Bronte Charette

Bronte Charette is an Assistant Professor at the University of California Davis, focusing on designing transition metal complexes to mimic the catalytic activity of metalloenzymes. Her research integrates light-responsive ligands with electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques for energy conversion and chemical synthesis.

Education:

• B.Sc., University of Winnipeg (2014)
• M.Sc., University of Manitoba (2016)
• Ph.D., University of California Irvine (2021)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2021-2023)

Research Interests center on inorganic and organic synthesis, metalloenzyme mimicry, and redox/photochemistry. Her work explores ligand-centered hydrogen transfer mechanisms and the influence of metal ions on reactivity.

Scientific Awards:

• Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021)
• American Institute of Chemists Graduate Student Award (2021)
• NSERC Postgraduate Doctoral Fellowship (2018)
• UCI Most Promising Future Faculty (2020)
• UCI Outstanding Teaching Assistant (2017)

Current Work involves the Charette Lab at UC Davis, where she investigates transition metal-ligand systems using advanced synthesis and reactivity studies.