Carol Creutz

Carol Creutz (October 20, 1944 – July 10, 2013) was an American chemist and Senior Research Scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. She prepared the Creutz–Taube complex, a metal complex that was used to study Inner sphere electron transfer.

Early life and education Creutz earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry at University of California, Los Angeles. She completed her doctoral degree at Stanford University in 1970. Her research considered the development of binuclear transition metal complexes, and the evaluation of their charge-transfer. These complexes became known as the Creutz–Taube complex. Here she was awarded tenure in 1978 and made Chair of Chemistry in 1995. She was the first woman to be a Chair at Brookhaven.

At Brookhaven Creutz investigated electron and ion-transfer reactions. She started focussing on solar conversion and photochemistry. She advanced understanding of redox reactions, which can be used to design more efficient solar fuels.

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Personal life Creutz died on July 10, 2013. Her husband, Michael Cruetz, was a high energy theoretical physicist. She had one daughter.