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Daniel George Nocera (born 3 July 1957) is an American chemist and university professor. His research has focused on the creation of an "artificial leaf" that mimics photosynthesis in plants for use in a decentralized energy system. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Time magazine included him in its 2009 list of the 100 most influential people.〔 ==Career== Nocera received a B.S. degree in Chemistry (magna cum laude) from Rutgers University in 1979.〔 〕 He received a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1984, after working with Professor Harry B. Gray studying the spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and photochemistry of polynuclear metal-metal bonded complexes. He joined the faculty of Michigan State University in 1984 as assistant professor, and became a professor at MSU in 1990. He moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a professor of chemistry in 1997. In February 2012, Nocera agreed to move to the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. Nocera and his researchers received media attention beginning in 2007 when he declared that a better understanding of the photosynthesis process could lead to economical storage of solar energy as chemical fuel.〔(Technology Review website, interview conducted 9 May 2007 )〕 He later announced that his group had developed a highly efficient anode electrocatalyst (cobalt phosphate) for use in electrolysis of water employing inexpensive materials.〔 〕 His work on artificial photosynthesis centers around the basic mechanisms of energy conversion in biology and chemistry, particularly in the theory of proton coupled electron transfer. He is also the director of the Solar Revolution Project at MIT which seeks to create innovations in photocatalytic water splitting towards the use of solar energy in large scale, mainstream applications. In October 2010, Nocera signed with the Tata Group of India to commercialize his research. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Tata signs up MIT energy guru for power from water )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel G. Nocera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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