Nicholas J. Turro passed away on November 24, 2012, at the age of 74 following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
New York Times obituary |
In Memoriam: Nicholas J. Turro (1938-2012)
The recent memorial in honor of the life and work of
Professor Nicholas J. Turro
held on Saturday, May 11, 2013
is now available to view online.
Donations in Nick's Memory to support research on pancreatic cancer
may be made to The Lustgarten Foundation.
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Recent Publications
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Turro Group 2011
Our research group deals with the photon as a reagent for initiating photoreactions
and as a product of the deactivation of electronically excited molecules.
Because photons can selectively excite specific atoms or molecules,
they are utilized to study the chemistry and properties of reactive
intermediates such as carbenes, radical pairs, singlet oxygen, and
biradicals in the confined spaces of zeolites, dendrimers and biological
molecules.
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Prof. Nicholas J. Turro
Wm. P. Schweitzer Professor of Chemistry
Nicholas J. Turro is the William P. Schweitzer Professor of Chemistry
at Columbia University where
he has been since 1964. He also holds professorships at the Department
of Chemical Engineering and the Department
of Earth and Environmental Engineering. He has been widely recognized by national and international awards
as a leader and pioneer in the area of supramolecular chemistry,
organic photochemistry, molecular spectroscopy, host-guest chemistry
and magnetic effects on photochemical reactions. He has sponsored
the PhD thesis of 70 students, has mentored 200 postdocs. Over 100
undergraduates have been trained in research under his supervision.
He is the author of two textbooks on Organic Photochemistry,
which is considered the “bible” of the field
for several generations by organic photochemists since 1965. He
has published over 900 research
papers and has been selected as one of the most highly cited chemists
for the past two decades. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences
and the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences.
See his vitae HTML | PDF.
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Selected Publications
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907. "An Integrated System for DNA Sequencing by Synthesis Using Novel Nucleotide Analogues", Acc. Chem. Res., 43, 551-563 (2010).
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900. "The Spin Chemistry and Magnetic Resonance of H2@C60. From the Pauli Principle to Trappping a Long-Lived Nuclear Spin State inside a Buckyball", Acc. Chem. Res., 43, 335-345 (2010).
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Highlight. "Polymer Photomodification of Soft and Hard Substrates" and "Education and Outreach Objectives: REU, RET, High School, International Collaboration" (2009)
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846. "The Reaction of Singlet Oxygen with Enecarbamates: A Mechanistic Playground for Investigating Chemoselectivity, Stereoselectivity, and Vibratioselectivity of Photooxidants", Acc. Chem. Res., 41, 387-400 (2008).
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819. "Fluorescent Hybridization Probes for Sensitive and Selective DNA and RNA Detection", Acc. Chem. Res., 40, 402-409 (2007).
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The Turro group gratefully acknowledges the support of its research program through the generous support of the 
