Chemical Society (2021)

Sunney I. ChanPhimonphan ChuankhayanPavan Kumar Reddy NareddyI-Kuen TsaiYi-Fang TsaiKelvin H.-C. ChenSteve S.-F. YuChun-Jung Chen

enzymesmicrobial physiologycell biologybiochemistrymicrobiologyorganic chemistrymethanol dehydrogenase

Turnover of a Methane Oxidation Tricopper Cluster Catalyst: Implications for the Mechanism of the Particulate Methane Monooxygenase (Pmmo). ChemCatChem (2020)

Yu‐Hsuan ChenChang‐Quan WuPei‐Hua SungSunney I. ChanPeter Ping‐Yu Chen

energy chemistrycatalytic processchemical engineeringmolecular catalysisbiocatalysisindustrial catalysismethane oxidationcatalysistransition metal chemistryparticulate methane monooxygenasechemistrycatalyst preparation

Copper Protein Constructs for Methane Oxidation. Nature Catalysis (2019)

Sunney I. ChanSteve S.-F Yu

thermal catalysiscopper protein constructscatalysisprotein engineeringbiological inorganic chemistryenzymessustainable chemistrybiological engineeringinorganic chemistrychemical engineeringmolecular catalysisbiocatalysisfunctional modificationstructural biologyenergy chemistryprotein sciencemethane oxidationcoordination chemistrytransition metal chemistrybiomolecular engineering

Dicopper Dioxygenase Model Immobilized in Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Toluene Oxidation: A Mechanism to Harness Both O Atoms of O 2 for Catalysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2019)

Chih-Cheng LiuYi-Fang TsaiChung-Yuan MouSteve S.-F. YuSunney I. Chan

toluene oxidationnanotechnologytheoretical chemistrycatalysischemical sciencescatalytic applicationsmolecular sciencenanoparticle researchinorganic chemistrymesoporous silica nanoparticlesmolecular catalysisbiocatalysismaterial chemistrycatalyst preparationdicopper dioxygenase modelbiophysicsenzyme catalysisphysical chemistryapplied physicsredox biologymaterials science

Selective Oxidation of Light Alkanes Under Mild Conditions. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (2019)

Sunney I. ChanSteve S.-F. YuChih-Cheng LiuChung-Yuan Mou

green chemistryselective oxidationlight alkanessustainable chemistrychemistrymild conditions

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Sunney I. Chan

George Grant Hoag Professor of Biophysical Chemistry Emeritus

California Institute of Technology

Affiliations

Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Sunney I. Chan is currently serving as a Division Of Chemistry And Chemical Engineering George Grant Hoag Professor of Biophysical Chemistry Emeritus at California Institute of Technology.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Sunney I. Chan

California Institute of Technology

George Grant Hoag Professor of Biophysical Chemistry Emeritus

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Hijacking the Hydrogen Atoms in Photo-Splitting of H2O2 for Efficient Reduction of Co2 to Ch3oh. Fuel (2023)

Ankush KularkarSachin ChaudhariSomeshwar PolaSadhana S. RayaluSunney I. ChanPenumaka Nagababu

hydrogen atomschemical engineeringfuel sciencephotocatalysiscombustionmaterials science

Sunney I ChanVincent C.‐C WangPeter P.‐Y. ChenSteve S.‐F. Yu

Voltage-Gated Electrocatalysis of Efficient and Selective Methane Oxidation by Tricopper Clusters Under Ambient Conditions. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2022)

Yi-Fang TsaiThiyagarajan NatarajanZhi-Han LinI-Kuen TsaiDamodar JanmanchiSunney I. ChanSteve S.-F. Yu

tricopper clustersenergy chemistryambient conditionschemical engineeringvoltage-gated electrocatalysiselectrochemistry

Catalytic Machinery of Methane Oxidation in Particulate Methane Monooxygenase (Pmmo). Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (2021)

Sunney I. ChanWei-Hau ChangShih-Hsin HuangHsin-Hung LinSteve S.-F. Yu

Copper Centers in the Cryo-Em Structure of Particulate Methane Monooxygenase Reveal the Catalytic Machinery of Methane Oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2021)

W.-H. ChangH.-H. LinI-K. TsaiS.-H. HuangS.-C. ChungI-P. TuS. S.-F. YuS. I. Chan

Sunney I. ChanPhimonphan ChuankhayanPavan Kumar Reddy NareddyI-Kuen TsaiYi-Fang TsaiKelvin H.-C. ChenSteve S.-F. YuChun-Jung Chen

enzymesmicrobial physiologycell biologybiochemistrymicrobiologyorganic chemistrymethanol dehydrogenase

Turnover of a Methane Oxidation Tricopper Cluster Catalyst: Implications for the Mechanism of the Particulate Methane Monooxygenase (Pmmo). ChemCatChem (2020)

Yu‐Hsuan ChenChang‐Quan WuPei‐Hua SungSunney I. ChanPeter Ping‐Yu Chen

Copper Protein Constructs for Methane Oxidation. Nature Catalysis (2019)

Sunney I. ChanSteve S.-F Yu

Dicopper Dioxygenase Model Immobilized in Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Toluene Oxidation: A Mechanism to Harness Both O Atoms of O 2 for Catalysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2019)

Chih-Cheng LiuYi-Fang TsaiChung-Yuan MouSteve S.-F. YuSunney I. Chan

Selective Oxidation of Light Alkanes Under Mild Conditions. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (2019)

Sunney I. ChanSteve S.-F. YuChih-Cheng LiuChung-Yuan Mou

green chemistryselective oxidationlight alkanessustainable chemistrychemistrymild conditions

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