Craig A. Grapperhaus

Craig A. Grapperhaus is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Louisville. He leads the Grapperhaus Research Group, focusing on inorganic chemistry with applications in catalysis, renewable energy, and medical research. His work emphasizes metal-ligand cooperativity in systems like CO2 capture and perovskite solar cells.

Education: B.S. from Southern Illinois University (1994), Ph.D. from Texas A&M University (1998), followed by a Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry (1998–2000).

Research interests include designing metal complexes for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution, CO2 conversion, and medical therapeutics. Collaborations span the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and the Medical School at UofL, with projects funded by NSF and the Department of Energy.

Publications span 15+ years, with recent work on perovskite solar cell stability, CO2 capture via Zn(II) complexes, and antiproliferative copper complexes. His group’s interdisciplinary approach integrates synthesis, spectroscopy, and computational methods.