Women in Science and Engineering at Yale (2020 Edition)

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Ph.D.

John Gamble Kirkwood Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Biophysical Society. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, and the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of Energy. She serves as Editor-in-Chief for the journal Chemical Reviews.

Hammes-Schiffer’s theory of concerted proton-coupled electron transfer guided the experimental design of bioinspired molecular systems that translocate two or even more protons through a hydrogen-bonded network upon oxidation, creating a proton wire. Photo credit: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer