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Citations
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World Ranking
157
National Ranking
76

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Edward I. Solomon is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry as major subfields. Other areas of study include Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of chemical and material processes, including:

  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Edward I. Solomon has published extensively, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Faraday Discussions
  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Atmospheric methane removal: a research agenda," 2021, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Kinetic analysis of amino acid radicals formed in H 2 O 2 -driven Cu I LPMO reoxidation implicates dominant homolytic reactivity," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Coordination and activation of nitrous oxide by iron zeolites," 2021, Nature Catalysis
  • "Cage effects control the mechanism of methane hydroxylation in zeolites," 2021, Science
  • "Valence-Dependent Electrical Conductivity in a 3D Tetrahydroxyquinone-Based Metal-Organic Framework," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborators include Anex Jose, Britt Hedman, Alexander J. Heyer, Keith O. Hodgson, and Kenneth D. Karlin, indicating a sustained pattern of collaborative research efforts.

Edward I. Solomon has received multiple awards, demonstrating recognition by scientific communities, including:

  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2009)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005)
  • Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2003)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1983)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1976)

Best Publications

  • Multicopper Oxidases and Oxygenases

    Edward I. Solomon;Uma M. Sundaram;Timothy E. Machonkin

  • Structural and Functional Aspects of Metal Sites in Biology

    Richard H. Holm;Pierre Kennepohl;Edward I. Solomon

  • Geometric and Electronic Structure/Function Correlations in Non-Heme Iron Enzymes

    Edward I. Solomon;Thomas C. Brunold;Mindy I. Davis;Jyllian N. Kemsley

  • Copper Active Sites in Biology

    Edward I. Solomon;David E. Heppner;Esther M. Johnston;Jake W. Ginsbach

  • A Multiplet Analysis of Fe K-Edge 1s → 3d Pre-Edge Features of Iron Complexes

    Tami E. Westre;Pierre Kennepohl;Jane G. DeWitt;Britt Hedman

  • X-ray absorption edge determination of the oxidation state and coordination number of copper: application to the type 3 site in Rhus vernicifera laccase and its reaction with oxygen

    Lung Shan Kau;Darlene J. Spira-Solomon;James E. Penner-Hahn;Keith O. Hodgson

  • ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES OF ACTIVE SITES IN COPPER PROTEINS : CONTRIBUTIONS TO REACTIVITY

    Edward I. Solomon;Michael J. Baldwin;Michael D. Lowery

  • Oxygen Binding, Activation, and Reduction to Water by Copper Proteins

    Edward I. Solomon;Peng Chen;Markus Metz;Sang-Kyu Lee

  • Electronic Structures of Metal Sites in Proteins and Models: Contributions to Function in Blue Copper Proteins

    Edward I. Solomon;Robert K. Szilagyi;Serena DeBeer George;Lipika Basumallick

  • A study of a series of recombinant fungal laccases and bilirubin oxidase that exhibit significant differences in redox potential, substrate specificity, and stability

    Feng Xu;Woonsup Shin;Stephen H. Brown;Jill A. Wahleithner

  • A [Cu2O]2+ core in Cu-ZSM-5, the active site in the oxidation of methane to methanol

    Julia S. Woertink;Pieter J. Smeets;Marijke H. Groothaert;Michael A. Vance

  • Electron transfer and reaction mechanism of laccases

    Stephen M. Jones;Edward I. Solomon

  • Electronic structure contributions to function in bioinorganic chemistry

    Edward I. Solomon;Michael D. Lowery

  • Tracking excited-state charge and spin dynamics in iron coordination complexes

    Wenkai Zhang;Roberto Alonso-Mori;Uwe Bergmann;Christian Bressler

  • Propylene Oxidation on Copper Oxide Surfaces: Electronic and Geometric Contributions to Reactivity and Selectivity

    John B. Reitz;Edward I. Solomon

  • O2 reduction to H2O by the multicopper oxidases.

    Edward I. Solomon;Anthony J. Augustine;Jungjoo Yoon

  • The active site of low-temperature methane hydroxylation in iron-containing zeolites

    Benjamin E. R. Snyder;Pieter Vanelderen;Pieter Vanelderen;Max L. Bols;Simon D. Hallaert

  • Calculation of Zero-Field Splittings, g-Values, and the Relativistic Nephelauxetic Effect in Transition Metal Complexes. Application to High-Spin Ferric Complexes.

    Frank Neese;Edward I. Solomon

  • Ligand K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy: Covalency of ligand-metal bonds

    Edward I. Solomon;Britt Hedman;Keith O. Hodgson;Abhishek Dey

  • Ligand K-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy: A Direct Probe of Ligand−Metal Covalency

    Thorsten Glaser;Britt Hedman;Keith O. Hodgson;Edward I. Solomon

  • Substrate analogue binding to the coupled binuclear copper active site in tyrosinase

    Dean E. Wilcox;Arturo G. Porras;Yeong T. Hwang;Konrad Lerch

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith O. Hodgson
Keith O. Hodgson Stanford University
Britt Hedman
Britt Hedman SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Kenneth D. Karlin
Kenneth D. Karlin Johns Hopkins University
Ryan G. Hadt
Ryan G. Hadt California Institute of Technology
Abhishek Dey
Abhishek Dey Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Ritimukta Sarangi
Ritimukta Sarangi SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peng Chen
Peng Chen Peking University
Harry B. Gray
Harry B. Gray California Institute of Technology
John D. Lipscomb
John D. Lipscomb University of Minnesota

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