Lawrence QueRegents Professor, University of Minnesota, USA
Professor Lawrence (Larry) Que, Jr. is Regents Professor in the Chemistry Department of University of Minnesota and co-founder of their Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, which established the U of M as a center of excellence in bioinorganic chemistry. His research focuses on nonheme iron enzymes and corresponding synthetic models and thus lies at the interfaces of inorganic and organometallic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, chemical biology, environmental and green chemistry, and energy and catalysis. He is a known for his path-breaking research that has applications ranging from treatment of Parkinson’s disease and cancer to production of industrial chemical feedstocks derived from methane gas. Professor Que has published more than 540 papers and is the holder of seven patents. He served as the Chief Editor of the Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry) from 1999 to 2019 and remains an editorial board member for Current Opinion in Chemical Biology (Nature). Professor Que is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Designated Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, winner of the 2012 John C. Bailar Medal from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the 2015 Franklin Award from Stony Brook University, the 2015 International Award from the Japan Society for Coordination Chemistry and the 2017 American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry. He has a current h-index of 122 (Google Scholar). Read More Read Less