Nathan Todd La Porte
1455 W Sunnyside Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
202-329-2688
Education
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Ph.D. Chemistry, December 2015
- Freud Scholar Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2010-11
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
B.A. in Chemistrywith High Honors,June 2008
Awards
NSF GraduateResearch Fellowship, 2011-2014
Freud Scholar Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2010-11
Research Experience
Northwestern University, Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center, Evanston, IL
Research Associate, Nov. 2017-present.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Nov. 2015-Nov. 2017. Advisor: Prof. Michael Wasielewski
- Research photoinduced electron transfer in systems comprised of organic chromophores and organometallic catalysts aimed at photoinduced charge accumulation
- Mentorgraduate student researchers
The University of Chicago, Department of Chemistry, Chicago, IL
Graduate Researcher, 2010-2015. Advisor: Prof. Michael Hopkins
- Researched photoinduced intercatalyst electron transfer in chromophore/catalyst systems aimed at renewable carbon dioxide reduction.
- Maintained home-built nanosecond transient-absorption spectrometer.
The University of Pennsylvania,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Philadelphia, PA. Advisor: Prof. James Shorter
Research Specialist, 2009-10
- Investigated small molecule inhibitiors of prion formation in yeast model in biochemistry research lab.
- Developed fluorescence assay to monitor protein aggregation in vitro.
Swarthmore College, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,Swarthmore, PA. Advisor: Prof. Tom Stephenson
Research Assistant, 2007-08
- Investigated collision-induced electronic energy transfer from Br2 to He, Ar, and CF4.
Publications
Photosensitization of Re(bpy)(CO)3L by Electron Transfer from Rylenediimide Anion Chromophores.NT La Porte, JF Martinez, S Chaudhuri, S Hedström, VS Batista, and MR Wasielewski. Coord. Chem. Rev.,submitted
Photophysics of an Electrocatalytically Active Re(bpy)(CO)3Cl Triad Utilizing the Naphthalene Diimide Radical Anion Chromophore Excited State and 9,10-diphenylanthracene Intermediate Acceptor. JF Martinez, NT La Porte, MR Wasielewski. J. Phys. Chem. C., submitted
Thousand-fold Enhancement of Photoreduction Lifetime in Re(bpy)(CO)3 via Spin-dependent Electron Transfer from a Perylene-diimide Radical Anion Donor. S Hedström,S Chaudhuri,NT La Porte, Benjamin Rudshteyn, Jose F. Martinez, Michael R. Wasielewski, and Victor S. Batista, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2017, 139(46), 16466-16469.
Photosensitization of a CO2 Reduction Catalyst with Red and Near-infrared Light using Rylenediimide Radical Anions and Dianions.NT La Porte*, JF Martinez*, S Hedström, B Rudshteyn, BT Phelan, CM Mauck, RM Young, VS Batista, MR Wasielewski, Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 3821-3831 (*co-first-authors)
Photo-driven Electron Transfer from the Highly Reducing Excited State of Naphthalene Diimide Radical Anion to a CO2 Reduction Catalyst within a Molecular Triad.J Martinez*, NT La Porte*, CM Mauck, MR Wasielewski, Faraday Discussions2017,198, 235-249(*co-first-authors)
Electron-Transfer Sensitization of H2 Oxidation and CO2 Reduction Catalysts Using a Single Chromophore.NT La Porte, DB Moravec, MD Hopkins, Proc Nat Acad Sci2014, 111(27), 9745.
Presentations
Energy Frontier Research Centers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC 2017
The Pyridine Alkoxide Ligand Works for Water Oxidation Catalysts
Both in Theory and in Practice
International Solar Fuels Conference, San Diego, CA 2017
Photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2 using supramolecular assemblies of rylenediimide chromophores and Re(diimine)(CO)3catalysts
Gordon Research Conference on Solar Fuels, Newport, RI, 2016
Electron-transfer sensitization of a CO2 reduction catalyst with red and near-infrared light using rylenediimide radical anions and dianions.
Chicago Regional Inorganic Consortium, Chicago, IL, 2013
Towards photochemical CO2 reduction without sacrificial electron donors
American Chemical Society, Indianapolis, IN, 2013
Towards photochemical CO2 reduction without sacrificial electron donors