About Me
Dr. Michael S. Eberhart will join the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science in the fall. Dr. Eberhart is an inorganic chemist whose research interests include photoexcited state charge transfer reactions, biomimetic strategies for artificial photosynthesis, electrochemistry/electrocatalysis, and photoelectrocatalysis for solar energy conversion. Dr. Eberhart comes to NJIT following postdoctoral appointments at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. At Argonne, Dr. Eberhart investigated the impacts of confined environments on the photochemistry and photophysics of earth abundant copper(I) photosensitizers. At UNC Chapel Hill, he investigated photochemical water oxidation for solar fuels. Dr. Eberhart earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University where he investigated electron transfer and hydride transfer reactions of organometallic copper hydrides. His research has appeared in high impact journals including the Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Central Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.