Wenbin Lin BW

Wenbin Lin

  • Title: James Franck Professor of Chemistry
  • Education: BS, University of Science and Technology of China; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 2013
  • wenbinlin@uchicago.edu
  • @wenbinlin_uc

Wenbin Lin

Wenbin Lin’s research focuses on cultivating new chemistry related to human health, environmental sustainability, and renewable energy. His current projects include development of nanomedicines for chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy of cancer, sustainable catalysis, artificial photosynthesis, better biofuels and extracting uranium from seawater.

Prof. Lin has repeatedly been named one of the “Top 100 Chemists” by Thomson Reuters. He is also a member of the UChicago's Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology and the Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research.

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Nanomedicine, Chemical biology, Sustainability

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Chemists create an 'artificial photosynthesis' system that is 10 times more efficient than existing systems

A Nature Catalysis study from six chemists at the University of Chicago shows an innovative new system for artificial photosynthesis that is more productive than previous artificial systems by an order of magnitude.

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