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Alexandra Velian is an Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Washington, where she leads a research group focused on creating next-generation catalysts for converting greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide into value-added products. Her work leverages molecular strategies to synthesize single-site catalysts that harness metal-support interactions, aiming to elucidate the processes governing substrate/active site/support interactions.
- Education: B.S. with Honors in Chemistry from Caltech (advisor: Theodor Agapie), Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from MIT (advisor: Christopher C. Cummins), and MRSEC Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University (advisor: Colin Nuckolls).
- Research Interests: Atomically precise inorganic clusters, two-dimensional crystals for catalytic/electronic/quantum applications, distal effects on catalytic activity, and designer materials from superatomic building blocks.
- Awards: Sloan Research Fellowship (2024), Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship Award (2023), Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2023), NSF CAREER Award (2019), and Alan Davison Prize for Best Thesis at MIT (2015).
Her group has produced groundbreaking research on phosphorus chemistry, including the synthesis of the all-inorganic aromatic anion P2N3−, and has published extensively in top journals like JACS, Inorganic Chemistry, and Angewandte Chemie. Velian’s lab is located in the Chemistry Building at the University of Washington, Seattle Campus, and she actively participates in editorial and leadership roles, including chairing the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Subdivision (2024).
