Rebekka Klausen Explained

Rebekka Sidsel Klausen
Workplaces:Columbia University
Johns Hopkins University
Alma Mater:Harvard University
Boston College
Thesis Title:Benzoic acid and thiourea co-catalysis
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/691126580
Thesis Year:2010

Rebekka Klausen is an American chemist who is the Second Decade Society Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University. Her research considers carbon and silicon-based nanomaterials for optoelectronic devices. She was a finalist for the 2021 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.

Early life and education

Klausen is from Brookline, Massachusetts. She was an undergraduate student in biochemistry at Boston College. She moved to Harvard University as a graduate student, where she worked under the supervision of Eric Jacobsen and studied asymmetric Pictet–Spengler reactions.[1] [2] [3] She moved to New York for postdoctoral research, joining the lab of Colin Nuckolls at Columbia University. There, she studied the conductive properties of molecules containing a 1-D chain of silicon atoms,[4] as well as other fluorene-derivatives that can act as molecular wires.[5]

Research and career

Klausen began her independent career at Johns Hopkins University in 2013. Her research group studies organosilicon compounds, including poly(cyclosilane)s.[6] [7] Klausen initially looked to create a bottom-up fabrication process for the realization of silicon-based materials, and to develop cyclo-silane building blocks for their polymerization.[8] [9] [10] [11] Borrowing from the principles of carbon-based synthesis, Klausen has achieved precise control of the structure of silicon-based polymers. She was named as the Second Decade Society Associate Professor in 2019. Klausen is part of the National Science Foundation Polymer Optimization Centre.[12] [13]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rebekka Klausen . 2022-05-23 . Department of Chemistry . 18 March 2016 . en-US.
  2. Klausen . Rebekka S. . Jacobsen . Eric N. . 2009-02-19 . Weak Brønsted Acid−Thiourea Co-catalysis: Enantioselective, Catalytic Protio-Pictet−Spengler Reactions . Organic Letters . en . 11 . 4 . 887–890 . 10.1021/ol802887h . 1523-7060 . 2664157 . 19178157.
  3. Klausen . Rebekka S. . Kennedy . C. Rose . Hyde . Alan M. . Jacobsen . Eric N. . 2017-09-06 . Chiral Thioureas Promote Enantioselective Pictet–Spengler Cyclization by Stabilizing Every Intermediate and Transition State in the Carboxylic Acid-Catalyzed Reaction . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 139 . 35 . 12299–12309 . 10.1021/jacs.7b06811 . 0002-7863 . 5674793 . 28787140.
  4. Klausen . Rebekka S. . Widawsky . Jonathan R. . Steigerwald . Michael L. . Venkataraman . Latha . Nuckolls . Colin . 2012-03-14 . Conductive Molecular Silicon . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 134 . 10 . 4541–4544 . 10.1021/ja211677q . 22352896 . 0002-7863.
  5. Klausen . R. S. . Widawsky . J. R. . Su . T. A. . Li . H. . Chen . Q. . Steigerwald . M. L. . Venkataraman . L. . Nuckolls . C. . 2014-03-04 . Evaluating atomic components in fluorene wires . Chemical Science . en . 5 . 4 . 1561–1564 . 10.1039/C4SC00064A . 2041-6539.
  6. Press . Eric M. . Marro . Eric A. . Surampudi . Sravan K. . Siegler . Maxime A. . Tang . Joel A. . Klausen . Rebekka S. . 2017-01-09 . Synthesis of a Fragment of Crystalline Silicon: Poly(Cyclosilane) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition . en . 56 . 2 . 568–572 . 10.1002/anie.201610208. 27897420 . 1533091 .
  7. Fang . Fan . Jiang . Qifeng . Klausen . Rebekka S. . 2022-05-04 . Poly(cyclosilane) Connectivity Tunes Optical Absorbance . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 144 . 17 . 7834–7843 . 10.1021/jacs.2c01820 . 35467855 . 1864628 . 248389390 . 0002-7863.
  8. Web site: Early Career: Mesoscale Fragments of Crystalline Silicon by Chemical Synthesis . 2020 . 10.2172/1735959 . Klausen . Rebekka . 1735959 .
  9. Web site: Chemists build a zoo of new polymer building blocks . 2022-05-23 . cen.acs.org.
  10. Marro . Eric A. . Folster . Carlton P. . Press . Eric M. . Im . Hoyeon . Ferguson . John T. . Siegler . Maxime A. . Klausen . Rebekka S. . 2019-11-06 . Stereocontrolled Syntheses of Functionalized cis – and trans -Siladecalins . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 141 . 44 . 17926–17936 . 10.1021/jacs.9b09902 . 31600060 . 1570378 . 204244421 . 0002-7863.
  11. Marro . Eric A. . Press . Eric M. . Siegler . Maxime A. . Klausen . Rebekka S. . 2018-05-09 . Directional Building Blocks Determine Linear and Cyclic Silicon Architectures . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 140 . 18 . 5976–5986 . 10.1021/jacs.8b02541 . 29635912 . 0002-7863.
  12. Web site: NSF Creates Polymer Chemistry Optimization Center at Duke for Future Materials . 2022-05-23 . today.duke.edu . September 2021 . en.
  13. Web site: Rachel . Wallach . 2021-09-22 . Johns Hopkins chemist explores longer-lasting, sustainable materials with NSF-funded team . 2022-05-23 . The Hub . en.
  14. Web site: Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships .
  15. Web site: AAAS' Marion Milligan Mason Awards Go to Five Female Scientists American Association for the Advancement of Science . 2022-05-23 . www.aaas.org . en.
  16. Web site: 2017-07-05 . Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards: 2017 Awardees . 2022-05-23 . VPR at JHU . en-US.
  17. Web site: Rebekka Klausen Receives NSF CAREER Award . 2022-05-23 . Department of Chemistry . 30 January 2018 . en-US.
  18. Web site: 2021 ACS National Award winners—Part III – C&EN . 2022-05-23 . cen.acs.org.
  19. Web site: Blavatnik Family Foundation, New York Academy of Sciences Name 31 Finalists for 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists . 2022-05-23 . blavatnikawards.org.
  20. Web site: Rebekka Klausen is finalist for 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists . 2022-05-23 . Department of Chemistry . 15 June 2021 . en-US.

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