Faculty Profile
Jonah Wesley Jurss
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
379 Coulter Hall
University, MS 38677
(662) 915-7301
Joined UM: July 1, 2014
Brief Bio
Jonah Jurss is Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UM. His educational background is B. S. Chemistry with Honors North Carolina State University, 2005 Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011 Advisors: Profs. Thomas J. Meyer and Joseph L. Templeton Postdoctoral Research Associate University of California, Berkeley, 2011--2014 Advisor: Prof. Christopher J. Chang Assistant Professor University of Mississippi, 2014--2020 Associate Professor University of Mississippi, 2020-- present. His research interests are Solar energy conversion, artificial photosynthesis (H2O oxidation, CO2 reduction), electrochemical and light- driven catalysis, surface attachment, mechanistic studies.
Degrees
PhD |
Chemistry |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011) |
Awards
Dr. Mike L. Edmonds New Scholar Award |
2020 |