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Lance C. Seefeldt

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry


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Nitrogenase: Reduction of N2


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Research in the group is focused on gaining molecular level insights into the reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia, a reaction central to life on Earth.  We focus on the microbial enzyme  nitrogenase, the bacterial enzyme that catalyzes all biological dinitrogen reduction under green conditions.     

Molecular Details of the Nitrogenase Mechanism


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 A wide range of approaches are used in our studies, with the common goal of understanding how this catalyst functions both inside microbes and when in a purified state.  Molecular level insights include an understanding of how N2 binds and is reduced at the active site and how the active site metal cluster controls competing reduction reactions.  Outcomes from these studies are expected to inform the design of next generation catalysts for the production of green ammonia.  









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2022
USU part of NASA Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR)   MUSE

25 April 2019
Lance Seefeldt selected as the Outstanding Graduate Mentor for Utah State University, 2019.  News


April 2019
Lance Seefeldt becomes Head of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at USU, July 1, 2019.  News


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25 May 2018
Review article appears in Science.  
News report on DOE website.


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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Utah State University
0300 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322
Ph. +1.435.797.3964
email. lance.seefeldt@usu.edu