Julie Peterson

Julie Peterson,PHD

Assistant Professor
Chemistry Department
Room 212 Physical Sciences Lab Building

419-372-8663

jupeter@bgsu.edu

Peterson lab website

Biographical Facts:

Joined the faculty in 2023

Postdoc, University of California – Santa Barbara (2020-2023)

Ph.D. Iowa State University (2014-2020)

B.A. University of Kansas (2009-2014

Research Interests:

The Peterson lab is interested in using light to modulate dynamic systems for applications in (bio)materials and medicine. We use joint computational and experimental approaches to design new photo-responsive organic compounds. Current research focuses are on the development of visible-light responsive water-compatible photoswitches and visible-light responsive dynamic covalent bonds and the implementation of those molecules in materials.

Topics of interest:

Dynamic covalent bonds, photoswitches, visible-light activation, drug delivery

Selected Publications

Puthoff, Derek; Kuttiyil, Hrishikesh; Peterson, Julie A.. "Stenhouse Salts: Visible Light Photoswitches for Protic Environments." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024 (ASAP). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c13085

Prior to BGSU:

Peterson, J.; Neris, N.; Read de Alaniz, J.. Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 13025-13030. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC02835F

Stricker, F.; Peterson, J.; Sandlass, S.; de Tagyos, A.; Sroda, M.; Seshadri, S.; Gordon, M.; Read de Alaniz, J.. Chem, 2023, 9, 1994-2005. https://www.cell.com/chem/pdf/S2451-9294(23)00243-7.pdf

Peterson, J. Yuan, D.; Winter, A. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85 (8), 5712-5717. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00658

Peterson, J. Wijesooriya, C.; Gehrmann, E.; Mahoney, K.; Goswami, P.; Albright, T.; Syed, A.; Dutton, A.; Smith, E.; Winter, A.. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 23, 7343-7346. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b04040