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  • 1971 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John H. Enemark is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas related to energy, with significant contributions in renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. Enemark's work intersects several subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, inorganic chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and catalysis.

The scientist has published extensively on topics concerning metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, advanced battery technologies research, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, organic and molecular conductors research, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, and ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction.

Enemark's recent papers include the following:

  1. Metal-Dithiolene Bonding Contributions to Pyranopterin Molybdenum Enzyme Reactivity, 2020, Inorganics
  2. {Moco}n, (n = 0-8): A general formalism for describing the highly covalent molybdenum cofactor of sulfite oxidase and related Mo enzymes, 2022, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  3. Mechanistic complexities of sulfite oxidase: An enzyme with multiple domains, subunits, and cofactors, 2023, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  4. The Enemark-Feltham formalism at 50: An interview with John Enemark and a personal reflection, 2025, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  5. In memoriam: F. Ann Walker (1940-2022), 2024, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

The most frequent publication venues for Enemark's work are:

  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (4 papers)
  • Inorganics (1 paper)

Among frequent co-authors are Jing Yang, Martin L. Kirk, and Abhik Ghosh, highlighting recurring collaborative relationships within their research community.

Enemark's research topics and fields of study can be summarized as follows:

  • Main fields of study: Energy
  • Subfields: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Inorganic Chemistry; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; Catalysis
  • Main research topics: Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins; Advanced battery technologies research; Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms; Organic and Molecular Conductors Research; Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion; Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction

Enemark was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1971. This distinction reflects their involvement within the scientific community over several decades.

Best Publications

  • Principles of structure, bonding, and reactivity for metal nitrosyl complexes

    J.H. Enemark;R.D. Feltham

  • Synthetic Analogues and Reaction Systems Relevant to the Molybdenum and Tungsten Oxotransferases

    John H. Enemark;J. Jon A. Cooney;Jun-Jieh Wang;R. H. Holm

  • Molecular basis of sulfite oxidase deficiency from the structure of sulfite oxidase.

    Caroline Kisker;Hermann Schindelin;Andrew Pacheco;William A Wehbi

  • Sulfite oxidizing enzymes

    Changjian Feng;Gordon Tollin;John H. Enemark

  • Syntheses, structures, and spectroscopic properties of six-coordinate mononuclear oxo-molybdenum(V) complexes stabilized by the hydrotris(3,5-dimethyl-1-pyrazolyl)borate ligand

    W. E. Cleland;Kerry M. Barnhart;Katsumoto Yamanouchi;David Collison

  • Bioinorganic chemistry of pterin-containing molybdenum and tungsten enzymes

    John H. Enemark;Charles G. Young

  • The nuclear magnetic resonance properties of chromium, molybdenum and tungsten compounds

    Martin Minelli;John H. Enemark;Robert T.C. Brownlee;Maxwell J. O’connor

  • Structure of the active site of sulfite oxidase. X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the Mo(IV), Mo(V), and Mo(VI) oxidation states.

    Graham N. George;Cary A. Kipke;Roger C. Prince;Roger A. Sunde

  • Spectroscopic Evidence for a Unique Bonding Interaction in Oxo-Molybdenum Dithiolate Complexes: Implications for σ Electron Transfer Pathways in the Pyranopterin Dithiolate Centers of Enzymes

    Frank E. Inscore;Rebecca McNaughton;Barry L. Westcott;Matthew E. Helton

  • Dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes of the hydrotris(3,5-dimethyl-1-pyrazolyl)borate ligand. Synthesis and oxygen atom transfer reactions

    Sue A. Roberts;Charles G. Young;Charles G. Young;Cary A. Kipke;W. E. Cleland;W. E. Cleland

  • Effect of solution viscosity on intramolecular electron transfer in sulfite oxidase.

    Changjian Feng;Rohit V. Kedia;James T. Hazzard;John K. Hurley

  • Molybdenum(VI)-dioxo complexes with linear and tripodal tetradentate ligands: models for the molybdenum(VI/V) centers of the molybdenum hydroxylases and related enzymes. 1. Syntheses and structures

    Carol J. Hinshaw;Gang Peng;Raghuvir Singh;Jack T. Spence

  • Molybdenum(VI) and molybdenum(V) complexes with N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-bis(2-mercaptophenyl)ethylenediamine: electrochemical and electron paramagnetic resonance models for the molybdenum(VI/V) centers of the molybdenum hydroxylases and related enzymes

    Dulal Dowerah;Jack T. Spence;Raghuvir Singh;Anthony G. Wedd

  • A SINGLE MODEL DISPLAYING ALL THE IMPORTANT CENTERS AND PROCESSES INVOLVED IN CATALYSIS BY MOLYBDOENZYMES CONTAINING [MOVIO2]2 ACTIVE-SITES

    Zhiguang Xiao;Charles G. Young;John H. Enemark;Anthony G. Wedd

  • The pH dependence of intramolecular electron transfer rates in sulfite oxidase at high and low anion concentrations.

    Andrew Pacheco;James T. Hazzard;G. Tollin;J. H. Enemark

  • Destabilizing d.pi.-p.pi. orbital interactions and the alkylation reactions of iron(II)-thiolate complexes

    Michael T. Ashby;John H. Enemark;Dennis L. Lichtenberger

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Oxygen Atom Transfer Reactions of {HB(Me2C3N2H)3}MoO{S2P(OR)2} and {HB(Me2C3N2H)3}MoO2{η1-S2P(OEt)2}

    Sue A. Roberts;Charles G. Young;W. E. Cleland;Richard B. Ortega

  • Electronic spectral studies of molybdenyl complexes: implications for oxomolybdenum enzymes

    Michael D. Carducci;Carl Brown;Edward I. Solomon;John H. Enemark

  • Palladium and platinum complex resulting from the addition of hydrazine to coordinated isocyanide

    A. Burke;Alan L. Balch;John H. Enemark

  • Evaluation of Molybdenum−Sulfur Interactions in Molybdoenzyme Model Complexes by Gas-Phase Photoelectron Spectroscopy. The “Electronic Buffer” Effect

    Barry L. Westcott;Nadine E. Gruhn;John H. Enemark

  • Structures of Metal Nitrosyls

    Robert D. Feltham;John H. Enemark

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Tollin
Gordon Tollin University of Arizona
Dennis L. Lichtenberger
Dennis L. Lichtenberger University of Arizona
Partha Basu
Partha Basu Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
David Collison
David Collison University of Manchester
K. V. Rajagopalan
K. V. Rajagopalan Duke University
Anthony G. Wedd
Anthony G. Wedd University of Melbourne
Martin L. Kirk
Martin L. Kirk University of New Mexico
Frank Neese
Frank Neese Max Planck Society
Henri Brunner
Henri Brunner University of Regensburg
Alan L. Balch
Alan L. Balch University of California, Davis

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